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Travel and Photography | Once Upon a Time On The Beach | Kuala Penyu
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Family Trips at Tempurung Beach Kuala Penyu Kuala Penyu is a town located in Interior Division of Sabah, east Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is one of the gateways to Pulau Tiga National Park, where Survivor: Borneo was set. Kuala Penyu is also famous for its beaches, especially Tempurung beach, Sawangan beach and Sungai Labuan Waterfront. Sungai Labuan, as the name implies was taken from the name of a river flowing in the heart of Kuala Penyu. “Pesta Rumbia” is a special celebration for “Sago” trees which are only planted widely in the district. This festive season targets to promote ” sago” as traditional…
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Travel and Photography | Family Trips | Kota Belud Paddy Field | Sabah
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Family Trips | Kota Belud Paddy Field | Sabah “If these picture have anything important to say to future generations, it’s this, I was here, existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture” – Robin Williams – We are having a great time at Kota Belud Paddy Field. Kota Belud is the rice bowl of Sabah but it is not the main tourist attraction. Most people come to Sabah for it’s beautiful Island, Beaches and to climb a Mount Kinabalu. Kota Belud paddy field normally not on their itinerary of must visit…
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Travel Photography | Kota Belud Once Upon a Time in 2005
© 2005 Wazari Wazir | Kota Belud, Sabah Paddy Field | Nikon D70s With 18-70mm Lens “As a Child, The Paddy Field Was My Playground.” – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi – Actually the paddy field was also my playground during my early childhood but back then our family didn’t have a camera to freeze the moment, so I don’t have a photographs to prove it to you. Anyway this photographs were taken in September 2005, with my first DSLR which is Nikon D70s during my honeymoon with wife at Kota Belud, just a few month after our marriage. Kota Belud is the rice bowl of Sabah, the paddy field was quite…
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Family Photography Trips at Kota Belud Sabah
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | Family Outing at Kota Belud Rice Field | Sabah Malaysia North Borneo I’ve always wanted to get a photograph of my family against a beautiful backdrop of paddy field, I like the rustic feeling of it. The closer that I can get it from Kuala Lumpur is heading to Sekinchan or Sungai Besar located at Selangor approximately two hours drive from Kuala Lumpur, but after five month, since my third child were born, we didn’t manage to get there. So when we are on a holiday in Sabah, visiting my mother-in-law, my friend, Azman Jumat suggested to us to visit Kota Belud and here we…
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Children Photography | Once Upon a Time in Cameron Highlands
© 2013 Wazari Wazir | My Children at Cameron Highlands Tea Plantation Nowadays I try as much as I can to take a photograph of my children with an environmental background, something that add context to the picture, something that have story to tell. When I’ve my first child HaiQal, we didn’t have any mean of transportation, I mean we don’t have a car, so it can be quite difficult for us to going somewhere using a public transportation, that’s why most of HaiQal pictures back then were taken around my house, normally just a close up portrait of my son alone or with his mother. To be honest with…