• Adventure,  Art,  History,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Travel Photography | London | Once Upon a Time

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Travel Photography | London | Vintage Sometimes having a little bit of extra Photoshop skills can be fun, we can turn back the clock on London. I think the old building there help  with this texture editing but I don’t know whether McDonald’s and Burger King does exist in those times. In photoshop, with the right texture and the right picture this kind of editing just work seamlessly. I really like those London classic Black Taxi there. But it just doesn’t happen to be there, I do wait until that Taxi enter the frame and just about to take the turn, I press the shutter,…

  • Art,  Culture,  Life,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Pulau Ketam | Crab Island

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Travel Photography | Pulau Ketam | Crab Island © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Travel Photography | Pulau Ketam | Crab Island Pulau Ketam, literally translated, means “Crab Island”, “Ketam” is a Malay word for “Crab”. It is a small island located off the coast of Klang. The island is easily accessible from the Port Klang jetty by ferry. This is a traditional fishing village where visitors can witness and experience the unique lifestyle of fishermen. I think the easiest way to come here from Kuala Lumpur is by taking a train or KTM Komuter where you can take the Komuter from Kuala Lumpur Sentral Station…

  • Family,  Life,  Love,  Malaysia,  Moment,  Photojournalism,  Photoshop,  Tourism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Colmar Tropicale Bukit Tinggi

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Colmar Tropicale | Bukit Tinggi Pahang © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Colmar Tropicale | Bukit Tinggi Pahang © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Colmar Tropicale | Bukit Tinggi Pahang Colmar Tropicale is the unique French-Themed Resort attraction at Bukit Tinggi Resort. It stands approximately 2,600 feet above sea level on 80 acres of natural forestland. The first of its kind in Malaysia, it is modelled after the 16th Century Colmar Village in Alsace, France and has retained the authenticity and European feel of its counterpart. The Colmar Tropicale can be reached from Karak Highway, approximately 45 minute drive from Kuala Lumpur, after Genting Sempah Tunnel, look…

  • Expression,  Family,  Life,  Love,  Moment,  Portrait

    Portrait Photography | The Joy of Childhood

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | FRIM | Forest Research Institute Malaysia Just a short outing with my family at FRIM Forest Research Institute Malaysia in Kepong, just about half an hour from Kuala Lumpur. Actually I was invited by friend of mine Mdnoh Jalaludin for a Model photo shoot, he did bring three beautiful looking models for the outing but I did not take a lot of photographs of the models because I was busy with my family especially with my son. I did join the group of photographers there for a small photography talk. I was in a hurry actually because I have an assignment in Malacca, just two…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Expression,  Family,  Life,  Moment,  People,  Portrait

    Portrait | Black and White Photography Tips

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Portrait of My Son Some people say, doing black and white is easy, I mean to convert from a color picture to black and white is a simple process as simple as A,B,C, it’s true, it’s very easy, just desaturate it or covert it into grey scale and you get black and white photograph, but to get a quality black and white photograph is not easy, at least for me, it was very easy for me to edit a color photograph than to edit a black and white picture. A lot of people have ask me, how I do my black and white editing, I…