When backing up data became child’s play..

Six Months! Six months is all I have spent in the company, but the experience I have gained has been immense. I am the one responsible for ensuring that all our official work is safely backed up after each and every shoot.

Things like renaming files (and when I say files, I mean hundreds of thousands of them) Initially I was completely baffled but slowly everything has been demystified.. Now I feel like I’m an absolute pro in my job.

So you need pictures shot ten years back?
No worries. Simply rub the lamp. The genie a.k.a. Kiran the ‘archiver’ will do the rest.

– Kiran Magare, Digital Asst. (Vikram Bawa Photography)

The shoot I loved

TBZ

This is my favourite jewellery shoot by Vikram.

Let me give you some inside news of what happened at this particular shoot.

The entire shoot lasted for more than 11 hours. Our sources confirmed that the Model, Vipasha Agarwal, was not at the best of her health. Then, a tiny mishap occurred, in which one of the light bulbs used by the production team just blew up and made a BOOM sound. Now that really scared the living daylights out of Vipasha.

However, Vipasha, the brave and courageous girl that she is, ensured that neither her illness nor the shock of the incident reflected in the gorgeous photos. A big kudos to Vikram, for ensuring that the ‘SHOW WENT ON’ and man.. what a show it was!

TBZ

See the pics for yourself!

The shoot was for TBZ and it won the 3rd prize at PX3 Prix De la Photographie, Paris. It’s not only award winning, but also one of those images which top my list of All TIME BEST PHOTOS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

– Megha Dave, Accounts & Adminstrative Manager, Vikram Bawa Photography

Client’s promises

I often wish that the promises made by our clients were kept. They say that the payment would be done within a week and if they were to truly release the payment within a week, my boss would be happy with my work.

But, do you know what happens when the clients do not keep their word? –
Client:  Ya Ma’am, the payment is in process. Sir/Mam has gone out of India will be back on Friday and your cheque would be ready on Monday.
Me:  Ok, I will be waiting for your call.

(Monday morning…)

Me: Hi, Megha here from Vikram Bawa’s office. Is our payment ready?
Client: No Ma’am. Sir did not come on Friday. Will be coming this week.
Me: Ok (sigh)

Now I have to deliver this news to Vikram…Just to be on the safer side, I keep his table clean and keep everything in its place. I make sure that  the hot coffee is ready before he reaches the office to cool him down! (These are the tips to make your boss a little happy before giving him the bad news)

Monday, 12noon –

Vikram Bawa: (Rings the bell) Meghaaaaaa.

Me: Ya sir
Vikram: Megha, what happened about the payment of ‘X’. You told me that we would be receiving on Monday. 
Me: Ya sir, but when I called them in the morning they said that the payment would be done next week for sure.
Vikram
(calls everyone to his desk)

  • Digital team: Kya hua..touch up kar ke hua hai ke nahin? Guys I want my work to be completed on my timelines. I don’t know but you have to complete this before 7.00 pm and mail the pictures to the client
  • CGI team: You do one thing  for now, stop ‘X’ work and start ‘Y’ work and I want it to be completed within this week
  • Films: Show me the film that you have completed. Have you got the music done?

 

Accounts: I don’t care what happens, I want my payments. Now you guys better leave me alone and don’t mess up, or I will throw you out. 

And this is what happens to us when a client keeps saying next week, and the week never comes. Till then I have to do all this Buttering and go through all the Suffering.. lol.

So Mr. X, Please make our payment.

– Megha Dave, Accounts & Adminstrative Manager, Vikram Bawa Photography

Marketing with a *TING*

They say marketing is an infinite pool of possibilities. I can name a medium, and there are a gazillion possibilities of making a mark for my brand out there. But what makes one brand stand out among many others, is what I call the *TING* factor.

What makes the Vikram Bawa brand go *TING*? It’s what separates him from the crowd, that shouts out everything that he and his team stand for, everything we are. There is nothing left to imagination. We are bold, in-your-face, and not sorry to be the way we are. Some would say Vikram is a fashion and lifestyle photographer, while some would say he is a bold photographer. We see him as a person who sees everything differently from the way we do. For him, nothing is what it seems. It goes a few notches beyond. He has an eye which we can only hope to.

For instance, we see a girl and he sees a crouched angel with closed wings, waiting for someone to rescue her. We see a woman wearing formals, and he sees a woman with a cigar in one hand, wearing a pantsuit, legs spread wide, asserting independence and clearly marking her territory. Yes, he does not think like everyone else. And that is exactly what sets him apart. This extends to not just his photography, but fashion films, CGI, 3D photography, everything.

But, all said and done, the *TING* in marketing doesn’t matter if we keep sitting and typing instead of marketing. So let’s get going!

– Esha Kak, Brand Manager, Vikram Bawa

From Shy to Shameless!

For a girl from a “normal Indian upbringing“ and graduating in Accounts, Hasselblad, soft box, high fashion was like cheese and chalk.

On the first day of my job when I saw the picture of two men kissing, I immediately closed my eyes and tried to close the Image by randomly clicking on the mouse hoping to aim at the ‘x’ mark at the right top corner of my monitor screen.  (You can have your share of laugh but that’s where I came from)

Today after say six months in the company and observing as to what all goes behind making such pictures and films, I understand that it is art.  I want to put up one of my favorite pictures and one of the first films that I saw when I joined Vikram Bawa.

The film the show

Image

And that Vikram Bawa is not a photographer but an artist. 🙂

– Megha Dave, Accounts & Adminstrative Manager, Vikram Bawa Photography