& 3">Day 1, 2 & 3

September 10th, 2007  |  Published in Art & Culture, Hobbies, Living, Photography, Projects  |  21 Comments

It was pretty hec­tic the last two days. Peo­ple have been stream­ing in through the day. Lots of friends (and lots who promised didn’t turn up, but that is always expected!). Some nice sur­prises, peo­ple who came in through this blog and Ban­ga­lore Met­blogs also.

The Slimes refused to fea­ture us, and we didn’t get a men­tion even in their events list­ings :) We did get some cov­er­age in the Dec­can, Ban­ga­lore Mir­ror, The Hindu and the Express the day prior. But most of the pub­lic­ity was through online forums, blogs and per­sonal invites to friends/family. So thank god for the Internet!

I have to thank the BWS group for com­ing out and sup­port­ing us. They were won­der­ful and espe­cially Peevee, Sree­lesh, Akshath, Pra­soon, Sriv­idya and the rest of the gang : Soumya, Lavanya, greeshma, Yogesh, Danny, Kushal (I’m sure I’m miss­ing some names but the whole gang who came!). Some of them were there not just for the exhi­bi­tion but also for the talks on Sat and Sun. It really meant a lot to all of us!

Thanks a lot to Sabir, Sue, Mala, Charles and Deb­bie, Mahesh & Vidya, Kaushal Kharkha­nis with his friends, Prashant M.

Then there was Rajesh & Preeti, Antara & Sou­vik, Deepa, Amogh, Pavi­tra, Anush, Ravi & Smitha, Shya­mala and her mom, Swapna, Sajith, Tanay, Menin­Web, Oomz, Thej and his friends, Man­asa, Ravi from RKblogs, Kirti and Bibi!

Thanks espe­cially to Sri­latha, Aqua, Geetha, Mekhla, my sis­ter who all not only came to encour­age us but also picked up pic­tures to sup­port the cause!

We had to can­cel the Sat talk as Anand Sha­ran was unwell, but we had an infor­mal Q&A ses­sion, which turned out to be quite inter­est­ing. On Sun­day morn­ing (when we were won­der­ing if any­one would turn up at that time of the day) we got a decent crowd of enthu­si­asts. Dr Manoj Sindagi shared some really great tips from his expe­ri­ence of over 10 years as a wildlife pho­tog­ra­pher. Kalyan Varma hap­pened to be there at the oppor­tune moment and shared some of his insights also. I think every­one gained a lot through this interaction.

Even though we weren’t expect­ing too much of a crowd on Sun­day, there was a steady stream of peo­ple through the day, keep­ing us busy and on our feet. I think we man­aged to sell about 20% of the dis­plays by the end of it, which was quite encour­ag­ing for us. We’re plan­ning to put it all up online in a few days and hope to con­tinue the sales for any­one who’s interested.

Jace, thank a lot! This is a spe­cial men­tion espe­cially since you weren’t too well but still came in. I had a lot of folks say­ing later they fell sick over the week­end (and it’s funny how that hap­pens :-). And a big thanks to Sathish K, the hunks Changu­mani and Bops, Bipin Gupta with his wife, Push­palee and her hubby, Deban­jan Das­gupta, Rashmi(two of them!) and Mri­nal, Nita and Mekhla, Bijoy and his lovely wife Anitha, for­mer Met­blog­ger Chi­tra with her hubby and kids, Shezaye, Vishakha and Man­jiri, Zee­shan and his charm­ing wife Farzana. Gosh, this sounds like an Oscar speech. But I just feel that I need to say a spe­cial thank you to every­one : it was my first exhi­bi­tion on this scale and I needed all the sup­port and good wishes.

Over a month of efforts, and it was nice to see it all come to fruit. It’s been a huge learn­ing expe­ri­ence too. And some­time quite frus­trat­ing too. Road­blocks, prob­lems, things not turn­ing out like it was sup­posed to (like the cater­ing not arriv­ing on time!)… but I think the pos­i­tives over­rode it all!

- The Wide Angle Album
– Inau­gu­ra­tion pho­tos from Shankar

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1. Kartik says:
   

   September 9th, 2007 at 2:47 pm (#)

   Liked your exhi­bi­tion, most of the images were very good indeed. Its amaz­ing how great a print looks com­pared to a small image in a web page (or even a large one). A print always speaks louder, com­mu­ni­cates more and is just plain nicer to look at.

2. Jace says:
   

   September 9th, 2007 at 5:13 pm (#)

   Please to be post­ing day 3 sum­mary with my name in it. :-p

3. Jace says:
   

   September 9th, 2007 at 5:13 pm (#)

   But seri­ously, there were some very good pic­tures in there. Happy to be see they were sold.

4. Usha says:
   

   September 9th, 2007 at 5:51 pm (#)

   Oh my god, it isn’t on tomor­row. I am down with a sprained foot and have booked a car tomm morn­ing to come and visit!
   I am so sorry girl. I know it is my loss. i was so look­ing for­ward to this!

5. SandDunes says:
   

   September 10th, 2007 at 10:14 am (#)

   Hello Anita,

   Vis­ited on the last day with fam­ily. Lovely pic­tures. Would love to buy a few. Look­ing for­ward to the online gallery.

   Thanks & Luck!

6. Nandish says:
   

   September 10th, 2007 at 12:18 pm (#)

   Hi,
   Vis­ited the exhi­bi­tion yes­ter­day. It was a gr8 col­lec­tion. Never knew Lal­baug would also be so beau­ti­ful… :)
   Nice cause 2 dat ur helping.

7. Anita says:
   

   September 10th, 2007 at 1:00 pm (#)

   @ Kar­tik: thanks! yes, the big prints made quite a dif­fer­ence and a change to the usual flickr views! didn’t remem­ber you come and hello. did you?!

   @ Jace: yes, yes. not to worry. you will be duly mentioned :)

   @ Usha: take care of that foot!

   @ Sand­Dunes: great. you didn’t come and say hello! will put up the online gallery soon!

   @ Nan­dish: oh that’s nice to know. wish you’d come and say hello also! thanks :) it’s a beau­ti­ful place and i con­tinue to re-visit when­ever i get a chance! thank you!

8. Prashanth M says:
   

   September 10th, 2007 at 2:13 pm (#)

   It was won­der­ful col­lec­tion of pho­tos… was nice watch­ing them on a big­ger frame :)

9. SandDunes says:
   

   September 10th, 2007 at 3:49 pm (#)

   Yes, should have. For a minute mis­took your sis for you :). Took a whole other minute to rec­og­nize you in black and white with a new hair-cut!

10. Kartik says:
    

    September 10th, 2007 at 6:47 pm (#)

    Yep, I did come but felt a lit­tle intim­i­dated by the qual­ity of images to say hello.

11. Nandish says:
    

    September 10th, 2007 at 8:11 pm (#)

    will catch u some­time in d campus. :)

12. Puru says:
    

    September 10th, 2007 at 8:58 pm (#)

    i was fol­low­ing your blog always and i toooo did visit the exhi­bi­tion on sun­day after­noon, i could not find you to appri­ci­ate your work

13. Smitha says:
    

    September 11th, 2007 at 8:48 am (#)

    Lovely pics and a good exhibiton..we enjoyed it :)
    btw, you got my name wrong..am Smitha and not Manasi.

14. Anita says:
    

    September 11th, 2007 at 10:56 am (#)

    @prashanth: see­ing the full frames was quite an eye opener for us too!

    @Sanddunes: :) wish you had come and said hello!

    @kartik:oh dear! That’s a pity!

    @nandish: same goes for you too!

    @puru: i must have slipped out for lunch!

    @smitha: apolo­gies! Blame it on my really bad mem­ory. It was really nice meet­ing you!

15. Arun says:
    

    September 11th, 2007 at 12:32 pm (#)

    Lets see more of these coming.. :)

16. Tanay says:
    

    September 11th, 2007 at 12:35 pm (#)

    Thanks Anita for invit­ing me. It was great fun see­ing the work of the famous 4. Will meet you some­time and learn few tips and also am plan­ning to buy a new DSLR, so need some gyan from you.

    Shine on lady, your pics rock and so did the exhibition :)

17. Lubna says:
    

    September 12th, 2007 at 4:23 pm (#)

    Hi
    I sooooooo missed this. I am glad the show rocked!
    Best

18. Anita says:
    

    September 13th, 2007 at 3:14 pm (#)

    @ Arun: you’re next ;)

    @ Tanay: you’re wel­come! def­i­nitely and thanks for the nice words:)

    @ Lubna: yes, next time. we’re also putting up every­thing online soon :)

19. sajith says:
    

    September 13th, 2007 at 6:24 pm (#)

    Pho­to­graphic mem­ory, this.

20. Paavani says:
    

    September 27th, 2007 at 1:16 pm (#)

    A very good effort.
    Shows the hard­work in frames.

    What about exhibit­ing work in other cities also.
    A trav­el­ling trav­el­ogue exhibition!

21. sneha divakar says:
    

    November 18th, 2008 at 12:07 pm (#)

    hi..
    good stuff. i am also an artist. let me know when you have your next art shows. will be more than happy to be a part :)
    also saw your paint­ings from your mum­bai days. really good!

    cheers!
    sneha

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