5 Things one should avoid in daily life.

This note is not about plastic ban or anti smoking campaign. I am not gonna tell you to take public transport either, though they are important. Few things which we do and unintentionally hamper our pocket, our financial budget. Things we don’t think can be fatal, can cost you a fortune. I have personally learnt my lessons and few I am still making a part of my habit, things which have proved not so cool.

• OVERCHARGING CELL PHONE: Something we do intentionally and unintentionally, leaving our cellphone to get charged over night and even recharging it even at 99% is ruining your cell phone slowly. I personally have a pixel 2 and it so happened when I did the same and one day I started experiencing how mad my cell phone was acting, when given for a service, good luck it was under warranty, got to know the phone battery was bloated due to over charging. Like any battery, it needs a complete depletion prior to its next charge leading to less erosion it produces which finally reduces the battery life. If you are one who change phones often I am sure this word will not be useful but for the people who love to stay longer with the most private thing in your life, try to go a little easy with it.

• CHECK YOUR GAS TWICE: Many may have induction at their space but there are people who do love to cook over fire. LPG, Liquefied Petroleum Gas is a high inflammable substance and can be fatal which one don’t wish to think about and I totally agree to it. One small exercise can keep you in one piece, just switch off the regulator post you are done with your cooking and specially when you leave your home and don’t think twice just take the regulator off the cylinder in-case your are traveling for long.

• TAKE OFF THE PLUGS: It may sound a little debatable to take the plug off even if your equipment is not in use, as you may say a thing as simple as “I am not using the product so for sure its not consuming the potential electricity” Its true you are not practically consuming electricity but electrical fluctuations is always there or simply avoid any hazard in-case else suffers in the similar line. Your electrical line around your place is a sub-connection to the major line for your apartment, choose to take off the plugs and switch off to avoid any errors.

• SHUTDOWN YOUR COMPUTER: Almost all have the habit of keeping our computers running for days and even weeks, sadly this act overheats our computer and decrease the life, something I am not pretty sure but yes its more susceptible to hackers, taping the camera is good idea again making it a less ideal for hackers to peep into your life. I have experienced something very silly but it do make my computer crazy slowly, Hahaha.. I don’t know what exactly it has to do with what but giving my computer a break has kept it sane.

• MAKE MULTIPLE COPIES OF YOUR KEYS: I personally love to keep 3 to 4 set of my keys, well not to myself but one set each to two of my friends. Locking self down outside your space is common keeping in mind how much we are in hurry in day to day life. Yes keep in mind the people who have your keys, you are aware of them in and out. I have lost my keys and I know how much the act saved my life. _______________________________________________________________

Hey! Myself Shovona Karmakar, a freelance commercial photographer based out of Mumbai, India. It’s not exactly a year I am blogging and vlogging but I find this act to remind myself to preach. Well apart from sharing my views I love to take commercial assignments which pays my major bills . portraits, food, product are something I love. Ping me.. !

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Selfie vs Self Portrait, Why it is two different things?

This last Saturday, I had an amazing time at Tedx Gateway Unplugged. Post my presentation, where I was surprised to see how much people enjoyed it I was been asked if Selfie is making a difference in boosting ones confidence? Here I will like to share the difference between the two, Yes! they are two different things all together and how? Lets jump in.

Before I start, if you raise a question who I am to give me views, I started my career with clicking myself for one entire year. I clicked self one every single day. It is around eight years now I am portraying myself on daily basis.

SELFIE: typically taken with a smartphone which may be held in the hand or supported by a selfie stick. Its a pure act of showcasing self non-artistically where one post it over social media and waits for its followers approval. It has nothing much to do with any social message or aesthetic sense and composition. Various effects and side-effects has been observed in the past many years.

A recent survey concluded the very act of taking one’s self picture multiple times a day is a psychological phenomenon one needs to get checked. Indeed it leads to the fact one eagerly awaits for other’s LIKES and approval in form of comments which helps it for its ego boost.

A study published by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has found that selfies have altered people's perception of their faces to the point where they increased the demand for rhinoplasty (nose jobs). Forty-two percent of surgeons surveyed have noticed that patients are seeking surgeries to improve their appearance in photographs, especially selfies taken at close distance.

Another study found that selfies taken at a distance of 12 inches (30 cm) can exaggerate nasal size by as much as 30%, and recommends that people take pictures from a standard distance of 5 feet (1.5 meters) to minimize perspective distortion.The first known selfie-related death occurred 15 March 2014, when a man electrocuted himself on top of a train.Clearly, Selfie, has nothing much to do about self love or self help.

SELF PORTRAIT: Its purely a collaboration of skill and art. A practice where one defines itself as a subject and the image which one creates has some kind of message. A planning is needed in the form of location, light, composition and even a little help of post production for the core need of enhancement. No. of images are been taken to get the image close to the message one wants to achieve as oppose to selfie.

As its a part of a form of art called as photography, being one’s own subject doesn’t alter anything regarding creating a meaningful visual. Its a portrait, an image defined good and based based on form, lighting, texture and message. It’s soul purpose is to full fill ones soul desire.

It can be a form of escape for many self portrait artist. Yes casualties has been there but not as much as compared to Selfie. The images deserves much respect keeping in mind the integrity involved creating one.The process is so much artistic its not everyone’s cup of tea, indeed it’s not something can involve into its daily routine unless one is a full time artist or a visual content creator.

Yes, I understand many may have opinions and may or may not disagree but reality is its two different things. ________________________________________________________________ I am shovona, a freelance commercial photographer and a full time body positive blogger based out of Mumbai, India.

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