Logo Design & Packaging : GLO CFLs & LEDs
GLO is a manufacturer of CFL and LED lighting fixtures and they got in touch with me for the design of their logo and primary packaging. The brief The client…
#EyesForBranding&Print
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Lean In #SherylSandberg
[textcol] Lean In : Women, Work, and The Will to Lead is a book by Sheryl Sandberg who is currently the COO at Facebook. [ You can purchase the book…
Status of Copyright in India
I received this email today: – – – Start of Email – – – Dear Naina, We are a startup in Real estate by the name of “xxx Properties” in…
Cirare book covers
As part of the CSSG Gastronomy Summit, 2012, I had photographed a few excellent Chefs over 3 days. I’ve also been trying to convert my images into items of print…
Moleskine Daily Diary 2013
And this is my first blog post on ANY blog in the New Year! Fittingly enough, it’s about something that’s helping me chart out my day-to-day planning just the way…
The Green Room : Book Launch
After photographing Wendell Rodrick’s collection at the WIFWSS13, I interacted with him over email and found out he was doing a small book-reading / book-launch in Delhi and was thrilled…
Forge of Darkness: Book Excerpt
[ This is an excerpt of two pages re-produced from Steven Erikson’s Forge of Darkness, book one from the Kharkanas Trilogy. No spoilers. The genre is epic Fantasy. ] ‘I…
Mohawk Paper : Chip charts
@mohawkpaper has quickly become one of my favorite brands to interact with. Not only do they make one of my favorite things : paper, they have excellent customer support and…
Graphics at the CSSG Gastronomy Summit, 2012
The CSSG Gastronomy Summit in New Delhi, India that I recently photographed had wonderful graphics designed by Pavitr Rastogi Design. Naina.co was also one of the sponsors / supporters of…
The Wildings : Book Review
The Wildings is Nilanjana Roy’s first work of fiction. I have known Nilanjana off and on only via her Twitter updates. I have not read anything written by her prior…
Mohawk paper goodness
If you don’t already know how much I love paper, let me tell you again – I love it so much that I spend inordinate amounts of time in aisles…
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…
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…
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…
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 /…
Visual Stories Winner
This blog recently organized it’s first ever giveaway! From the first blog post in August 2008, it’s sure come a long way – at least a lot longer than I’d…
Visual Stories
I was introduced to Vincet LaForet’s work a few months back. His website : http://www.laforetvisuals.com/ and his blog : http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/. I loved the images in his portfolio and then saw…
Steal Like An Artist
Had been hearing about @austinkleon’s book for a while and after it was mentioned on an online video show, I decided to purchase a copy and I am very happy…
Canvera Visit
June, 2018 UPDATE : I no longer photograph weddings. I am no longer able or willing to recommend Canvera’s products or services. Since 2012, when this blog post was published,…
Mohawkpaper Loop Almanac
@mohawkpaper recently held a short Twitter contest asking people if production of paper meant deforestation and destruction of forests. I was one of the people who replied correctly and they…
Plate to Pixel
Plate to Pixel by Helene Dujardin. Digital Food Photography & Styling. I have had the book with me for some months now and after I reviewed Fine Art Wedding photography…