• Adventure,  Art,  Tourism,  Travel

    Travel Photography | Into The Wild | Kashmir in Winter

    © 2012 Wazari Wazir | Winter in Sonamarg | Kashmir February 2012 “So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon,…

  • Assignment,  Expression,  Moment,  Reportage Photography,  Travel

    Photography | Expressive Blur

    © 2010 Wazari Wazir | Marching at Parliament House | Kuala Lumpur “It is important to remember that there is nothing inherently “wrong” or “bad” about a blurry or soft image. There are those in photography who cherish critical sharpness as if it was a virtue in itself. Anything short of a tack-sharp picture will produce a deletion. Many beginning photographers are convinced that a blurred image is somehow inferior to a sharp image, and will instinctively strive for sharpness alone as a virtue. Such attitudes can be counter productive when it comes to expression. Images that are brilliantly frozen in time and pictures that extend time and imply motion…