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Action Photography | Slow Shutter Speed For Sense of Movement
© 2009 Wazari Wazir | Belly Dancer | Moroccan Pavilion Putrajaya Have you ever seen a whirling dervishes? It is one of the symbol of Turkey tourism. Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning), is a physically active meditation which originated among Sufis especially in Konya Turkey. If you have ever seen those “Whirling Dervishes” picture on the internet or in the magazine, most of the time you will see a a blurred kind of a picture, it is rare to see a whirling dervishes picture in a static movement, usually a photographer will use a slow shutter speed to captured that beautiful dancers in motion, captured their sense of movement gracefully. Actually when…
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Environmental Portrait Photography | Belly Dancers at Moroccan Pavilion
© 2009 Wazari Wazir | Belly Dancers | Moroccan Pavilion | Botanical Garden Putrajaya In my previous article I’ had written props, how sometimes a good set of props or supporting element can make or break any portraiture session. The other thing that can make or break a portrait session is the costume and the choice of location for the photo shoot. The right costumes with the right background usually will produce a great portrait or if I can say, a great environmental portrait where people can relate into it. This Belly Dancers photo outing was organize by friend of mine Dominic Song at Moroccan Pavilion in Putrajaya on the…
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Portrait Photography | People and Places
© 2010 Wazari Wazir | Portraiture | Botanical Garden | Putrajaya Portrait photography is not all about great Bokeh, it is not all about fancy camera equipment, super fast portrait lens like 50mm f1.2 or 85mm f2 lens. Portrait photography is all about capturing the character of the people being photograph the most. For me, there are two kind of a portrait shot, the one where you just concentrate on the person itself, close up shot, maybe head and shoulder shot where, the background is not important, I mean doesn’t need to be in focus because the centre of attraction is the person only, if that is the case super…
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Child Photography | Lost In Morocco
Just to tell you the truth, I didn’t take this picture in Casablanca Morocco, in fact it was here in Putrajaya Malaysia, I know some of you, especially Malaysian who have come and visit Putrajaya many times will think that I’m joking, “where the hell is this place”? You might ask, it is in Putrajaya but because of it’s hidden location, you can’t see it from the main road, there were no “Moroccan Pavillion” signboard from the main road. No wonder why some people called it Putrajaya Best Kept Secret. So, where is this place actually? It was located in Taman Botani or Putrajaya Botanical Park. From the main road…