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Travel Photography | Istanbul, Once Upon a Time
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Istanbul Turkey “If the earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.” – Napoleon Bonaparte – “If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” – Alphonse de Lamartine – “If they say “you have your last chance to look at the world”, I wish that look would from Çamlıca of Istanbul.” – Alphonse de Lamartine – “All other cities are doomed, but I imagine that as long as people exist, Constantinople will exist.” – Petrus Gyllius – “Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same…
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Travel The World | Live a Life Without Regrets
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Taj Mahal | Agra | India “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things 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 – “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow! What a Ride!” – Hunter S. Thompson – “Travel changes you. As you…
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Photoshop Tips and Tricks | Faded Memories | Muted Colors
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Muted Colors Step One | The Original (Left) | Vintage Version (Right) I Just wanted to share my little secrets on how I did my tone in Photoshop, yes there are many ways to scan a cat and yes there are many ways to get this effect in Photoshop and I’ve tried some of them and sometimes I like one way more than the others. On the left photograph above is the original picture, just minor editing done, it was taken in late afternoon just before sunset in New Delhi, for those who doesn’t know what’s the monument is that, it is the famous India…
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Travel Photography | India | New Delhi | Kashmir | Agra | Part III
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Above The Himalaya from New Delhi to Srinagar Kashmir © 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Above The Himalaya from New Delhi to Srinagar Kashmir © 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Above The Himalaya from New Delhi to Srinagar Kashmir © 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Above The Himalaya from New Delhi to Srinagar Kashmir | Approaching Srinagar Airport © 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Swiss Hotel Kashmir | Srinagar We have already arrange our taxi the night before departure with Vivek Hotel management and paid Rs300 for the trip to the airport. Our flight depart at Terminal 1 at…
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Travel Photography | India | New Delhi | Kashmir | Agra | Part I
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Traveler at Pahar Ganj Main Bazaar | New Delhi India Some of my friends might scratch their head when they know that I will be going to India again, yes I’ve been to India before in June 2010 but there is something about India that attract me like a magnet. This trip is not well plan in advance to begin with. I did not plan to make a comeback in short time after 2010 trip but the thing is, AirAsia our local low cost carrier have such a great price that I couldn’t resist. They have offered a very low price, just USD107 for a…