• Assignment,  Photojournalism

    Photojournalism | Malaysia’s King Opens First Meeting Of Second Session Of 13th Parliament

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s  King, The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, opened the first meeting of the second session of the 13th Parliament. In a break with tradition, the according of the Royal Honours was held at the Banquet Hall at Parliament House instead of the guard-of-honour at Parliament Square due to the haze. At 11 am, the bell was rung and the King was escorted into the Dewan Rakyat to deliver the royal address,  10 March, 2014. This time around, me from Department of Information Malaysia, BERNAMA and Parliament photographer manage to secure our position here to captured the meeting from this angle, centre position. Actually at…

  • Assignment,  History,  Photojournalism

    Photojournalism | The Official Opening Ceremony of First Session of 13th Parliament

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s King Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (2nd R) receives the royal address from Prime Minister Najib Razak as Queen Haminah looks on during the opening of the parliament sitting at Parliament House. © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s King, Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah, deliver his royal address and open the first session of the 13th Parliament, here in Kuala Lumpur, on June 25th 2013. © 2013 Wazari | Some Of The Members of Media Covering The Ceremony at Parliament House Second day working at the Parliament, June 25th 2013. It was busy as usual. Actually I’ve nothing much to write here, just wanted to…

  • Assignment,  Photojournalism

    Trooping The Colours | Istiadat Mengarak Panji-Panji Seri Paduka Baginda Yang Di-Pertuan Agong

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia King | Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah | Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong XIV © 2013 Wazari Wazir | The Yang di-Pertuan Agong inspected a guard-of-honour mounted by 22 officers and 540 personnel of other ranks headed by the first battalion Royal Malay Regiment commanding officer Lieutenant-Colonel Mohd Rosli Abu Bakar. © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak Arrived at Independence Square © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister, Muhyiddin Yassin Arrived at Independence Square Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah attended the trooping of the colours ceremony at…

  • History,  Photojournalism

    Published | Malaysia Aperture Photography Magazine

    © 2013 Wazari Wazir | Some of My Photographs Published in Malaysia Aperture Magazine | March 2013 I think there is no better way to appreciate a photograph but in prints and finally some of my recent assignment in Tokyo Japan were published in Malaysia’s Aperture Magazine  March 2013 under MPPA or Malaysian Press Photographers Association. I was interviewed by Aperture Magazine writer, Nor Izani Abdullah but unfortunately the magazine is only available in Malaysia and it is written in Malay, not in English. A little bit about the articles, it is mostly about how a photojournalist, which is about my experience covering an official assignment and  the protocol involved.…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Family,  Travel

    My Best Photographic Experience in 2012

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Photograph of Me by Azman Jumat at Dal Lake Kashmir To begin with this is not a set of my best photographs of 2012 but it is among a few collections of my photographic experience this year. If you have been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that I’m a photographer working with the government of Malaysia and photography also happens to be my hobby. Why I’m saying this because sometimes, working photographers have other hobbies as well and not necessarily related to photography, I know some photographers who like cycling, fishing and riding a big bike during their free times but for…