ColoursAlive — Journal

From Concept to Camera: ColoursAlive Now Offers 3D Product Visualisation

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 04:59:10 GMT

A product's visual journey doesn't start when the first sample arrives at the studio. It starts much earlier, often before manufacturing begins. Until now, ColoursAlive could only serve part of that j…

VAT Reclaim Calculator For Business Travellers

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:15:21 GMT

Business travellers to international destinations, can often reclaim part of the money that they spend in their international travel, destinations, if their companies have the presence of mind to recl…

Efficiency Meets Creativity: A Product Photographer’s Insights

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 02:22:28 GMT

What happens when you have to combine high volume, with high quality, and short timelines? We have to scale up, create templates, and automate workflows. An intimate knowledge of photography tools, fr…

Overpayment Scams: Beware, Photographers!

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 12:49:28 GMT

Recently, I was exposed to an overpayment photography scam. It was disturbing, and it ruined a potential friendship. I'm going to outline how it happened in this article, so that other photographers d…

The Role of Professional Product Photography in Boosting eCommerce Sales

Wed, 17 May 2023 07:18:19 GMT

In eCommerce, first impressions are everything. They can be the difference between a visitor to your site becoming a customer, or leaving and never returning. One crucial factor in shaping these first…

Chennai Corporate Video Production: Find Your Perfect Partner

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:38:25 GMT

The journey to find the right corporate video production company can seem a bit daunting, especially with so many choices out there. But don't worry; at ColoursAlive, we've got you covered! In this ar…

An E-Commerce Business Starter Guide: Tips for Better Product Shots

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 23:32:35 GMT

The foundation of any e-Commerce business is a selection of good product and lifestyle imagery. Because photos can make or break a sale, it's critical to invest in high-quality images that showcase th…

Understanding e-Commerce Photography Can Make All the Difference to the Success of Your Product

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 18:24:47 GMT

Good eCommerce photography can often be the difference between a product being returned, and a satisfied customer. In our thinking, eCommerce photography is about truth and efficiency rather than glam…

Photographing Watches for Ajwain

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 14:19:13 GMT

Vikram Narula is a watchmaker and watch customization enthusiast based out of Mumbai. His company AJWAIN https://ajwa.in/ has come out with a number of unique designs and concepts for watches. Past co…

Talking ... Just To Hear My Own Voice?

Mon, 02 Nov 2020 09:45:11 GMT

I was first fascinated by audio recordings when I bought a Zoom H4n https://amzn.to/3oKbDf4 for live audio recording. The idea was to be able to record voices in good quality when making interviews. E…

Premiere Pro Project file not opening after Premiere Software update

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 02:33:09 GMT

So, Adobe passed out a little update in the December of last year. That innocuous little update 12.0.0 messed up my work for quite a while. Files that I'd worked on just hours before didn't open anymo…

A Shift in Focus

Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:18:58 GMT

The Real Need to Stop. During the course of any journey, one needs to stop every once in a while, to look around, check that you're actually moving in the right direction. To check the location of cer…

The Beautiful Chaos of Indian Roads

Wed, 04 Nov 2015 02:12:04 GMT

I'd like to introduce you to an Indian motovlogging channel called " Biking In India http://www.youtube.com/c/BikingInIndia ". It's a YouTube channel that explores the streets of Chennai, and beyond.…

Coromandel.co Brings Holiday Travel and VAT Reclaim to Colombia

Thu, 04 Jul 2013 11:16:36 GMT

New Business Travel website: Coromandel.co We have just launched the website of the business travel services company, Coromandel SAS www.coromandel.co. Coromandel SAS is a company based in Colombia in…

Photography Website Under Construction

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:48:40 GMT

I'm a photographer. Photography has always been a passion of mine. Over the years, I've done a number of commercial photo-shoots, for various clients, but I've never had a website to showcase my work.…

Drupal: Installing multiple contrib modules – the easier than 'easiest' way

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:17:12 GMT

A while ago, I wrote about un-TARing multiple files in one go on the server http://www.coloursalive.net/2010/12/30/drupal-installing-multiple-contrib-modules-the-easiest-way/ "Drupal: Installing multi…

ColoursAlive is Hiring...

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:42:29 GMT

ColoursAlive is on the lookout for efficient video editors https://www.coloursalive.com/jobs/ . Do you know anyone? Get the details here:

Much ado about Google

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:44:34 GMT

Google has been in my twitterstream http://twitter.com/susheel c "Susheel Chandradhas's twitter " a LOT today. Google + http://plus.google.com , Google Takeout http://google.com/takeout , new Google t…

College Culturals Time

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:24:03 GMT

Recently ChennaiParkour was invited to create a Parkour workshop http://www.chennaiparkour.com for IIT-M, and even though that did not work out as planned, it has made me notice that this seems to be…

iXBRL - more XML based markup languages...

Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:20:58 GMT

So along with the XMLisation of a ton of other things, comes the evolution of accounting formats into XBRL or iXBRL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBRL . It's supposed to make filing and sharing of acco…

Drupal: Installing multiple contrib modules - the easiest way

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 01:24:29 GMT

Here's how to quickly extract multiple tar.gz files in a folder using "find" or a loop. It's easy, it's simple, and it gets your drupal install up and running in less time than it takes to say "Upload…

What's your Talisman?

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 22:36:07 GMT

! Talisman Tattoos Logo http://www.coloursalive.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/talisman-social-media-logo-300x300.gif "Talisman Logo" Talisman Tattoos http://www.talismantattoos.in/ is a cool place to…

Chennai Metereological Department

Wed, 19 May 2010 10:51:22 GMT

This is what they have on their website... Satellite Imaginery??? I thought this was science, not fiction! ! http://img.skitch.com/20100519-87xwpcsryx7kuphfc1ta93rads.jpg "Satellite Imaginery"

I'ms in your skynets, lollings aways ats yours futiles attempts ats contrllings ours internets

Wed, 19 May 2010 01:00:28 GMT

! /uploads/blog/2010/05/ims-ins-yours-skynets.png PLZ LEARN: TPB CANT BE SHUT DOWN LOL! AS U MITE HAS READ OR NOTICD, PEEPS ONCE AGAIN R TRYIN 2 SHUT US DOWN. DIS WILL NOT SUCCED, LOL. OURS RLY NICE W…

Two New Websites from the ColoursAlive.com workshop

Sun, 09 May 2010 04:33:17 GMT

Heya Everyone! ColoursAlive https://www.coloursalive.com is proud to announce that we've got two more websites out of our design workshop and into the wild for your viewing pleasure. JeevaRaghunath.co…

ColoursAlive.com, now alive and kicking

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:56:49 GMT

We finally got around to doing it... We've got the

Google set to kill-off IE6. Long overdue.

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:54:02 GMT

This is a day that should go down in history. The long overdue demise of IE6 has begun in earnest... Google today mailed Google Apps admins stating that they would be phasing out support for legacy br…

One of those darn 'tags'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:50:40 GMT

Yes... It had to happen... This would eventually stop expansion in some regions and cause them to start to recollapse. As they were collapsing, the gravitational pull of the collapsing region got smal…

Vandalur Zoo (aka. Arignar Anna Zoological Park)

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:06:27 GMT

Who woulda thunk it? The Vandalur Zoo has a website.

RealImage.com Live

Mon, 04 May 2009 13:35:32 GMT

Another website by ColoursAlive, the corporate website of Real Image Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Parkour

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:43:41 GMT

I've recently become rather interested in the extreme sport - parkour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour . There's been a spike in the overall interest in parkour around the globe. However, Parkour…

Coasting your bike to save fuel

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:57:08 GMT

I don't know whether this ruins the engine or not, but when I'm low on fuel, I like to let my motorbike just coast along on it's own momentum. I just give it a tweak on the throttle and glide down the…

MargazhiRaagam.com Launches

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:25:10 GMT

So, we finally launched the website. MargazhiRaagam.com http://www.margazhiraagam.com "Margazhi Raagam - High Definition Video & Audio Carnatic Music Concert" is officially live and running. I'm quite…

HD Carnatic Music - Margazhi Raagam

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:49:04 GMT

Just working on the website - Margazhi Raagam.com http://www.margazhiraagam.com/ . Update when the website is up.

Transmission is uTorrent for Mac, but better...

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:16:24 GMT

You've just moved to a Mac from a PC? Looking for a great BitTorrent client that's like utorrent, for Mac https://transmissionbt.com/ ? Not found one yet? Transmission Bittorrent Client Try Transmissi…

I love my Genius

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:48:15 GMT

I've been using iTunes 8 http://www.apple.com/itunes/ "Apple iTunes + iPod" Look at what's new http://www.apple.com/itunes/whatsnew/ "What's new in Apple iTunes 8" for a couple of days now, both on my…

VisCom Online Forums Launched

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:29:52 GMT

Are you a Visual Communication student or professional? Here's a brand-new resource to learn about the visual communication course, profession, and professionals. Whether you're a viscom student or pr…

Apple UnSlow Commercial

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:56:07 GMT

I'm an Apple fan. I have been for quite a while now... I've moved all my work from a PC desktop to a mac book pro so that I can get things done one the go, and things work great. Recently though, 37Si…

I truly, truly, truly do hate IE6

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:05:05 GMT

For all the bugs its given this world. For all the workarounds that have wasted our time. For all the jackass tricks that we have to work out to get our sites working for IE6 users. For the stupidity…

2 way syncing between Google Calendar and iCal

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:01:04 GMT

Now Google Calendar can sync with iCal. They've added iCal's CalDAV support http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99357 . So you can now sync upwards from iCal to gCal; that is,…

Wordpress 2.6 goes live

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:36:34 GMT

Wordpress is now on version 2.6. Here's a short video. It should help you decide whether you want to upgrade or not. Coloursalive.net is currently upgraded!

Covenant India website goes Live! ColoursAlive happy.

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:21:51 GMT

The entire ColoursAlive team working on the Covenant India Website http://www.covenantindia.net/ "Covenant India - HR Consulting" were pleasantly surprised at the cheering that it received when unveil…

Download Firefox 3 Today - Be Part of a World Record!

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:07:48 GMT

I've mentioned a number of reasons to use a browser like firefox https://www.beyondphototips.com/why-am-i-asking-you-to-use-firefox-on-a-photography-blog/ on my photography blog, but now with the rele…

Google Ad Sense adds Scroll Buttons!

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:42:53 GMT

I noticed something new today... Google's Adsense has done something that I'm not particularly happy about. Its gone and added scroll buttons on each of their text ads. This means that people can view…

The Last Calligraphed Urdu Daily.

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:30:03 GMT

A couple of days ago, a friend and I finished lunch and were about to part ways when he mentioned that he was going to try and find the office of "The Musalman", possibly the last remaining Calligraph…

Google Malware Warnings

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:44:50 GMT

Google seems to be restricting some of its search results. I was searching for some articles to help me with a website that I'm designing when I was suddenly confronted with this warning page. Here's what to do if you see it.

A Journey Begins: 14-01-08 Pt.1

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:43:57 GMT

Balaji Booked tickets to Umesh's wedding. It was to be held in Kerala, near Umesh's hometown, Ottapalam. He booked the tickets a month in advance. We left Chennai on the evening of the 12th of January, 2008. It was a Saturday and had been a full day for me. I packed my bags early in the morning, when I was leaving for office, carried it with me, and managed not to forget anything.

Smack Da Book

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:23:09 GMT

I've finally got a Mac. Everybody who knows me knows that I have one. I love it. It's got a beautiful, sleek exterior, great build, a very intuitive interface, and a great hardware configuration. Hey,…

The day I got stranded.

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:52:07 GMT

That day was yesterday. I was at the end of a pretty good day of architectural photography http://www.beyondphototips.com/2007/04/29/lenses-for-architectural-photography/ "Lenses for Architectural Pho…

So, i'm going to buy meself a point'n shoot

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:44:23 GMT

! Small Camera http://www.coloursalive.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/small-camera.thumbnail.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/yophoto/323520820/ "Small Camera" Yes, you heard me right. I'm looking out…

And off we go on a merry-go-round...

Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:57:09 GMT

! Here are some random image headers http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1134/671329064 90f78339ba.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/susheel c/671329064/ "Blog image headers" Here they are... All the new he…

iPhone... or do i?

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:42:52 GMT

! Apple’s brand new ‘revolutionary’ iPhone http://www.coloursalive.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/iphone.jpg Apple has revolutionised the phone http://www.apple.com/iphone/ "The Apple iPhone" ... real…

My Rainy Bike

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:41:52 GMT

It looks like the monsoons are beginning here, the first of the heavy rain spells began yesterday. Today's been a bit brighter, but still, its more cloudy than usual. I like the rains. Especially when…

Fold your Proteins

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 05:13:42 GMT

I've always wanted to contribute to society, but I'm no hi-tech scientist who can cure diseases or find out the whys and the wherefores of the universe, so I was thrilled to hear about the folding@hom…