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    Travel Photography | Winter in Pahalgam | Kashmir Paradise on Earth

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Travel Photography | Winter in Pahalgam | Kashmir Paradise on Earth “Spring passes and one remembers one’s innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one’s exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one’s reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one’s perseverance.”   – Yoko Ono –   For those of you who like Landscape Photography, I highly recommended you to visit Kashmir in Winter, yes it’s cold, it’s uncomfortable at a time but I believe great shot are hard to come by and most of the times we can only get a great shot if we embrace the “Uncomfortable”. From Dal Lake, Srinagar or from our hotel,…

  • Family,  Life,  Travel

    Family Days Out | Dinosaurs Live! | National Science Centre | Kuala Lumpur

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Family Days Out | Dinosaurs Live | National Science Centre | Pusat Sains Negara My on HaiQal always love dinosaurs, we have many dinosaurs toys in our home and I think most kids like my son age do like dinosaurs a lot. Actually the night before we went to this Dinosaurs Live! Exhibition, my son saw a big dinosaurs picture at The Star newspaper and We told him that the exhibition are currently being held here in Malaysia at National Science Centre, yes my son doesn’t know what the National Science Centre are but he get the ideas that the dinosaurs is somewhere here in…

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    Travel Photography | Friday Prayer at Hazratbal Mosque | Srinagar Kashmir

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | iPhoneography | Kashmiri Man and Women Perform Friday Prayer at Hazratbal Mosque | Srinagar Kashmir | 3rd February 2012 It is indeed a rare experience for me to perform Friday Prayer here in Hazratbal Mosque, Srinagar Kashmir. The Hazratbal mosque is situated in Srinagar only 8 Kms from Lal Chowk, on the western banks of the picturesque Dal Lake. Facing the beautiful Nishat Bagh, the mosque offers a spectacular view of the lake and the mountain afar. The building which is known as shrine today was actually built as a pleasure house by Sadiq Khan, subedar of Shah Jahan in 1623. When Shah Jahan came to…

  • Art,  eBook,  Photoshop,  Portrait,  Travel,  Workshops Photoshop

    Photoshop Tips and Tricks | Faded Memories | Muted Colors

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Muted Colors Step One | The Original (Left) | Vintage Version (Right) I Just wanted to share my little secrets on how I did my tone in Photoshop, yes there are many ways to scan a cat and yes there are many ways to get this effect in Photoshop and I’ve tried some of them and sometimes I like one way more than the others. On the left photograph above is the original picture, just minor editing done, it was taken in late afternoon just before sunset in New Delhi, for those who doesn’t know what’s the monument is that, it is the famous India…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Malaysia,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Bohey Dulang Island | Tun Sakaran Marine Park | Borneo

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Bohey Dulang Island | Tun Sakaran Marine Park © Azman Jumat | Photograph of me taking picture at Bohey Dulang taken by Azman Jumat © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Tun Sakaran Marine Park | Bohey Dulang Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo Tun Sakaran Marine Park (TSMP) are situated at the entrance to Darvel Bay, off the East coast of Sabah near the town of Semporna, it took about 45 minutes by speed boat from the jetty of this small town. Named after then the Head of State of Sabah, Tun Sakaran Dandai, it was gazetted in July 2004 as Sabah’s seventh park. The…