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Words That Kept Me Going | A Letter From Grandma
I got this email in November 28 2008, from Kathryn B. Foytack | Thomasville, Georgia, USA To this days I still felt so touch by her observation, thank you for your kind words, I really don’t know what to say. You give me so much inspiration and really kept me going. Here is her original email to me without any alteration, I did asking her permission prior to sharing it here in my Blog. I so admire the quality of your photos of your beautiful son. The new one of him running with his head down is just too perfect…so like a little boy. The ones where his mom is…
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Black and White Photography Tips
© 2010 Wazari Wazir | Black and White Photography | A Portrait of HaiQal “Life is like a good black and white photograph, there’s black, there’s white, and lots of shades in between.” ( Karl Heiner ) First thing first, not all picture will look great in black and white, don’t get into the idea that everything will look great in black and white. I’ve a lot people asking me whether I change my camera setting and shoot in in black and white mode. No, I’ve never done that. All my pictures are taken in colors, I use Photoshop to turn it into black and white. Most of my pictures…
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Passion for Photography
If there is no passion in your life, then have you really lived? Find your passion, whatever it may be. Become it, and let it become you and you will find great things happen FOR you, TO you and BECAUSE of you. ( T. Alan Armstrong ) According to Wikipedia Passion (from the Latin verb patior, meaning to suffer or to endure, also related to compatible) is an emotion applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense emotion compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something. The term is also often applied to a lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity or…
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Portraiture Tips | The Importance of Location
In portraiture, do not under estimate the important of a location, unless you are shooting portrait in the studio, that’s a different thing but if you planning to shoot outdoor, take your time to scout some good location before the photo shoot. Look where the lighting is coming from, be alert, anticipate, look what time of the day that the lighting is very good, whether it is in the morning or afternoon, but in this case where this picture is taken inside Kuala Lumpur Railway Station the time of the day is not so much important because I was shooting inside, as long as there is bright light during the…
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Tips On Playing With Photoshop Tone
© 2009 Wazari Wazir | Aya Sofya | Istanbul Turkey © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Spice Bazaar | Istanbul | Turkey Everybody knows that Great Pictures is a Great pictures no matter you edit it or not, it can be great coming straight from the camera but sometimes especially to those creative people who want more from their picture, editing is just something extra than can be done to enhance a good picture becoming great. It’s all start with a great picture, for an example like the picture above,without the color tone, the picture still can stand on it’s own, it have it’s own story to tell, with or without…
