Need advice for my own blog
Dear Naina, I am writing to you as Newbie Blogger, the blogger behind [redacted]. Started in July 2014, my blog covers Fashion and Beauty regularly, along with a few…
Articles & Writing
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Opinion : Nude Selfies
[metaslider id=11940] ( Recent incidents about nude photographs of female celebrities being “leaked” have prompted me to write this piece but it isn’t necessarily restricted to just this incident. )…
Friends, Memories, Reminiscing : Pari
[metaslider id=11896] When it comes to matters of the kitchen or anything related to cooking, I prefer experimenting with the oven or the Convection function on the microwave. So…
Adieu August #2014
I’m happy to see you go, August. There were many power-cuts where I live. Without power back-up, i.e. the Generator pictured above, I would have not been able to do…
De-activated Facebook Personal Account
After having spent many years on Facebook with a personal profile page and thousands of Facebook Friends, I have been feeling the need to cut down on the time I…
Why be on Twitter? #Photographers
( This is in response to what @MidwestPhoto tweeted to me earlier this week. ) I love being on Twitter and I’m often asked, “Why be on Twitter? What is…
Being a Sellout & Making Money
After some ( about a decade plus ) years of being part of the “workforce” as an independent / entrepreneurial / freelancing photographer / graphic designer ( yes, I’ve done…
Simple Pleasures : Chai
I like this new thing my life. Green tea. It’s not packaged / retail green-tea – no brand. It’s straight from a tea estate in Aambari, West Bengal. Full leaves.…
Agency Emails & How They Tried To Arm Twist Me
Here is an email exchange I recently had with a Digital Agency / PR firm that wanted me to tweet about their client’s brand. First email from them on Day…
Adobe Photography Symposium 2014 Bangalore
My first professional speaking engagement as a luxury and lifestyle photographer at the Adobe Photography Symposium 2014 at Bangalore.
12 Thoughtwasp
Some Sunday’s are perfect. A Golf Course brunch thanks to Karan and Meghna. And meeting a very old friend from college : Jwala. Food, beer, friends. Lots of driving getting…
AFV & Disney
AFV is America’s Funniest Home Videos and one of my most favorite television shows. I must add here that I don’t own a television and haven’t owned one for about…
Adobe Creative Cloud 2014 Launch #CCNext
Major and multiple updates were announced yesterday, 18th June 2014, to the Adobe Creative Cloud. Luckily I knew about the livestream and had added the event to my calendar. These…
How To Work With Bloggers 10
Previously, Part 01 : please don’t equate print publication journalists to online / internet bloggers. Part 02 : please tell us what you want. In terms of coverage. Part 03…
Bubble-Blower Extraordinaire
Dear Saurabh, I found this while I was re-editing & selecting images for my portfolio-magazine thing. I wish we’d blown more bubbles together. The soapy ones and the fancy, intellectual…
My Encounter With Secret #ThoughtWasp
The app everyone is talking about. At least in India. At least the Indians who are on Twitter. You see where this is going? I installed Secret exactly four days…
Reflections. Literally
I’m not sure if the description of an image takes something away from the image or whether it adds to the viewing experience. This animation / time-lapse above, quite comprehensively…
11 Thoughtwasp
For Mother’s Day, this time I forced them for a few family portraits. They went out of hand as always and I love them. Image followed by animated GIF. Three…
How To Work With Bloggers 09
Previously, Part 01 : please don’t equate print publication journalists to online / internet bloggers. Part 02 : please tell us what you want. In terms of coverage. Part 03…
Mother’s Day 2014 #ThoughtWasp
As some rightly said, every day is Mother’s Day. I was lucky to be able to spend it with my family this year. Even though I have been talking about…
How To Work With Bloggers 08
Previously, Part 01 : please don’t equate print publication journalists to online / internet bloggers. Part 02 : please tell us what you want. In terms of coverage. Part 03…
The Business of Photography
“I want to become a photographer but I don’t have a camera. What camera should I buy?” The number of messages ( on Facebook ) and emails I receive that…
How To Work With Bloggers Part 07
Previously, Part 01 : please don’t equate print publication journalists to online / internet bloggers, Part 02 : please tell us what you want. In terms of coverage, Part 03…
10 Thoughtwasp
This one should be called “All in a day’s work” – it’s not what my typical day looks like but these things do happen. I wake up late, head to…