Portrait

  • Art,  Black and White,  Expression,  Portrait,  Travel

    Children of Heaven | Mabul Island | Sabah

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children of Heaven | Mabul Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo “We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”  – Franklin D. Roosevelt – “Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children don’t usually act in such a manner. If they feel…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Black and White,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Travel

    Portrait From Kashmir | The Mountain Man

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | The Mountain Man of Sonamarg | Kashmir | February 2012 When Jack London had his portrait made by the noted San Francisco photographer Arnold Genthe, London began the encounter with effusive praise for the photographic art of his friend and fellow bohemian, Genthe. “You must have a wonderful camera…It must be the best camera in the world…You must show me your camera.” Genthe then used his standard studio camera to make what has since become a classic picture of Jack London. When the sitting was finished, Genthe could not contain himself: “I have read your books, Jack, and I think they are important works of…

  • Art,  Family,  Moment,  Portrait

    Photography | What Camera Should I Buy?

    What camera should I buy? I’ve always get this kind of questions coming through my email. Yes I’ve been through this before but it was during camera film and back then it was not really difficult to make a decision, because there is no such things as Full Frame or Non Full Frame Camera and we have no problem about which camera is good when it comes to HIGH ISO performance, since the ISO is largely depend on the type of film that you are using and not like todays camera  whereby each camera from a different manufacture have different quality when it comes to High ISO performance, some camera…

  • Art,  Emotion,  Life,  Portrait,  Travel

    Family Outing | Cameron Highlands | A Moment to Remember

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | My Wife and Raphael | Cameron Highlands | Pahang Malaysia “What are Raphael’s Madonnas but the shadow of a mother’s love, fixed in permanent outline forever?”   – Thomas Wentworth Higginson – Tweet news and informationbusiness,health,entertainment,technology automotive,business,crime,health,life,politics,science,technology,travel

  • Art,  eBook,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Travel,  Workshops Photoshop

    Photoshop Tips and Tricks | Faded Memories | Muted Colors

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Muted Colors Step One | The Original (Left) | Vintage Version (Right) I Just wanted to share my little secrets on how I did my tone in Photoshop, yes there are many ways to scan a cat and yes there are many ways to get this effect in Photoshop and I’ve tried some of them and sometimes I like one way more than the others. On the left photograph above is the original picture, just minor editing done, it was taken in late afternoon just before sunset in New Delhi, for those who doesn’t know what’s the monument is that, it is the famous India…