• Adventure,  Travel

    Foto Kembara | Ini Bario, Bukan Disneyland

    “Apa pasal la Boss aku bagi assignment kat Bario ni, tempat Jin bertendang, kenapalah aku tak dapat assignment di London ke, Paris ke atau Disneyland, kan best” terdengar keluhan seorang wartawan muda sewaktu kami baru nak masuk ke hostel penginapan kami di Bario Sarawak. Tiada penginapan hotel lima bintang, tiga bintang ataupun satu bintang di sini, yang ada hanyalah hostel ataupun homestay sahaja. Mungkin juga ini kali pertama wartawan tersebut tinggal di homestay. Dalam hati, aku berkata, mungkin wartawan tersebut merasakan bahawa beliau di hukum atau didera dengan diberi assignment hujung dunia macam ni, saya pernah berassignmnet di luar negara, dan kebanyakan wartawan yang membuat liputan di luar negara adalahterdiri…

  • Adventure,  Assignment,  Travel

    Travel And Photography | The Making Of Bario Salt | Sarawak

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Lubang Garam Pa Umor is one of the best-known Bario salt springs. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Lubang Garam Pa Umor is one of the best-known Bario salt springs. The main salt spring at the hut where they source the water for the salt. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | The spring water, containing brine from lubang Garam Pa Umor, is boiled for 24 hours before the salt is extracted. The Bario salt spring looks just like an ordinary spring. The only difference is the water from the spring is salty. © 2014 Wazari Wazir | The salty water is boiled until all the water is evaporated,…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Assignment,  Travel

    Travel Photography | The Early Bird Gets The Worm

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Beautiful Early Morning Mist at Bario Sarawak “And I walked for hours, imagining the mist growing thick and swallowing me whole. The thought of disappearing like that, so simply, made me so happy.”  – Jay Asher –  “The Early Bird Gets The Worm”. I think everyone knows that and when it comes to photography, those who rise early definitely have a chance to get a better photographs. Normally the best lighting when it comes to natural light is during early morning and late afternoon when the sun is low in the sky. We often refer it to the golden light, but there is also a…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Photography Tips | The Importance Of Negative Space in Composition

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Daily Life at Bario | Sarawak Robert Capa once said, “If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough.” It is about getting closer to the subject, get intimate with them, fills the frame , but then, every situation is difference. Sometimes you need to to get a little bit far away from your subject to tell the story better. Sometimes a distance subject, a smaller subject in the frame can makes a powerful looking photograph. Some people who saw this photograph might said that, why don’t I get closer to the man and the dog and just focus on him and the reflections…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Life is a Journey | Road Less Traveled | Bario Sarawak

    © 2014 Wazari Wazir | Road Less Traveled | Bario | Sarawak “The Road Of Life Twists And Turns And No Two Directions Are Ever The Same. Yet Our Lessons Come From The Journey, Not The Destination.” – Don Williams Jr – It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction.  We get lots of information about life but little education in life from parents,teachers, and other authority figures, who should know better from their experience.  Information is about facts.  Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.  But no matter how much advice you get, you are the one who chooses which train to board.…