• Family,  Life,  Portrait

    Tips Fotografi Portrait | Memilih Titik Fokus Yang Betul

    “Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; The most massive characters are seared with scars.” – Khalil Gibran – Bila kita melihat wajah seseorang, bahagian yang kita akan pandang atau lihat terlebih dahulu sudah tentu bahagian matanya. Sebab itulah ada pepatah yang mengatakan “Dari Mata Turun Ke Hati.” Tetapi dalam keadaan tertentu, mungkin bukan bahagian mata yang menjadi perhatian kita terlebih dahulu, mungkin jenis topi atau head gear yang dipakai, jenis anting-anting yang dipakai ditelinga atau yang ditindik dihidung, sebab mungkin bahagian itu yang lebih menonjol berbanding yang lain. Sebelum itu, kepada anda yang bertanya, mengapa anak saya sampai berjahit di dahinya? Rasanya tidak perlu saya ceritakan di sini,…

  • Family,  Moment,  Portraiture

    Photography Tips | Simple Way on How To Get Great Bokeh

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Mother and Son | 50mm | f/1.8 | ISO 200 | 1/250 “Bokeh” has evolved somewhat from its original meaning. Bokeh is now commonly used to refer to blurred lights or shapes within an image, where as, the term more accurately describes the aesthetic quality of the out-of-focus area of a photograph. Therefore, it is possible to have ‘good’ or ‘bad’ bokeh, (although that is purely subjective), but in essence, it’s all about the area of an image that falls outside the depth-of-field. The term comes from the Japanese  word boke (暈け or ボケ), which means “blur” or “haze”, or boke-aji (ボケ味), the “blur quality”.…

  • Adventure,  Art,  Black and White

    Travel Photography | Children of Balat | Istanbul Turkey

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Children of Balat | Istanbul Turkey Balat is the traditional Jewish quarter in the Fatih district of Istanbul. It is located on the European side of Istanbul, in the old city on the historic peninsula, on the western bank of the Golden Horn. (Another Istanbul neighborhood deeply associated with Jewish settlement is Kuzguncuk on the Asian shore.) Today Balat is a working-class district on the shores of the Golden Horn. Though it once had as many as nineteen synagogues, only two of importance remain, the famous Ahrida, and the neighboring Yanbol. The site of a Jewish school is close by, and Or Ahayim Jewish Hospital…

  • Adventure,  Photojournalism,  Travel

    Istanbul | Travel Photography Tips | Don’t Forget To Take An Establishing Shots

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Eminonu | Istanbul Turkey Have you ever read any travel photography magazines lately? Have you look at their centre spread? Normally most travel; magazines, especially when the article focus on one particular city or country will use a centre spread to put an establishing shot, normally it will involved a wide angle view of certain places, main attraction of that particular place, to put context to the photograph and also a way to introduce the viewers  to the geographical location of a particular scene just like in the movie. This establishing shot does not look great in small size, because it is complicated, there is so…

  • Art,  Black and White,  Expression,  Portrait,  Travel

    Children of Heaven | Mabul Island | Sabah

    © 2011 Wazari Wazir | Children of Heaven | Mabul Island | Sabah | Malaysia North Borneo “We may not be able to prepare the future for our children, but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”  – Franklin D. Roosevelt – “Look at children. Of course they may quarrel, but generally speaking they do not harbor ill feelings as much or as long as adults do. Most adults have the advantage of education over children, but what is the use of an education if they show a big smile while hiding negative feelings deep inside? Children don’t usually act in such a manner. If they feel…