• Assignment,  Photojournalism

    Photojournalism | My First Official Assignment in Tokyo Japan

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Malaysian King, Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah Arrived at Haneda Airport Tokyo on October 1st, for a Five Day State Visit to Japan. This is last minute official assignment actually and I’m not really get super excited when I was given this assignment because I know that whenever the assignment involved super VVIP, the plan will always keeps on changing and it can change at the very last minute and that’s why I keep it a secret about my Tokyo Assignment until I reach Japan soil even though I I’ve already given the task a…

  • Art,  Assignment,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Basic Photography Composition | Framing Your Shots

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Frame Within The Frame | Istana Alam Shah | Klang Selangor In photography framing is the technique to bring focus to the subject, by properly framing our subject, it helps to draw viewers eyes to the subject. Anything can be use as a frame as long as it help to focus or direct the viewers eyes to the  main subject. Here in this photograph I use the platform or the stage and the yellow decoration clothes up there to frame my main subject, actually my “real main subject” here is The King of Malaysia, but the King has not arrive just yet, so in this…

  • Assignment,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism

    Photojournalism | Telling Story With Picture

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Official State Visit President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Photojournalism is all about telling a story with a pictures, if we tell a tory with words, then we are journalist, minus the “photo”, that’s why it is very important to get all the element right in one single frame whenever is possible. The picture above were taken recently during State Welcoming Ceremony at Parliament Square in Kuala Lumpur for the Official State Visit of His Excellency Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Madame Keosaychay to Malaysia on November 24, 2010. This kind of shot, I mean from this angle, from…

  • Culture,  Historical Moment,  Malaysia,  Melayu,  News,  Photojournalism,  Reportage Photography,  Tourism,  Travel

    SPB Agong | Daulat Tuanku

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Hari Keputeraan Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong | King Birthday Celebration I like to cover this assignment, “Hari Keputeraan Agong” or King Birthday only held once a year here at Dataran Merdeka Kuala Lumpur usually on the very first Saturday in the month of June. Another special occasion that took place here is Royal Flag Bearing Procession in conjunction with His Majesty Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Wathiqu Billah Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah (The King) Birthday Celebration. Very colorful event and what I like most about covering this historical event is that “The Man In Uniform”…