• Expression,  Family,  Portrait,  Portraiture

    Basic Photography | Tips & Technique | How To Get Sharp Images With 50mm Lens

    50mm Lens can be considered as the most popular portrait lens, I think most people have one in their camera bag. The reason is simple, 50mm lens is the most affordable lens with good quality glass. The most popular one is 50mm f/1.8, whether you are Nikon or Canon owner, this is the most affordable one and a little bit expensive one is 50mm f/1.4 or Canon f/1.2 ( Expensive ), at the moment of writing Nikon does not produce new 50mm f/1.2 manual lens, they only have 50mm f/1.2 manual lens, maybe they will have it in the future. Another reason why 50mm is the most favorite lens is…

  • Art,  Editing,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Basic Photography | RAW vs JPEG | Why I Shoot RAW and Why You Shouldn’t

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Blue Mosque | Istanbul Turkey I don’t want to write a lengthly post about this RAW vs Jpegs, I don’t want to waste your time and my times writing something that unimportant here. First of all I would like to make things clear that Great picture is a great picture, it is not necessarily shot in RAW format, it is just a file format which have it’s advantage and disadvantage. Yes I shoot RAW but I don’t shoot RAW all the times, before we go further and before you asked me what is the benefit of shooting RAW vs Jpeg, I would like to point…

  • Art,  Life,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Children Portrait Photography | Expressive Portraiture | I Love Grain

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Expressive Portrait Photography I know it is ironic, when camera manufacture strive hard to produce noise free camera sensor so that the picture will be smooth as silk but some photographers choose to add grain to the picture. If you are familiar with one of the world top wedding photographer Jeff Ascough, you will know what I mean. Look at his picture, most of them have grain even though he use top of the line camera equipment which can produce less noticeable noise at high ISO but look at the grain. Back in the golden film era, people use High ISO film camera which produce…

  • Assignment,  People,  Photojournalism

    Basic Photography | What is a Fast Lens?

    © 2007 Wazari Wazir | Raptor Watch | Tanjung Tuan Malacca Lens speed refers to the maximum aperture diameter, or minimum f-number, of a photographic lens. A lens with a larger maximum aperture (that is, a smaller minimum f-number) is a fast lens because it delivers more light intensity (illuminance) to the focal plane, allowing a faster shutter speed. A smaller maximum aperture (larger minimum f-number) is “slow” because it delivers less light intensity and requires a slower shutter speed. A lens may be referred to as “fast” or “slow” depending on its maximum aperture compared to other lenses of similar focal length designed for a similar film format. Lens speed given by the minimum f-number, or alternatively maximum aperture diameter or maximum numerical aperture,…

  • Art,  Emotion,  Family,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Baby as Art | Natural Light Newborn Photography | Raphael

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Baby as Art | Natural Light Newborn Photography “It is an Illusion That Photos are Made With the Camera, They are Made With The Eye, The Heart and Head.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel