• Art,  Black and White,  Emotion,  Family,  Life,  Moment,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Portrait | Black and White Photography

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | My Son Playing With Puddle | Langkawi Kedah Some of you might not call this a black and white photograph but just a greyscale photograph. It doesn’t have that kind of deep solid black, just a shade of grey, you are right, this is not super deep rich black and white but that is not my point of this article. I know how to get a deep rich black and white but for this image I prefer it to be like this, a lighter version of black and white. I get a lot of emails asking me, how to know whether some picture will look…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Family,  Moment

    Action Photography | Sense of Movement

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Joy of Childhood | KLCC Park | ISO 100 | 1/20 | F 18 | Lens 10-20mm First of all I would like to let you know that this is not a Photoshop effect or tricks even though I know how to do it in Photoshop but this action shot, with a sense of movement and blurred background is done right in the camera. I’ve to try many times to get this shot right, I mean to get my son face in focus, not too blurred, you cannot get super sharp image while panning but the point is to get the face of the subject…

  • Family,  Malaysia,  Moment,  People,  Portrait,  Travel

    Environmental Portrait | Family Day Outing at Kuala Lumpur City Centre

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | My Family | Kuala Lumpur City Centre KLCC My wife was struggling to hold my son because he wanted to free, running here and there. It was clear blue sky here in Kuala Lumpur on Federal Day Territory day, a public holiday for Kuala Lumpur resident and also for Putrajaya and Labuan Island. This is a safe place for my son to run here and there and the water on that pond behind is not so deep, my son will not get drown by it, maybe get wet a little if he falls down but I just wanted to take a picture of them together,…

  • Art,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Tourism,  Travel

    Kuala Lumpur | Federal Territory Day | Hari Wilayah Persekutuan

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Kuala Lumpur City Center | Federal Territory Day Federal Territory Day, or Hari Wilayah Persekutuan as it is known in Malay, falls on 1st February and celebrates the anniversary of the formation of the Federal Territory in 1974. This day is declared a holiday in the Federal Territory, where visitors will see the streets transformed by parades and fireworks, with various cultural activities and fascinating exhibitions happening in a whole host of different locations. This year the celebration was held at Dataran Merdeka on 29th January 2011. Today, the Federal Territory comprises three cities: Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya. Labuan is an island off the…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Life,  Malaysia,  People,  Photojournalism,  Reportage Photography,  Sports,  Travel

    Photography | Bad Weather Photography | Rains

    © 2006 Wazari Wazir | Le Tour de Langkawi 2006 | Kuala Lumpur © 2006 Wazari Wazir | Le Tour de Langkawi 2006 | Kuala Lumpur © 2006 Wazari Wazir | Le Tour de Langkawi 2006 | Kuala Lumpur About the picture above, I really did not plan to shoot in the rain and not really ready for it, actually it was very good start, the weather was fine with clear blue sky on that day, the final stage of Le Tour de Langkawi 2006 in Kuala Lumpur but suddenly after few laps, unexpectedly downpour change everything. I think most photographers are not ready facing the rains because it was…