• Assignment,  Historical Moment,  Travel

    Photojournalist Covering The Arrival Ceremony of Malaysia Airlines MH17 Victims

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | The Photographers At Bunga Raya Complex KLIA Waiting For The Special Aircraft © 2014 Nazri Rapaai | The Photographers Covering The Arrival Ceremony of Malaysia Airlines #MH17 Victims KLIA © 2014 Wazari Wazir | The Photographers Covering The Arrival Ceremony of Malaysia Airlines MH17 Victims at KLIA Another hectic schedules for me and my colleague here in Malaysia on 22nd August 2014, covering the arrival of the first 20 bodies of Malaysian MH17 victims here in Malaysia.  This is The first repatriation of victims from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to the country, our government has urged people to wear black and observe a minute of silence and…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Family,  Travel

    Photography Tips | How To Handle Low Light Conditions Without Using Flash

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | My Family During Langkawi Island Trip | ISO 1600 – ISO 2000 | Shutter 1/80 – 1/200 Photographers always facing this kind of things, sometimes they just don’t have any other options like, not having a flash, like me. Sometimes using flash is prohibited in certain places and sometimes, yes you can flash but in doing so, will spoil the mood in certain places. In my case I don’t want to use flash and prefer to use whatever light available there. The easiest way to handle low light condition without using flash is to bump up the ISO in your camera. For the photographs above…

  • Adventure,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Photojournalism | 1Malaysia Patriotic Cycling Event in Putrajaya

    © 2013  Wazari Wazir | 1Malaysia Patriotic Cycling Event in Putrajaya With Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak Cycling event is nothing much to shout about, it happens all the time in this country, some are much more happening than the other like the recent Le Tour de Langkawi, they are an international events and Putrajaya have a lot of bicycle enthusiast. Anyway this is not just another cycling event, this 1Malaysia (One Malaysia) Patriotic Cycling event is something to remember, it is a history. Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak also took part in this event and the other interesting fact to know is that he Najib has just announce the…

  • Art,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Princes’ Island | Büyükada | Adalar | Istanbul Turkey

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Princes’ Island | Büyükada | Adalar | Istanbul Turkey The Princes’ Islands (Turkish: Prens Adaları “Prince Islands”, or more commonly Kızıl Adalar “Red Islands” or just Adalar as they are officially named; classical Greek: Πριγκήπων νήσοι Prinkēpōn nēsoi), are a chain of nine islands off the coast ofIstanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara. The islands also constitute the Adalar (literally Islands or Isles) district of Istanbul Province. The mayor of the Adalar (Isles) district is Mustafa Farsakoğlu (CHP); WikiPedia The largest island in the group, Büyükada (Great Island) shows is impressive from the ferry, with gingerbread villas climbing up the slopes of the hill and the bulbous twin cupolas of the Splendid Otel providing an unmistakable landmark. It’s a truly lovely spot to spend an…

  • Art,  Family,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Family Photography | It’s The Moment That Matters

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son | Family Photography It’s been awhile that I play around with texture in my photograph, at one time I’m obsessed with texture and I find it very hard to get it right and after awhile, after I know how to get it right, I no longer find it challenging and that’s the reason why nowadays I rarely playing with texture in Photoshop. Anyway this photograph of my family, my wife and my son Raphael, still can stand on it’s own, with or without the editing, the reason is that it’s the moment that matters. Even though if I took this photograph with…