• Art,  Black and White,  Photojournalism,  Reportage Photography,  Tourism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | The Right Camera Gear Does Matter

    Some photographers will say, gear doesn’t matter, it’s the person behind the camera that matter. A camera is just a tool to take a photograph, a camera is just an idiot box which can’t take a picture itself. Depending on who you ask that question you will get a different answer. If you asking that question to professional photographers who make a living with photography you will get a different answer than those who take a photography just as a hobby. I want to talk about travel photography here, let’s just say that the only lens that you have is just 50mm lens. Yes you still can take a picture…

  • Life,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    India | Catatan Perjalanan VI

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Old Delhi Train Station | India | Travel Photography Kembali meneruskan kisah pengembaraan kami di India. Jangan marah yer kalau agak slow menulis kisah perjalanan kami ni, bukannya apa agak sibuk, kalau ada masa pun tak boleh nak tumpukan perhatian. Kepada yang telah mengikuti siri catatan perjalanan saya pasti ingin mengetahui kisah selanjutnya. Sebelum ini saya bercerita tentang pengalaman kami membeli tiket keretapi di International Travel Bureau di Stesen Keretapi New Delhi dan bagaimana kami hampir ditipu oleh agen penjual tiket di sana dan Syukur Alhamdulillah dengan bantuan buku Lonely Planet kami telahpun menjangkakan perkara sedemikain akan berlaku. Yang penting kini tiket sudah di tangan.…

  • Art,  Emotion,  Expression,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Portrait Photography | How To Get Muted Colors

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Portrait | Muted Colors Some people like to call it muted colors, some people like to call it less color, fade color. Anyway basically it is about less colors, less saturate, subtle colors. Soft or pale color without too much contrast. Whatever you like to called it, it is about less color, almost monochromatic but yet still maintain some colors. So how do we get that color. How to achieve this kind of colors? Actually there are many ways to achieve this kind of look, I’ve try few ways in Photoshop to get this kind of effect. You can do it by reducing the saturation…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Life,  Tourism,  Travel

    Travel and Photography | Life is a Journey

    © Ahmad Shukri | Me and Taj Mahal | Life is a Journey First of all before I start my rant and rambling, I would like to let you guys know that this article is not for the rich or famous, this article is not for millionaire, who have more than enough. This article is for those of you who always said “I wish I have the money so that I can travel the world”. This article is for normal people, for common people on the street who barely have enough but still have steady of income, not rich but steady. I’m a government servant, I’m a lower grade government…

  • History,  Malaysia,  Moment,  Photojournalism

    Sports Photography | The Importance of High ISO and High Speed

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Thomas Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur  | ISO 5000 | 1/1250 | f2.8 | 300mm Lens Before this I have wrote a little bit about “How to choose a DSLR” depending on your needs and requirement. Now I’m going to write about the importance of having a camera with High ISO capability, I mean a camera that can shoot at a higher ISO more than just ISO 3200 that most entry level camera have. Most importantly is to have a camera that is capable of producing “clean” image with less visible noise at higher ISO. Sports event doesn’t happen all the time in the outdoors, in…