They say each friend represents a
world in us! A statement we all can vow for and have experienced throughout our
lives. Little did we knew this the first time we four met, that someday we all
will be a part of something that will be probably a topic of mass affection,
love and discussion ( for good reasons of course). And as every story has a story behind it,
here is my part of the story...
When we met for the first time,
all we had in common is the passion for photography and the hunger to make it
bigger. And what we had uncommon was lot’s of if’s and buts’, different
backgrounds and different genres (of photography). I clearly remember the
conversation I had with Nandini during the Wall Art Project for Metropolis’13.
We had a deal, that if I get any Fashion related query I shall forward it to
her and if she gets any Travel related query she will forward it to me.
Then a few things happened
coincidentally. A friend calling me from Delhi to ask about a good Wedding
Photographer in Guwahati, Nandini uploading photographs of a wedding they were covering
in Golaghat at the same time, and that smile saying, aah! My friends
(acquaintance then) are so talented and the lazy me deciding right then to meet
up, discuss and plan if we can do something together. By then it was in first
week of February ’13. Soon, three of us met (Me, Rejaul, Nandini) and tried to
decide on something, Rj (our little Rup) entered the scene but one question
still remained, what we are going to do. One thing we were sure that it is
going to be something with photography, but what? Again four different people,
different genres and one common passion! Photography? Ok, Final! What next? Who
will do what? If Nandini, Rejaul and Rj are comfortable shooting people, or
with people around, I prefer shooting in a calm environment. So? Finally we
zeroed into a plan. Nandini will shoot Fashion & Wedding. Rejaul will shoot
Wedding and Concerts. Rj will shoot Wedding. I will shoot Products and
Concerts.
Next Step! Probably the most
rigorous phase of this story! What will be the name? We tried to search small
words, to be paired as two which will be easy to remember and have resemblance
with what we do. Many words were taken into account, but again the fact that
four us will work in different genres made our task quite tough. Finally we
zeroed into the words Muse & Memories for it being easy to remember, easy
to pronounce (ask us how tough it is!) and for both the words having relevance
with our work. If the word ‘Muse’ would
reflect something that we want to ponder or that would reflect on something we
do, then every wedding, fashion portfolio, product or concert we will shoot, will be our muse, the word ‘Memories’ would
always keep people feel special with the memoirs they have with them as
photographs.
Then came the moment of creating
the identity! It all happened suddenly, in the evening we finalised the name,
and by night I created logo options. And by next evening we finalised and
agreed to disagree that we will have two logos, as two of us liked one and
other two liked the other one. That was the inception of Muse & Memories. And
the rest is a fairytale!
The making of Muse & Memories
was one fun part, we agreed, we disagreed, we agreed to disagree and vice
versa. We still do, at times we are so rigid and times soft. We fight with each
other, we fight for each other. We laugh, we cry together and most of all we
love and celebrate what we are and what we do. From the very first like on our
page to the 6000th (probably we already have added many more till
now and we want it to keep adding), every single like means a lot. Every single
message we got from you, every call we received; every smile we could feel when
we say, “yes! we are available.” or every disappointment you have shown when we
say, “sorry! we are booked.”, made our journey so unforgettable. The journey
started by we four, is today companioned by a 6000 plus more.
And as we turn One today, thank
you for the warmth and love you have shared back. Thank you for believing in
us, for making us a part of your life, your memories and Thank you for making
us, Muse & Memories, what we are today. So, we Dream On and wish to
continue what we love to do, creating memories and spreading smiles the Muse
& Memories way!
