• Adventure,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Eye On Kashmir

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir | Dal Lake Talking about Kashmir, actually to be honest with you, I really don’t know how to describe it and no matter how I try, no matter how hard I try to photograph Kashmir the best that I can do with my camera, I don’t think my photographs can do justice to its beauty. Yes Kashmir has it own problem, my country also has it’s own problem but then I can see beauty in Kashmir and I’m not here by accident, I choose to be here. I don’t believe what people say about Kashmir, I want to find…

  • Adventure,  Life,  Travel

    Why Travel? | Life is a Journey | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Once Upon a Time in Kashmir | Dal Lake Kashmir “People from all over the world have passed through this village, son,” said his father. “They come in search of new things, but when they leave they are basically the same people they were when they arrived. They climb the mountain to see the castle, and they wind up thinking that the past was better than what we have now. They have blond hair, or dark skin, but basically they’re the same as the people who live right here.” “But I’d like to see the castles in the towns where they live,” the boy explained.…

  • Book,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Featured | Dunia Kamera Magazine | July 2012

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Majalah Dunia Kamera | Dunia Kamera Magazine | July 2012 I was recently interviewed by Dunia Kamera Magazine, Malaysia Edition for their “Figura Pro” feature. Actually I was a bit surprised when Mohd Khairul Aladin, Dunia Kamera journalist send me an SMS and telling me that he wanted to interview me to be featured for the magazine. Normally I don’t take serious about his SMS but nevertheless I agree and then the rest is history. Actually after the interview been done, I’ve never heard about it, the journalist never contact me after that but I was curious, I don’t know whether this is just a…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Kashmir The Land of Mystery

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Kashmir | The Land of Mystery In my personal experience, Kashmir is truly The Land of Mystery, some people use to called Kashmir as Paradise on Earth. You can learn about Kashmir by reading magazines, books andy watching the news on your television but it will never be the same as being there by yourself. I spend seven days here in Kashmir and still can’t get enough of it, yes it is still a mysteries to me and to be honest with you Kashmir is beautiful, in fact the photograph will never be able to do justice to how beautiful Kashmir are. A lot of…

  • Art,  Photoshop,  Travel

    Photography and Photoshop Editing | Before and After | It’s a Matter of Taste

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Shikara and Dal Lake | Srinagar Kashmir | Left – RAW SOOC | Right – After Photoshop Editing Sometimes, when we are talking about editing, it’s a matter of taste. On the left side of the picture is a RAW file or SOOC, straight out of the camera, just convert it to JPEG and on the right after minor adjustment in Photoshop. I did clone out and clean out the image and enhance the colors. Yes there is a slight magenta, green and yellow caste in the edited image but like I said sometimes editing is a mater of taste and there is no point…