Kapil's Korner » diary http://kapilb.com/blog Simple happenings in the interesting thing called LIFE. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:16:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2008 – photo collage http://kapilb.com/blog/2009/01/02/2008-photo-collage/ http://kapilb.com/blog/2009/01/02/2008-photo-collage/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:50:20 +0000 Kapil http://kapilb.com/blog/?p=686 2008 has been an interesting year shooting with my Canon 400D/Rebel Xti.

2008 collage

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  1. Top of the list if there is something to remind us of 2008 it will be the gruesome Mumbai terror attacks which kept the city on high alert for more than 50 hours. Social media played an important source of information for people all over the world. UTVi does a little report where I get quoted on their special news capsule. (Video is at the bottom left-side).
  2. My Canon Rebel XTi has been put to some good use and I took up some self-assigned photo shoots to practice my photography skills – Ganesh Visarjan (a few lessons learnt there), Bandra-Worli Sealink, Water droplets, Mumbai Marathon 2008 (I look forward to yet another eventful morning in 2009), DPS Assignment: Purple.
  3. Travel plans included a family holiday aboard the Super Star Virgo Cruise, attended the Advertising Festival – Goafest 2008, flew to the new Bengaluru and Hyderabad International Airports. Nitika and me also celebrated our wedding anniversary with a little holiday in Goa.
  4. Of the Monday Mumble – I think these two ideas attracted some attention – Mumbai Traffic Channel on twitter and Restaurant on the bus.
  5. The year also got me super social – writing to Farhan Akhtar and the super cool artist even replied back. My letter to editor in Mid-Day about the objectionable Bajaj Pulsar TV ad also got published.

Predictions call 2009 a tough year and everyone’s got to put in a lot more effort to survive the global meltdown on one hand and the growing terrorist threats on the other end. But don’t let that dampen your spirits as you walk into the new year.

Wishing my family, friends and readers A Very Happy New Year.

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]]> http://kapilb.com/blog/2008/12/31/round-up-for-the-year-2008-i-pick-the-best/feed/ 0 Monologue collection http://kapilb.com/blog/2008/05/24/monologue-collection/ http://kapilb.com/blog/2008/05/24/monologue-collection/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 09:53:43 +0000 Kapil http://kapilb.com/blog/2008/05/24/monologue-collection/ During my last trip to Singapore I picked up a very neat piece of stationery – Monologue notebooks. Crudely put this is a cheaper version of the famous Moleskine. But I like to call it the more “affordable version”.

monologue notebook collection

I had a black and a brown notebook and this time I have added the two new colors of pink and purple to the collection. Nitika intends to use the pink notebook and I am excited about the other one.

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]]> http://kapilb.com/blog/2008/05/24/monologue-collection/feed/ 1 2007- I look back with a PhotoBook http://kapilb.com/blog/2007/12/31/2007-i-look-back-with-a-photobook/ http://kapilb.com/blog/2007/12/31/2007-i-look-back-with-a-photobook/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:38:23 +0000 Kapil http://kapilb.com/blog/2007/12/31/2007-i-look-back-with-a-photobook/ This is going to be the last post for 2007 and as I look back I think it was interesting to start the year on my new job. And all the hard work put in did pay off in a few months when I got a little gift of appreciation. The year could not have ended better at work when I was quoted in one of Mint’s article on Financial Advertising.

A few things I really enjoyed doing this year:

  1. Signed up for twitter and it’s been fun making a lot of new friends.
  2. Participated in the Mumbai Photomarathon. Read the Sunday Diary and you can see the Photo Pool.
  3. Attended my first Blogger’s Meet.
  4. Got tagged by Roop and shared five secrets of my life.
  5. Started blogging the Word Power series.
  6. Wrote an exhaustive Digital Photo Management guide.

And the biggest highlight of the year has to be the purchase of my second digital camera – the Canon EOS Rebel XTi.

2007 was also a fun year for travel: Weekend in Matheran, Visit to ‘sasural’ (in-laws) in Kolkatta, Second honeymoon in Singapore & Bangkok, Monsoon Weekend in Lonavala.

This post would be incomplete without a PhotoBook capturing the moments of 2007. Here is something I created using Jumpcut.

On that note, here is wishing you all "A very Happy New Year" and may you have a blast on the last night of the year as we bring in 2008.

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