Echo - Pixpa Blog http://echo.pixpa.com Portfolio Website for Creative Professionals Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:58:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Design in her DNA http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixpa/~3/nbOpY62RDYM/ http://echo.pixpa.com/design-in-her-dna/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 06:50:55 +0000 Pixpa http://echo.pixpa.com/?p=2149 Leonie Knowles is a London based graphic designer who has worked in the fields of media as well as advertising for five years. She moved to London in 2007 after graduating with a 1st class honours in Spatial Design. Her stint at the global giant, Mindshare enabled her to work for many prestigious global brands such as Nike, Rolex, HSBC, Nestle and Unilever. Passionate about producing effective and original visual communications, she believes that design and creativity is part of her DNA.

She specialises in infographics, data and concept visualization, layout, typography, software and ITC. And, when she’s not at work, you might find her working on her product line for her Etsy shop, testing watering holes in and around London, scouring markets, stalls and craft shops for inspiration, playing on Call of Duty MW3, Skyping friends around the world, creating something random for her flat and justifying why she should get a puppy.

A self-confessed gamer, velvet-phobe and craft-lover, Leonie Knowles is incredibly gifted and is bound to take the world by storm. Team Pixpa wishes her all the best!

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]]> http://echo.pixpa.com/design-in-her-dna/feed/ 0 http://echo.pixpa.com/design-in-her-dna/ Knowledge is power http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixpa/~3/V-Cr-5zkCmc/ http://echo.pixpa.com/knowledge-is-power/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 11:14:18 +0000 Pixpa http://echo.pixpa.com/?p=2145 That’s why Pixpa added a comprehensive Knowledge Base to help you understand its finer details. You can log on to your account and search the Pixpa Knowledge Base for any query related to design, structure, links, blog integration, payments and a host of other things. You can also send us your questions at support@pixpa.com and we will be happy to answer them for you.

Tap into the resources of the Pixpa Knowledge Base today and get started on your power-packed website.

]]> http://echo.pixpa.com/knowledge-is-power/feed/ 0 http://echo.pixpa.com/knowledge-is-power/ Many weddings, one camera http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixpa/~3/dXyi_7Jpruw/ http://echo.pixpa.com/many-weddings-one-camera/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 11:09:22 +0000 Pixpa http://echo.pixpa.com/?p=2132

Atul Pratap Chauhan needs no introduction. He has an eye for beauty and has captured the magical moments of several weddings in his photographs. The bashful bride, the wet-eyed mother of the bride, the boisterous friends, the handsome groom, the gorgeous palaces come to life under his lens. His name features on the list of the most well-known documentary wedding photographers in India. Based in Delhi, he is also available for destination photography in Jaipur, Kerala, Goa, Mumbai and other places.

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]]> http://echo.pixpa.com/many-weddings-one-camera/feed/ 0 http://echo.pixpa.com/many-weddings-one-camera/ She’s got style http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixpa/~3/xeeBNjMc298/ http://echo.pixpa.com/shes-got-style/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 10:43:46 +0000 Pixpa http://echo.pixpa.com/?p=2120 Kristina Ritchie is a talented freelance fashion stylist whose work has been featured in leading publications, advertising campaigns and fashion editorials in the UK, Ireland and beyond. She has also worked for the London Fashion Week, Brit Awards and Fashion Rocks.

Subtle, rich and diverse are the words that describe Ritchie’s style the best. Team Pixpa wishes her all the best.

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AKDA is a multi-disciplinary design studio which handles a variety of projects such as architecture, interior design, furniture and product design, and more. Its dynamic founder, Amit Khanna, graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Under his able leadership, AKDA has dabbled in several projects, noteworthy among which are hospitality, official as well as residential complexes, boutiques etc.

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]]> http://echo.pixpa.com/designs-with-a-difference/feed/ 0 http://echo.pixpa.com/designs-with-a-difference/ Cityscapes redefined http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixpa/~3/lZWlJUywQyo/ http://echo.pixpa.com/cityscapes-redefined/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:10:30 +0000 Pixpa http://echo.pixpa.com/?p=2095 Sundeep Bali chose Delhi to follow the difficult path of being a landscape photographer. In the beginning, it looked dismal. It seemed as if there was hardly any wilderness or inspiration for landscape imaging. When he enrolled for a nature walk with Pradip Kishen, he had but little expectations. He was in for a surprise. When he saw Mangar Bari, a sacred grove for the Gujjars, he changed his mind.

Safe from the hands of human greed, this island of pristine greenery gave him an impetus to start again. Since that day, he has enjoyed the pursuit of transforming moments into memories. In fact he feels that his photographs may “someday become only visual memory of Delhiscapes given the threat of urbanization that looms large over them.”

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]]> http://echo.pixpa.com/cityscapes-redefined/feed/ 0 http://echo.pixpa.com/cityscapes-redefined/ Living it up in style http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixpa/~3/0Ezls8m5SRA/ http://echo.pixpa.com/living-it-up-in-style/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 09:59:32 +0000 Pixpa http://echo.pixpa.com/?p=1970
To Virginie Begin, what makes us unique is our self-expression. A committed professional, she has loved fashion for a very young age. She believes that clothes are an image we project of ourselves. Virginie completed her training in fashion marketing at LaSalle College in Montreal in 2000. She has worked as a designer for Gap and Jacob. Her dream of owning her company came true when she founded Virginia B. Stylist in 2010.

Today, she dabbles in fashion, advertising and photography and has made a successful career out of her childhood passion. Pixpa welcomes such spirited thinkers!

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]]> http://echo.pixpa.com/living-it-up-in-style/feed/ 0 http://echo.pixpa.com/living-it-up-in-style/ Meet the girl in the galli! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixpa/~3/F8_vXTrP-0w/ http://echo.pixpa.com/meet-the-girl-in-the-galli/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 09:55:51 +0000 Pixpa http://echo.pixpa.com/?p=1965
“Most stories and journeys begin in the head, even before you run to Wiki and Google. It could be your knowledge, your hunch, your connect with a moment, a place, a situation, a person or it could just be taking a plunge. Your story emanates between the fine lines of what you seek, then how you see it. I spend more time mingling with people and places than photographing them. And I never return as the same person again.”

Also known to the world as Shruchi Kapoor, she calls herself “a storyteller minus the frills or accolades.” After a decade of writing for advertising, she decided to pursue something more meaningful.  Late, yet undeterred, she started walking around, hunting in the alleys for something that might be the truth. She saw more than that.  As a travel and documentary writer and photographer, she thinks it is more challenging to find stories, rather than scoops.

Some of her stories have been published by The Sunday Guardian, Femina (Gujarat), The Lonely Planet, Spiceroute, TAXI (Chennai’s lifestyle magazine) and online by The India Tube and a few others. She recently showcased for the “Lost in Tradition’ series at The Art Chennai Festival, 2012.

You’re going places, girl in the galli. Team Pixpa admires your courage!

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And, in love with each other. This husband and wife are quite a team. Michaela handles destination, routes, travel and other details while Nicholas looks after the camera equipment for their trip. And, when they are not scouting the world for fantastic photographs, Michaela works as a Principal/Partner in Ernst & Young’s Advisory practice and is a part of the technology enabling team. Nicholas, on the other hand, is a Project Manager with IBM.

Their passion for nature photography takes them across the world. It is an outlet for their creativity. Besides, Nicholas and Michaela believe that these trips bring them closer.

Animals, birds, flora, Nicholas and Micheala have captured them all. Hats off to this super-couple from team Pixpa!

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]]> http://echo.pixpa.com/in-love-with-nature/feed/ 0 http://echo.pixpa.com/in-love-with-nature/ An artist arrives! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/pixpa/~3/uIlvx-lHBWw/ http://echo.pixpa.com/an-artist-arrives/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 09:41:00 +0000 Pixpa http://echo.pixpa.com/?p=1955 Daniel M Spiller Jr. or Dan grew up in Louisiana. A childhood love for outdoors and a passion for art led him to major in landscape architecture. He stumbled upon oil pastels one fine day and the rest as they say is history.

Since that day, he has captured simple everyday scenes in the soft, smooth strokes of oil pastels. Be it a sweet sunrise or quaint mills and houses along the roads, Dan paints with a long-forgotten honesty.

Pixpa appreciates the beauty of Dan’s landscapes and wishes him all the best for the future.

Take a look at these beautiful creations at Dan’s website

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