• Family,  Moment,  Portraiture

    Photography Tips | Simple Way on How To Get Great Bokeh

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son | 50mm | f/1.8 | ISO 200 | 1/250 “Bokeh” has evolved somewhat from its original meaning. Bokeh is now commonly used to refer to blurred lights or shapes within an image, where as, the term more accurately describes the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus area of a photograph. Therefore, it is possible to have ‘good’ or ‘bad’ bokeh, (although that is purely subjective), but in essence, it’s all about the area of an image that falls outside the depth-of-field. The term comes from the Japanese  word boke (暈け or ボケ), which means “blur” or “haze”, or boke-aji (ボケ味), the “blur quality”.…

  • eBook,  Light,  Moment,  People,  Travel

    Mastering a Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool | Natural Light Photography Secrets

    © 2012 Digital Photography School | Mastering Photographer’s Most Powerful Tool by Mitchell Kanaskevich After the Camera, Your most Powerful Photographic Tool is Light Are you making the most of it to create beautiful images? In Natural Light, pro travel photographer Mitchell Kanashkevich reveals his secrets for using natural light to enhance the mood, atmosphere, and quality of images. Over 96 lavishly illustrated pages, you’ll learn how to create stunning images wherever you are, and whatever your subject—without spending a dime on fancy equipment. Beautiful photography… just like nature intended it. |  Digital Photography School I will write full review about this eBook later on, and as you already know, I’m…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Malaysia,  People,  Travel

    Tips Pengembaraan ke India | Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Jal Mahal | Rajasthan | Bersama Pelancong Tempatan di Jal Mahal | Jaipur | Rajasthan India © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Jal Mahal | Jaipur |  Rajasthan India INDIA bagi sesetangah orang bukanlah sebuah destinasi pelancongan yang masuk dalam senarai mereka, ada yang meletakkan India sebagai destinasi terakhir untuk di kunjungi sekiranya tiada tempat lain ingin dikunjungi. Ada juga yang tak masuk langsung dalam kamus perjalanan hidup mereka. Masing-masing punya cita rasa yang berbeza-beza. Itu adalah lumrah kehidupan, jadi kepada sesiapa yang tidak berminat untuk ke India, ada baiknya anda berhenti membaca di sini kerana tiada sebarang faedah yang boleh anda dapati dengan membaca blog…

  • Life,  Malaysia,  People,  Travel

    Travel Photography | It’s Not About The Camera

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Mabul Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo I think this behind the scene picture tells more story than the close up picture of the subject, I mean the end result. Here you can see how the photographer interact with the subject and you can see also the person reaction when he is being photograph with his daughter. Travel photography is not for everybody, I mean when it involved human as your main subject, it is not suitable for a “shy guy” because more often than not, you need to interact with local people, unless your main interest is to photograph a landscape, seascape, buildings,…

  • Art,  Family,  Melayu,  Travel

    Basic Photography Tips | Using Leading Lines for Captivating Composition

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Pantai Sawangan Jetty | Kuala Penyu Sabah © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children Playground | Lake Garden | Taman Tasik Perdana | Kuala Lumpur Taking picture is easy but to really get a beautiful picture in term of having an aesthetic value that was pleasing to the eye is not as easy as pressing the shutter button on the camera. That’s why it is good if we have some basic understanding about something that we used to called it as “The Rule of Photography” even though I like it to be called as a “Photographers Guide” rather than rules. In term of composition, there is…