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Travel Photography | Why You Should Visit Kashmir in Winter
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmir in Winter To Kashmiri people, they will always told you to come visit Kashmir in summer, it’s beautiful some people said, in fact, summer is the peak season here in Kashmir, while winter is considered as low season. Actually there will never be a perfect time to visit Kashmir or any other place in this world. To photographers it depends on their preferences. If you come from four season countries, then maybe you would like to come in summer but for me, who came from Malaysia, a hot tropical country, I preferred winter. Anyway, I just wanted to narrow things down here a bit,…
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Travel Photography | Ortaköy Mosque Under Restoration
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Ortaköy Mosque Under Restortion | Istanbul Turkey Ortaköy (literally Middle Village in Turkish) is a neighbourhood, formerly a small village, within the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, located in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus. Ortaköy was a cosmopolitan area during the Ottoman era and the first decades of the Turkish Republic, with communities of Turks, Greeks, Armenians and Jews. Today the neighbourhood still hosts many different religious (Muslim, Jewish, Orthodox, and other Christian) structures. It is also a popular spot for locals and tourists alike, with its art galleries, night clubs, cafés, bars, and restaurants. The Neo-Baroque style Ortaköy Mosque is…
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Travel Photography | Istanbul at Dusk From Galata Bridge
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Istanbul at Dusk | View From Istanbul Famous Galata Bridge | 50mm | ISO 2000 | f/5.6 | 1/40 “If the Earth was a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.” – Napoleon Bonaparte – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel
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Travel Photography | Choosing The Right Lens
© 2011 Wazari Wazir | KLCC Kuala Lumpur City Centre Park | Children’s Pool | 10 – 20mm Sometime having the right lens does matter in term of story telling especially in travel photography. Most of the times in travel photography, we want to include all the landmark that we can fit into the frame. In this case, I need to include the Petronas Twin Tower behind as my backdrop, so people will know where this picture is taken, which is at KLCC children’s pool area. To someone who haven’t visit here will also know that this area is close to the tower and to the foreigners can relate the…