Vogue Fashion’s Night Out : India
I did my nails and called them “Taxi Nails” and I set out to drive to DLF Emporio for the much-anticipated 2012 edition of Vogue Fashion’s Night Out. In 2011,…
Swarovski Museum : Wattens, Austria
I photographed so extensively during my last year’s visit to Europe and work has been so crazy since then that I have not had a chance to really share any…
Anand Kapoor, CSSG : Portraiture
I recently had the pleasure of making portraits for Anand Kapoor of CSSG at his home. He’s been kind enough to allow me to share some of the images on…
Buy prints of photographs
Five images from my vast photography portfolio are now available to purchase as prints. Naina.co has an online store! I am very excited with this development and had a tough…
PDF Portfolio : August 2012
I recently received an enquiry where the prospective client wanted me to send them a CD-ROM of my portfolio. Highly unusual in the Internet age but not entirely unexpected from…
Wildings : Book Launch
There’s a new book out – and it’s literally “cat fiction”. I’ve read a few excerpts & the author – Nilanjana Roy also @nilanjanaroy – also read out from her…
#stylaned : Dhruv Kapur
We’re back with another #stylaned feature. This time on designer Dhruv Kapur’s collection called “HOWARD”, which is based on the white city of Udaipur, Howard Roark from Ayn Rand’s The…
Powder Room
Powder Room by Shefalee Vasudev, the former editor of the Marie Clarie magazine tries to uncover the fashion industry in India in a casual, loose narrative. While the only one…
#stylaned : Priyal Prakash
@akanksharedhu & @naina [ that’s me ] are now collaborating and as our first endeavor, we are launching #stylaned As our first feature, we would like to introduce you to…
Visual Stories Winner Photo
Payal Kumar, the winner of the Visual Stories photography book giveaway was kind enough to send us a set of images once she received the book. She is recovering from…
Doubt & Wonder
Someone recently quoted Robert Huges [ he passed away ] “The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is given to the less talented as a consolation prize.”…
Brands & Photo Bloggers
As a professional photo blogger, I have been frequently asked what it is I do and more importantly, how. I too have asked similar questions of professionals in the same…
Mango Sangria
This was made to toast a special occasion. It looked pretty in those bottles and also the first time I could taste the Mango in a Sangria. 8 mangoes in…
Nikon Sports Optics India
Nikon India launched their line of Sports Optics today in New Delhi. They had booked the lovely rooftop of The Oberoi Hotel so that we could take advantage of the…
Branding : Brands, Events, Social Media
It is foolish to assume that everyone knows about your brand – unless you’re an international conglomerate in the media space – like Nikon & Adobe. Spend some time telling…
Needs : Brands, Events, Social Media
When you have successfully identified the relevant people you would like to invite and would like to invest time in – assuming you’re doing this some months / weeks in…
Investment : Brands, Events, Social Media
Once your research points out someone to you as RELEVANT, for your event / brand, then find out whether their activities are regular and consistent. Someone might have been a…
Myntra Starnstyle
Myntra is on Twitter @myntra & Kalki Koechlin is on Twitter @kalkikanmani All Rights Reserved. All images photographed on the FujiFilm X100. This is not a sponsored blog post. If…
Relevance : Brands, Events, Social Media
As you might know, sometimes I am invited to events by brands. I know that’s a sweeping statement – to give perspective, these are fashion / mobile / technology /…
Tarun Tahiliani Bridal Couture
Caught up with the Tarun Tahiliani Bridal Couture Exposition at the DLF Emporio Mall in New Delhi. Just in time – today was the last day of the “show”.…
Nokia AppTasting
Nokia held an “AppTasting” event where they wanted to give a taste of the applications available on their latest mobile phones. The event was at The Oberoi Hotel, New Delhi…
Mom’s 60th Birthday
The mother turned 60 on 26th July 2012. We visited Delhi Heights, Cross Point, Gurgaon, for late lunch. The service was good, the food better and we all ended up…