Looking at life through your own lens -
featuring Radhika V B

Vol. 1 Issue 3

Hey there,

 

Save Ourselves was born from the mind of an introverted soul, someone who cherishes her solitude, loves getting lost in a good book, movie or a show and more often than not, prefers working alone.

However, it has never been lost on me that people are the best thing that have happened to people and I am no exception to this. Save Ourselves is fuelled by inspiration from so many other creative minds. I am grateful to have found so many of them within my own friend circles, acquaintances and connections I've made along the way.

 

I wanted to share these sources of light with you hence I thought of bringing on guest collaborators for a few issues of The Save Ourselves Supplement.

 

Today's issue is in collaboration with one of the warmest people I've come across: Radhika V B

Radhika is a creative soul in and out. She loves capturing the sights she beholds through her camera and loves talking to people and thinking about life. She has her own blog where she writes about lessons she's gaining as she goes through life.

 

Check out Atypical Anecdote

Check out Radhika's Instagram

 

I had a conversation with Radhika about documenting life from behind a lens:

 

Radhika, what is your intent behind putting the frames you capture on Instagram stories?

"It's never been about how many people are going to see this story and how many people will reply to it, the intent has always been spreading the joy I get from looking at that setting, which I then try to capture and share with my social network."

 

(I can attest to her intentions as a curious on-looker as I'm someone who always looks forward to her stories and get inspired by the frames she captures)

 

Photos are like my first language. My method of note-taking - Radhika shared this lovely thought when I asked her why she feels like capturing frames in the day-to-day and what exactly calls out to her.

 

Save Ourselves draws a lot of inspiration from the concept of 'romanticising life' and being the main character. I wondered what Radhika thought of that especially as she takes efforts to document her life in her camera roll. That is a solid act of being present and making the most of the moment.

"I think when I click a picture the subject in my frame is the main thing about that moment and not me. That is how I romanticise life."

I love this thought because it takes away any traces of ego associated with romanticising life and makes it solely about experiencing that moment.

 

Radhika, how do you 'see things'? How do you decide what to capture?

"I love finding things that seem out of context or are unexpected. That is what draws my attention in the first place which I then try to capture. This also forms this apparent habit of being more observant in life, noticing things and capturing them."

 

"Once I've captured something, it's familiar to me."

"I am afraid of change. New places, new patterns in life are initially unsettling. For me, getting familiarized with these changes happens through photography. Once I've captured something, it is familiar to me. I'm currently living on the mountainside. Each day I capture the mountains, they feel more homely to me."

 

What kind of impact has taking photos had on your life?

People say that when you're taking a photograph, you're not being in the moment. But I haven't really subscribed to that thought. I feel that by taking pictures, you're enabling that moment to be experienced over and over again. Photos act as positive triggers that open up our associated memories with them. Our brains start to fade out earlier years as time passes and I think to have these positive triggers and go down the memory lane every now and then is a wonderful concept.

This issue of the newsletter comes along with a desktop wallpaper and a phone wallpaper that Radhika clicked herself. She was kind enough to send these over for the readers of The Supplement!

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Get this phone wallpaper

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