• Art,  Editing,  Emotion,  People,  Portrait

    Basic Photography | Creative Photography by Using Slow Shutter Speed

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Pulau Ketam | ISO 100 | Aperture f/10 | 1/20 Sometimes we need to think outside of the box to get a creative photograph, I was shooting this young lady with a group of a photographers at Pulau Ketam or Crab Island in Selangor, I just wanted to get a different shot, I don’t want standard static boring shot, I want to add some drama to my picture, so I decided to ask her to spin the umbrella, since the umbrella is colorful, I think it will look great if it was spinning. The problem is that, we are in a very bright area, very…

  • Art,  Editing,  People,  Photoshop,  Portrait

    Photography | Photoshop Photo Editing | Before and After

    © 2009 Wazari Wazir | Before Editing | Original Unedit Picture © 2009 Wazari Wazir | After Editing With Photoshop | Playing With Color Tone Playing with color tone is not something new, photographers have been playing or experimenting with it since black and white film days. In those days they call it “The Art of Tinting”, they tint their black and white photograph to have some colors and the most famous one is “Sepia Tint” or tone. The process of tinting in the darkroom was a bit time consuming and cumbersome and only skilled person in the darkroom printing can do it well and most of the time the…

  • 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…