• 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,…

  • Adventure,  Life,  Malaysia,  Moment,  People,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Human Touch

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Mabul Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo I’m taking a break from posting my son picture here, just to make my blog a little bit interesting. This entry is about travel photography, from my point of view. I’m not an expert on this field because I’m not a travel photographer by profession, even though I wish I were but nevertheless as a photographer I do travel a lot but this photograph above which I took in 2008 is not part of my official assignment. This is personal photographic outing with my friends in Mabul Island of Sabah. Let me get straight without wasting too…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Light,  Photojournalism,  Tourism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Sunrise at Mesilau Kundasang Sabah

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Sunrise at Mesilau | Kundasang Sabah | Mount Kinabalu Golf Club Mesilau derived its moniker from the small stream of yellow waterfall which the locals there claimed to have been originally yellow in colour (silou is Dusun for yellow). Located 2, 000 meters east of Kinabalu Park; it is home to amazing nature growing pitcher plants such as Nephenthes rajah. Mesilau Nature Park is situated just further up from Kundasang Dairy Farm and Kinabalu Golf Resort. Mesilau is situated some 100 kilometers from Kota Kinabalu by road or about approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes  driving. Mesilau is practically the highest point accessible to automobiles; it…

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    Basic Photography | Composition | Rule of Thirds

    © 2008 Wazari Wazir | Sunset at Kota Kinabalu Sabah In my previous article I’ve wrote about basic rule of thirds and how we can create a pleasing image by position our subject a little bit off centre from the frame, either close to the right or to the left, same goes for landscape photography, where you position the  horizon does make a lot of different. Basic composition rules is, never put your horizon in the middle of the frame and please be remind also, this rule are not carved in stone, it is just a guideline only where people usually follow to create pleasing picture especially in landscape photography.…