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The Photographers | Imperial Palace Tokyo Japan | Behind The Scene
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Photographers at The Imperial Palace | Tokyo Japan Just wanted to share with you guys some random shots that I took inside The Imperial Palace Tokyo, before we were release to get into our position for the welcoming ceremony for The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Malaysian King) Official Visit to Japan recently. Before we enter the Imperial Palace compound, we were scanned throughly, including our camera, where they (the security) tell us to take a few blank shot wit our camera to prove to them that they are really a genuine camera and not a weapon, each time when we have an assignment here, inside…
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Travel Photography Tips | Choosing The Right Lens
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Travel Photographer | Dal Lake | Kashmir To be honest with you, actually there is no such things as the right lense, one size does not fits all. Talking about travel photography, most people travel for a different reason, some travel just to record their memories, some travel like they are doing unofficial unpaid assignment for National Geographic magazines where they carry tons of equipment. Personally for me, I like to travel light and if you asked me what lense I carry during my visit to Kashmir and Istanbul recently, I just carry with me two prime lenses which is Canon 24mm f/2.8 and 50mm…
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Life is a Journey | Explore | Dream | Discover
© 2010 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Jodhpur Rajasthan | India “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover”. – Mark Twain – “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro – “I shall be telling this with a sigh somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and…
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Travel Photography Tips | Istanbul | Think About Colour, Contrast and Great Lighting
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Travel Photography | Istanbul Turkey | Yeni Cami (The New Mosque) in The Backgrund The photograph above were taken at two different days while I was in Istanbul, the top photograph were taken on April 13 and the second one were taken on April 11. During my visit, the weather is not consistent, the first two days we arrive at Istanbul it was raining all day long and we didn’t get much photo opportunity. Anyway, we stay at Istanbul for straight 10 days, actually we did planning to visit some other places like Konya, Cappadocia and few other interesting places in Turkey, but because the…
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Travel Photography | Princes’ Island | Büyükada | Adalar | Istanbul Turkey
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Princes’ Island | Büyükada | Adalar | Istanbul Turkey The Princes’ Islands (Turkish: Prens Adaları “Prince Islands”, or more commonly Kızıl Adalar “Red Islands” or just Adalar as they are officially named; classical Greek: Πριγκήπων νήσοι Prinkēpōn nēsoi), are a chain of nine islands off the coast ofIstanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara. The islands also constitute the Adalar (literally Islands or Isles) district of Istanbul Province. The mayor of the Adalar (Isles) district is Mustafa Farsakoğlu (CHP); WikiPedia The largest island in the group, Büyükada (Great Island) shows is impressive from the ferry, with gingerbread villas climbing up the slopes of the hill and the bulbous twin cupolas of the Splendid Otel providing an unmistakable landmark. It’s a truly lovely spot to spend an…