• Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Why Travel? Because Life is a Journey

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Trekking The Langtang Valley | Nepal “Journeys are gifts we  give ourselves. Even if you are very lucky and have someone else footing the bill for your journey, you are still giving yourself a gift just by going. Too many people have opportunities to travel, but choose to stay home, fearful of the unknown, shackled by their everyday rut, tied down to commitments that don’t have to tie them down if they would seek creative solutions. We can’t always travel right away, but we can always be planning, scheming, chiseling away at the things that keep us home so that someday in the hopefully not…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Portrait Photography Tips | To Bokeh or Not?

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Daughter | 50mm | ISO 160 | f/2 | 1/500 © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son at Cameron Highlands | 24mm | ISO 200 | f/5 | 1/160 © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Sarangkot Pokhara | Nepal | 50mm | ISO 100 | f/11 | 1/160 Someone asked me, whether he need to “bokeh” his background or not when taking a portrait. Before that, to those of you who have no idea what is “Bokeh” comes from the Japanese word “boke” which means “blur” or “haze”. Generally speaking it is in out of focus area of an image which normally refer…

  • Adventure,  Travel

    Life is a Journey | Adventure is Out There | Face Your Fear

    © 2012 Team Langtang 2012 | Nepal Himalaya “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?  Actually, who are you not to be?  You are a child of God.  Your playing small does not serve the world.  There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.  We are all meant to shine, as children do.  We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.  It’s…

  • Adventure,  Travel

    Traveling | A Glimpse of Thamel Kathmandu

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Thamel | Kathmandu | Nepal I just wanted to share with you a random shot taken around Thamel area on our last day in Kathmnadu before flying back home the next day on November 22nd 2012. I really don’y have much time exploring this a area for truly photographic purpose, undoubtedly Thamel will be a heaven for street photographers but even though we stay in Thamel, most of our times here are spending doing the necessary work getting the trekking permit and getting some of our trekking gear because the number one purpose we are here in Neal is for trekking. In Thamel we stay…

  • Moment,  Photojournalism

    Traveling | Exemption of Visa for Malaysian Nationals Visiting Japan

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Imperial Palace Tokyo Japan © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Imperial Palace | Tokyo Japan © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Akasaka Palace | Tokyo Japan I’ve been to Japan for an official assignment covering Malaysia’s King King Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Queen Haminah Hamidun for a  five-day state visit to Japan in October 2012. During that time I just have a glimpse of Tokyo because I’m just doing an assignment in Tokyo only. I hope I’ve a little bit free time to explore other part of the cities, maybe going to Mount Fuji or taking the Shinkansen to Kyoto or Takayama and visit World Heritage…