• Art,  Expression,  Life,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Travel

    Environmental Portrait Photography | Belly Dancers at Moroccan Pavilion

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Belly Dancers | Moroccan Pavilion | Botanical Garden Putrajaya In my previous article I’ had written props, how sometimes a good set of props or supporting element can make or break any portraiture session. The other thing that can make or break a portrait session is the costume and the choice of location for the photo shoot. The right costumes with the right background usually will produce a great portrait or if I can say, a great environmental portrait where people can relate into it. This Belly Dancers photo outing was organize by friend of mine Dominic Song at Moroccan Pavilion in Putrajaya on the…

  • Art,  Editing,  Expression,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Portrait Photography Tips | The Props

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Senior Portrait Photography | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia We have to admit that posing does not comes naturally for most of us. As a photographers sometimes we find it hard for us to direct a model or a person how to pose in front of the camera, unless we are photographing a professional model with years of experience in modelling. Among the most difficult part to pose is the position of the hand. It may look among the smallest part on the human body but most of the times the hand position can make or break a good portrait shot. Sometimes we have no idea…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Expression,  Face,  Family,  Moment

    Portrait Photography | Portrait of My Son

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Random Order Portrait of My Son From January to December 2010 Nothing much to write here but just to share with you some of my son pictures taken last year from January to December 2010. This is not the best shot, just a random order and since I take a thousands of HaiQal pictures last year, so it is almost impossible for me to pick the very best from that collection, this is just a random order especially a photograph that I cropped it into a square one. Even though I work in photojournalism line, I rarely post my work here because it was just…

  • Art,  Life,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    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…

  • Art,  Editing,  Expression,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Portrait Photography | Candid Moment Photography

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Porraiture at Tasik Titiwangsa Kuala Lumpur Candid photography usually refer to unplanned or unposed shot and usually when we talk about candid moment, we refer it to people photography, even though it can be anything, animal at the zoo suddenly jumping over the bridge for an example. What make candid moment so special is because most of the times it only happen once, even though sometimes we try to “staged” it for a second time, the moment will not be the same. Nowadays especially in wedding or portrait photography, people like to “staged” their candid moment, I mean a photographer act like a film director,…