We met Mr. Chitti Babu, Head- Visual Design, at Titan recently for a job brief. As how we learnt he’s a very simple and down to earth person. During the discussion he shared a few words about himself which inspired us to write this post on him. He shares here about how he pursued his passion and honed his curiosity to reach where he is now. Lets hear it in his own words.

“I consider myself as a Designer with evolving passion & pure curiosity.
My introduction to this field started as a hobby to play around with the layouts that can be made with typesetting on a letterpress at a very young age. With a strong impulse to follow my passion, I dropped out of college, discontinuing my formal studies and led the path of interest and passion. I was again introduced to Printing as an offset printer for my career path, during which I started with leading the production department of a newspaper company.  This led me to the path of creativity with exposure to its studio; where-in, in next two years I found myself leading the studio and the production department of many renowned newspaper companies.

As I was hungry for more dope, it made me jump from the newspaper industry to the Advertising Agency. While working with some world’s acclaimed ad agencies, I developed passion for lighting, photography and films. This passion made me explore the film world through photography, cinematography,  & Film Editing as I worked with renowned film producers and directors. Soon after, as the time again came for a big leap, I leapt into a international publishing house to explore the beautiful world on layout and its science. Growing from there as I had various successful stints on different fields of Graphic Design, I realised technology is the Key to future of design and I started taking my steps with the technology. I acquired a great experience in the field of IA/UI/UX  and usability with the successful IT companies and it continues.

Currently, I pursue a successful career path. I am heading the in-house Visual Communication Department at the India’s largest retail jewelry brand Tanishq for past 10 years. It has been a great experience with a continuous innovative path, leaving a new trail for tanishq in India through my contribution.  But with this.. the passion I have acquired has led me to become a successful photographer, film editor, graphic designer and so on…that is still going on.

“I am just passionately curious”


Honeycomb Creative Support
 is a communication design agency based in Bangalore. We help companies for making their marketing communication materials like, Web-design & Development, Digital Marketing, Product & Corporate Video, Print collaterals, News Paper Proofing, Fine-art (Giclee) printing for photo/painting exhibitions. It also provide gallery space to showcase Artist’s works at Honeycomb Art Gallery. 
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Hema Narayanan, one of the charismatic personalities in photography is Chennai born, but brought up in Karnataka. Finishing her schooling and PU in Davangere, Hema is a thorough convent bred. A lot of creativity was imbibed in her since she was from a small town with very few urban distractions, she says. Her father, being a textile engineer, encouraged young Hema in many extracurricular activities. This made her travel a lot, as a student for competitions held in Karnataka. Though very competent in extracurricular, she also was good in academics  being a topper throughout her student life. Space and Sky fascinated her as a young girl, as she always looked up the sky and wondered about the stars ever so much and how it would be, to be an astronaut, or at least an astronomer.
 

Her Engineering was from Davangere and her Masters in Technology was from the University of Delhi. She recollects her time in the ISRO and IISc to be her favorites, where she completed her M.Tech thesis and projects. She joined TCS as a fresher and moved to Wipro Technologies a couple of years later. She spent more than a decade in several roles in Wipro, with the final one being that of, a Technology Consultant and Architect. Having worked in diverse fields and technologies, she was always keen on experimenting in the work she did. In fact, when she quit her plush IT job in 2009, she had three things on her mind that she wanted to pursue: firstly, being an Independent Technology Consultant, secondly being a Photojournalist and finally a Writer. The decision to take up what her heart was after was not an easy one, but perhaps an obvious one.
 

 
Hema has been photographing for more than a decade now  it evolved from being a hobby to a passion to being her profession, today. Photography hitchhiked a ride with me a decade ago, as I traveled to parts of the world during the days of my corporate profession. After seeing the world, through my lens, I remained devoted to the art of photography, ever since she says. Her interest lies in people and their expressions, travel, festivals, culture, art & artists, landscapes, heritage & monuments. She undertakes commercial photography assignments in lifestyle, home decor, interiors, travel and philanthropy.
 

 
She is published in many Indian National dailies, leading travel magazines, in-flight magazines, online journals and publishing Houses. To name a few, Deccan Herald, The Hindu, DNA, Indian Express, Femina, Discover India, Inside Outside, Verve online, Jet Airways, Go Air, Orange County, Travel Span, Culturama and others. She has done technology articles for Times of India, Deccan Herald and also covered post budget analysis as a correspondent for Economic Times.

 
She became a licensed Artist with Getty Images and Shutterstock agencies this past year. Her work has been showcased in exhibitions, including those at Alliance Franchise (Adventure Sports), cultural festival Ninasam at Sagar (New Generation, New Vision), an exhibition to celebrate the Thai cuisine at The Lalith Ashok (Taste of Thailand) and others at Max Muller Bhavan, Bangalore Habba & Art Mantram. Her most recent exhibition at Rangoli Metro for CRY (Child Rights and You) on the subject of  Children and Education’s, remains close to her heart- where she covered many slums of Bangalore looking at reasons that act as obstacles to the education of the children. She later took up her own initiative, Diya Jale to set up small book libraries in orphanages in the city.
 

 
Her photographic accomplishments include, being shortlisted in the top 35 of the 2011 travel scholarship conducted by National Geographic and World Nomads, her image being chosen to represent Rajasthani culture by Edinburgh International Festival 2011 for their brochures and website, her image making it to the Canon Edge yearly calendar, and also her pictures being published in a Government of India sponsored coffee table book, India for a Billion Reasons.  She was featured as a Woman Achiever Photographer’s, by Kannada Prabha, Times of India Neighborhood and Mphasis corporate newsletter. 

 
Teaching is something she really loves doing and has a tremendous flare for. So after quitting IT, she has been teaching photography for over 5 years in various photography genres. She cherishes teaching the 40-50 children every Monday, at The International School of Bangalore (TISB). I have learned a lot of amazing photography techniques, in the process of teaching these kids, she says. In addition, she has judged a few photo contests and is one among the PRO Travel photographers for GuruShots.com.
 

 
When asked about her stint with Writing, she said,  I have cherished writing longer than photography. Having written enough travelogues in my personal diaries, I decided to go public 7-8 years ago. Using words to express what you see and feel is like reliving the journey again. Having authored her first e-Book – a Travel cum Expat Guide on the Splendor of Mysore (also available on Amazon Kindle), she plans to bring out more e-books.

 
When probed further, it was evident that she had a creative penchant all along – right from her younger days. She was into classical dancing (learned Bharatanatyam for 13 years), guitar, keyboard, singing and even theatres (her memorable ones were that of roles she enacted in Shakespearean plays). Music was an integral part of her life and when she started traveling from 1995, she developed a unique habit of recording the local FM radio channel music  and today she has a huge collection of the cassettes!
 

 

 

It was only making it imperative for me to see how she could take risks, dabble with several things at the same time and lo! she made a paradigm shift from a technology stream to that of Photography. If not view the sky through a telescope, why despair? View the world through a viewfinder she sums it up. 
 

To connect to Hema on Facebook click on this link : Hema Facebook

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Many of us might have at some point been uncertain about investing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO), for many reasons. In this fast changing marketing world, traditional techniques of marketing like TV and print ads is likely to remain stagnant in the graph of growth. SEO, mostly misread as a marketing tactic used to trick people is a simple marketing outlet that can convert a casual web visitor to a customer. SEO helps the search engine notice what each page is about and what the user wishes to see.
Why your website needs web Search Engine Optimization?
  • Cost effective: SEO provides reasonably good Return On Investment (ROI) and cheaper compared to other online marketing forms.
  • Visibility: SEO improves visibility compared to unrefined search results returned by search engines. It is an unwritten fact that the pages that appear at the top of the search engines- gets more traffic and liable to get more business.
  • Maximize brand exposure: Good branding is supported by good SEO and vice versa. If you are sure about how you want to brand your company, SEO is not a challenging task. It is also important to have an identity first, without which SEO cannot be developed.
  • Credibility: A credible website is the key to a successful business.
The important components of SEO are business analysis, keyword research, link building, product images, meta tags, research and content development.
Place your business at the top of search engines. Contact us to know more about SEO and branding.

Honeycomb Creative Support
 is a communication design agency based in Bangalore. We help companies for making their marketing communication materials like, Web-design & Development, Digital Marketing, Product & Corporate Video, Print collaterals, News Paper Proofing, Fine-art (Giclee) printing for photo/painting exhibitions. It also provide gallery space to showcase Artist’s works at Honeycomb Art Gallery. 
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World Photography Day on 19th August
The Forum Mall- Bangalore is exhibiting 300 captivating photographs to mark World Photography Day. Photography enthusiasts and hobbyists be a part of this big event. Submit original photographs on www.theforumexperience.com/fpsbefore 12th August, 2014.
Team Honeycomb Creative Support is the proud print partner of Forum Photo Share Event. We will be printing 300 prints (Giclee print) in Epson enhanced Matte Media using Epson 9900, 11 color printer. Prints will live for 50+ years without any color fading.
Honeycomb Creative Support is a Pre-media agency based in Bangalore. We help corporate companies for making their marketing communication materials like, Web-design & Development, Product & Corp.Video, Print collaterals, Product Photography, News Paper Proofing, Archival (Giclee) printing, Gallery Quality prints for photo/painting exhibitions and Onsite creative studio for meeting the urgent deadlines.
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International Photography Awards (IPA), a prestigious photography Award every photographer would desire to be a part of, recently announced the winners of Shot: One World’s competition. Our well-wisher Mr. Shankar Subramanian was awarded an Honorable Mention in One Shot: One World Competition – for the winning entry “Naga Sadhu – Kumbh Mela. His work spans across nature fine art, travel and portraits. Hearty congratulations from Honeycomb Family to Shankar Subramanian.
Below is the image clicked by Shankar.

 

Naga sadhu – Kumbh Mela 2013

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best web design company in bangaloreEarlier a company to reach out to the people had very few options. These days a company without a website is regarded as a company with no zeal in the industry.  Website has already reached millions of people across the world. The purpose though is not understood by many. People from young entrepreneurs to established organizations own a website to get themselves recognized and get in touch with the world what they have to offer for them. A professional website, appealing to customers not only tells how much the owner cares about his/her company but also makes visitors feel the site is a trustworthy place thus bridging a trust element between customer and the company. This can dramatically increase the sales, calls and leads.

Here are few common mistakes a web designer makes, shared by the experts of Honeycomb family.

 

  • Typography Remember not all browsers support the font you have decided to use. Choose carefully
  • Generalization Website must be unique in some way to catch the attention of visitors
  • Streaming automatic video or audio on home pages
  • Unorganized content a success and failure of a website lies on the structured format of content
  • Right amount of white spacing many of us forget the purpose of white space in a website. We blindly deliver all the contents given by the client in the site and clutter the page with information. Make good use of white space in your design.
  • Using Flash It is definitely a wonderful tool which offers us to experiment of Animations. But, is it supported by all browsers and mobile devices? Choose your tool wisely.
  • Keep in mind the different kinds of visitors There are two types of visitors to a web page. One who has no upgraded version of a browser and the other who has everything upgraded. Although the client is the deciding authority on choosing what he thinks is right for his target audience, it is wise to approach a project keeping both these users in mind to provide the best experience to the most active users you can.
  • Easily Navigable  Make sure a basic-knowledge user also get to easily navigate through the page.

Honeycomb Creative Support
 is a communication design agency based in Bangalore. We help companies for making their marketing communication materials like, Web-design & Development, Digital Marketing, Product & Corporate Video, Print collaterals, News Paper Proofing, Fine-art (Giclee) printing for photo/painting exhibitions. It also provide gallery space to showcase Artist’s works at Honeycomb Art Gallery. 
For requirements contact: 9845128760 or you can visit our website for more information.

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