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Travel and Photography | Photography Equipment | Have Camera Will Travel
© 2012 Ahmad Shukri | Langtang National Park Nepal | Photograph of Me Taken by Ahmad Shukri People often ask me, what type of camera and lenses I carry when I travel, actually I’ve answer this question more than I can remember, I like to travel light and currently I just have one camera body with me which is Canon 5D Mark II and two sets of prime lens, 24mm f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.4. I’ve to say from my experience, prime lens is not user friendly lens when it come for travel photography, there is so much limitation, it is not practical. But then, I’m traveling just for the sake…
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Explore, Dream, Discover | Langtang National Park | Nepal
© 2012 Ahmad Shukri | A Photograph of Me Taken by Ahmad Shukri, Enjoying The Magnificent View of Himalaya “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 harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover”. – Mark Twain – By now you should already know why we took more than eight to ten hours of trekking time to get from one point over another, when normally all it takes is four to five hours from one post to another. We stop a lot,…
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Nepal | Portrait of Tamang | Tamang Heritage Trail | Langtang National Park
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Tamang | Langtang National Park | Nepal © 2012 Ahmad Shukri | Me and Tamang Women | Langtang © 2012 MHilmi | Me and Tamang Women | Langtang National Park | Nepal The Tamangs (Devnagari: तामाङ; tāmāng) also called “Tamags” are indigenous inhabitants of the Himalayan regions of Nepal. They form one of the major Tibeto-Burman speaking communities and trace their ancestry from Tibet. They have their own distinct culture, language and religion. Through the centuries, due to foreign invasions, they moved to other parts of South Asia. Today, they inhabit practically the entire mountainous regions of Nepal and also adjoining regions of India,…
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Travel Photography | Nepal | Sunrise Over Annapurna Range | View From Sarangkot
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Sunrise From Sarangkot | Pokhara | Nepal Sarangkot is the most popular tourist destination from where the tourist can enjoy the great view of the Pokhara Valley and the magnificent view of the Annapurna Range. Sarangkot is only 5 km from Lake Side, Pokhara. Sarangkot is the highest view point for a sunrise and it is just 1592m high. Sarangkot is 5 degrees cooler than Pokhara. Sarangkot can be reached easily by 45 minutes by a car ride to the top from Pokhara and then 45 minutes hike up to the main view point. Many tourists come to Sarangkot for sunrise view and go back…
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Travel Photography | Ortaköy Mosque Under Restoration
© 2012 Wazari Wazir | Ortaköy Mosque Under Restortion | Istanbul Turkey Ortaköy (literally Middle Village in Turkish) is a neighbourhood, formerly a small village, within the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, located in the middle of the European bank of the Bosphorus. Ortaköy was a cosmopolitan area during the Ottoman era and the first decades of the Turkish Republic, with communities of Turks, Greeks, Armenians and Jews. Today the neighbourhood still hosts many different religious (Muslim, Jewish, Orthodox, and other Christian) structures. It is also a popular spot for locals and tourists alike, with its art galleries, night clubs, cafés, bars, and restaurants. The Neo-Baroque style Ortaköy Mosque is…
