• Assignment,  Culture,  Malaysia,  People,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Photojournalism | Choosing The Best Point of View

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | An elephant leads the procession of the arrival of Malaysia’s outgoing king Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin and queen Nur Zahirah (unseen) before departing for their home state of Terengganu, at an airport in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur on December 12, 2011. Sultan Mizan, Malaysia’s 13 king, proclaimed in 2006, completed his reign on Monday (Dec 12, 2011) after a five-year rotation period. Sultan Mizan is the sultan for the northeastern state of Terengganu. What is point of view? Basically it is the position, direction, heigh of the camera that will define the point of view of a picture. If you asked me what is the…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Bohey Dulang Island | Tun Sakaran Marine Park | Borneo

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Bohey Dulang Island | Tun Sakaran Marine Park © Azman Jumat | Photograph of me taking picture at Bohey Dulang taken by Azman Jumat © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Tun Sakaran Marine Park | Bohey Dulang Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo Tun Sakaran Marine Park (TSMP) are situated at the entrance to Darvel Bay, off the East coast of Sabah near the town of Semporna, it took about 45 minutes by speed boat from the jetty of this small town. Named after then the Head of State of Sabah, Tun Sakaran Dandai, it was gazetted in July 2004 as Sabah’s seventh park. The…

  • Art,  Life,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Once Upon a Time in Semporna Sabah | Life By The Sea

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Semporna | Life By The Sea Depending to whom you ask for, Semporna is a gateway to paradise, gateway to beautiful island of Sabah especially to Sipadan Island which is considered among the top dive site in the world, but there is more in Semporna than Sipadan Island, there is Mataking, Kapalai and Mabul, just to name a few that are famous with divers. Since this is a photography blog, most photographers that I’ve known come to Semporna for a different reason, unless they are underwater photographers. Most of the photographers that I’ve known like to come here to visit the life of Sea Gypsies…

  • Adventure,  Light,  People,  Travel

    Photography | Mabul Island | A Gift of a Photographs

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Mabul Island Sabah | A Gift of a Photographs “A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago. You see them as you remember them. But as people live on, they change completely. That is why I think a photograph can be kind.” | Albert Einstein This Island Photo Safari were organized by Fahad Nasir from 48th Studio Kota Kinabalu from 18 to 21st November 2011 in conjunction with his newly open studio. About 11…

  • Adventure,  Life,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Sea Gypsies | Life By The Sea

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Sea Gypsies | Semporna | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo “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 – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel