Reflecting on my first photoshoot as an author
Getting behind the camera is never easy!
Hello dear friend,
Today, I want to share with you a picture from 2018: From another lovely photoshoot by Vivek Selvan P.
This memory takes me back to 2018 when my first book, "Stolen Reflections" was published.
As it's a collection of poems, one of the book-marketing ideas my friends and I came up with was to record poetry recitation videos.
While in concept this sounds beautiful (soothing poetry with the beautiful IIT Guwahati campus as the backdrop), in reality, it was terrifying.
You see, I've been writing poems all my life, but until that point, I'd never performed poetry on video. Heck, I hadn't even attended an open mic to know what standards poets are held to.
The results were fascinating.
I did end up making some videos I'm proud of. If you look up "Anangsha Alammyan poetry" on YouTube, you'd probably find some of them.
The videos aren't perfect. I'm visibly nervous, rushing through the lines, and fumbling through the words.
But when I look back now, none of that matters. What's most important is I had friends willing to shoot, edit, and fine-tune such videos of a first-time writer. Also, huge pats on the back to myself for gathering the courage to go up on video and recite poetry closest to my heart.
What matters is the nourishing environment at IITG that let me spread my wings and take the first steps towards something that has now become a full-time career.
Cheers to following your passion and living your best life.
PS: Get a copy of "Stolen Reflections" here and a copy of my latest book "Taming Infinity" here
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With love,
Anangsha.