History

  • Assignment,  Black and White,  History,  Malaysia,  Moment,  Prime Minister

    Photojournalism | The Assignment

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia Prime Minister (L) Najib Razak and his Qatar’s  counterpart Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani talk during the state welcoming ceremony in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, December 5, 2011. My schedule is a little bit pack recently, lots of assignment going on here and there and I hardly can keep up with my blog. Some of them are with sharing here while others I just posted on my flickr. Feel free to visit there in case I haven’t posted it here just yet. This is part of my job but don’t worry though, I will not flooded my blog with all this political pictures, I know…

  • Assignment,  History,  Perdana Menteri Malaysia,  Photojournalism

    The Assignment | Eid al-Fitr at Malaysian Prime Minister Official Residence

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Malaysian Premier’s Eid Open House at Prime Minister Official Residence, Seri Perdana Putrajaya While most of my friends are on holiday, I’ve to work on the very first day of Eid al-Fitr which is  is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. working during Eid celebration is nothing unusual for me and it is not just me working on the 1st day of Eid, quite a few of members of media are here covering this event at  Eid Al Fitr Open House hosted by Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak and cabinet ministers at the prime minister’s official residence, Seri Perdana, on…

  • Art,  Black and White,  History,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism

    Photojournalism | Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations at Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur Malaysia King Birthday Celebrations usually took place on the very first Saturday of June each year, which in this year fall on 4th June 2011 at Merdeka Square or “Dataran Merdeka” Kuala Lumpur. This event normally last for about an hour from the moment the King arrive at 8 AM until 9 AM. The photographs above were shot with 300mm f2.8 lens because the distance was quite far away, we can use 70-200mm lens but you will never get this tight. I’ve seen photojournalist who are using 400mm lens to get this shot, its all depends…

  • Assignment,  History,  Moment,  Photojournalism,  Prime Minister,  Reportage Photography

    Photojournalist and Camera Equipment

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Lens 10-20mm | Shoot at 18mm | Aperture f/10 | 1/500 | ISO 200 © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Lens 300mm f/2.8 | Aperture Use f/5 | Shutter 1/2000 | ISO 200 © 2011 Wazari Wazir | The Photojournalist Camera Equipment © 2011 Wazari Wazir | The Photographer at Prime Minister Office | Putrajaya There’s a very good reason why Photojournalist needs a quality gear or what people called it as a professional photography equipment for their work. Take for an example of this event, a welcoming ceremony for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabo at Putrajaya. The top picture were taken with UWA 10-20mm Lens on D700…

  • History,  Moment,  Najib,  People,  Photojournalism,  Reportage Photography

    Photojournalism | Telling The Story in Pictures

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak at Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) Selangor Above photograph were taken during Malaysia Prime Minister visit to Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) where he launch The Assembly of Farmers, Breeders and Fishermen 2011 on April 22nd 2011. I’m not going to write a story about the event since I’m not a writer but a photographer but I like to share something with you guys what I personally found it to be interesting during the event. I want you to focus your attention to the people around the Prime Minister, especially their expression when they have a chance to be quite…