Monkeys: Filthiest, most scary animal ever. Remember that monkey doll on Toy Story 3? The obnoxious little thing that is bent on the destruction of all the good toys? That's how I think of monkeys.
... And maybe that example was just for all the eight-year-olds that read this blog, but whatever. For everyone that doesn't rock the kids' section at the local video store, here is a quick video that will illustrate what I'm saying about that evil creature:
Saturday, February 19, 2011
more great people.
There are great people everywhere, and we recently started working with one more. Preethy is a designer that graduated from the National Institute of Fashion Technology, which is recognized as India's top fashion school. She has spent quite a bit of time working for export companies and designing clothes for movies. She has proven to be very competent and the ladies love working with her and learning from her. Rabekha said that it would have been great to have started working with Preethy a year ago. ... Amen to that.
A few days ago I was talking with Preethy about money, making sure that she knew we were going to pay her for her time with us. She told me "it is not about the money." She said that while she was working with the ladies she got a better understanding of what Nivi Empowerment is doing and she wasn't worried about the particulars of the pay scale. How do we keep running into such great people?
(Left to right: Rabekha, Alice Mary, Susan, Preethy - working on skirt designs out of scrap fabric)
A few days ago I was talking with Preethy about money, making sure that she knew we were going to pay her for her time with us. She told me "it is not about the money." She said that while she was working with the ladies she got a better understanding of what Nivi Empowerment is doing and she wasn't worried about the particulars of the pay scale. How do we keep running into such great people?
(Left to right: Rabekha, Alice Mary, Susan, Preethy - working on skirt designs out of scrap fabric)
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Yeahndia! photography
Thanks to British Airways and their Face of Opportunity contest, I'm in India now and it is great. There is so much going on, but I just want to post a picture I took on my iPhone that I think is a good representation of some parts of Chennai (note the dude sleeping on the bench to the left of the picture ... oh, and the cow in the road.)
This place is so unique and interesting and it is great to be back.
I sometimes get lucky and get a picture that isn't completely bad, but there is a lot of photography (taken by other people) on this blog and the Nivi website that is really good.
That photography has done wonders for the company so I just wanted to mention the people that made the good pictures happen.
Matt Barr - barrphoto.com. Matt is super easy to work with and hits the exact look that we ask for. We have gotten lots of compliments on his photos and they have increased our sales considerably. Maybe it's his Australian accent, but I always feel like a big deal when I'm at his photoshoots.
(Matt at a Nivi Empowerment photoshoot)
Rosalyn Caywood - http://rosalynphotography.blogspot.com/ - Rosalyn takes great pictures, is super creative and is fun to be around. Maybe that is why she gets genuine smiles? People love her work.
Matt Irving - Matt is a maverick. Not a maverick like John McCain, but more in the dictionary sense of the word. He is probably going to be the next person to be on the Dos Equis campaign for the world's most interesting man, keeps a lol-funny blog, and knows what he's doing behind the camera. His site is http://www.mattirvingphotography.com/
However, since those people aren't in India now, I'll be posting my sub-standard pictures for the next couple of weeks. Enjoy...
This place is so unique and interesting and it is great to be back.
I sometimes get lucky and get a picture that isn't completely bad, but there is a lot of photography (taken by other people) on this blog and the Nivi website that is really good.
That photography has done wonders for the company so I just wanted to mention the people that made the good pictures happen.
Matt Barr - barrphoto.com. Matt is super easy to work with and hits the exact look that we ask for. We have gotten lots of compliments on his photos and they have increased our sales considerably. Maybe it's his Australian accent, but I always feel like a big deal when I'm at his photoshoots.
(Matt at a Nivi Empowerment photoshoot)
Rosalyn Caywood - http://rosalynphotography.blogspot.com/ - Rosalyn takes great pictures, is super creative and is fun to be around. Maybe that is why she gets genuine smiles? People love her work.
Matt Irving - Matt is a maverick. Not a maverick like John McCain, but more in the dictionary sense of the word. He is probably going to be the next person to be on the Dos Equis campaign for the world's most interesting man, keeps a lol-funny blog, and knows what he's doing behind the camera. His site is http://www.mattirvingphotography.com/
However, since those people aren't in India now, I'll be posting my sub-standard pictures for the next couple of weeks. Enjoy...
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