Let's beat Mediocrity

Karan Narula
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We talk about creativity and how to improve yourself in your own game by seeking inspiration and insightful tips from the creators we love. Every week, with your host - Karan Narula, we bring a new guest to the podcast who talks about their journey in the stream of photography / videography / business and they share some great tips with the listeners. This podcast is a gem for the creatives as we talk about Film-making, Photography, Cinematography, Design, etc, and the business-related side of it. And again, a new podcast - every week.

  1. Saurav Sinha - Moving to a new country | How to stay motivated as a content creator in 2021

    04/11/2021

    Saurav Sinha - Moving to a new country | How to stay motivated as a content creator in 2021

    The guest today is one of the pioneers of content creation from the Indian YouTube community space and is none other than Saurav Sinha, who has his youtube channel by the same name - Saurav Sinha. We talked about Saurav’s love for photography and how and when it all started and he gave some great insights on starting a youtube channel in 2021. I know we all have this question in our mind k is it too late to start a youtube channel, what if I don't get views and stuff and Saurav answered them all. He talked about how to stay motivated as a content creator and shed some light on his time management skills and how he is able to churn out great videos every single week. There is breaking news in the podcast where Saurav talks about his future plans so watch out for that. Saurav, overall, is a very hardworking, motivated, and talented individual and this podcast will definitely make you feel great about you being a content creator.  There are just so many things that we talked about in this one and I don't want to give too much away here. Listen to the podcast and get to know yourself. Cheers!  ---------------------------------- The Let's beat mediocrity podcast is a podcast where we talk all about filmmaking, photography, visual effects, and everything related to that. I hope you all liked this episode of it and it would mean the world if will share this episode. Thanks and see you again next week with another awesome episode of the Let's beat Mediocrity Podcast. Cheers! ----------------------------------  Connect with Saurav Sinha here: Saurav's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sauravus/ Saurav's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKIebaFbubF2L_ol3ujxoSA Lame Saurav: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC09AjJabmAuLCtoTO93FRhQ -------------------------- Connect with me here:  My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediokaran/​  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJIsCH87n8iHdPSkmwn24aA

    1h 31m
  2. Wedding Videography Masterclass with Jay Pannu

    03/07/2021

    Wedding Videography Masterclass with Jay Pannu

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the let's beat mediocrity podcast where we talk all about filmmaking, photography, visual effects, and everything related to that.  #weddingVideography #weddingvideo #cinematicVideo In today's episode, we have with us the one and only - Jay Pannu! Jay is the founder of Emerald films, a wedding videography company based in Vancouver, Canada, and has tons of experience filming 'Organic' wedding videos and is known for beautiful cinematography and editing skills. He is also very well known for his love for Rick & Morty and is a DC fanboy. According to him, you will find more figurines at his home than camera bodies, lenses, and lens caps combined.  This episode is not just a conversation btw me and Jay but is a wedding videography masterclass. We talked about his filming style, where he drives inspiration from, and what keeps him going in this industry. He talked about how he makes sure to bring the best out of the couples that he is filming with and how he is able to create something new with every single of his videos.  FYI - This podcast is jampacked with information so keep your note-taking devices with you to note down a lot of pointers.   Hope you will like this conversation with me and Jay Pannu.  Connect with Jay Pannu​ here: Jay's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jay_pannu/ Emerald Film's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emeraldfilms_/ ------------------------------------------------------------ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediokaran/​

    2h 4m
  3. Mohnish Doultani - Sony a7siii, moving to Mumbai, Plans for 2021

    01/15/2021

    Mohnish Doultani - Sony a7siii, moving to Mumbai, Plans for 2021

    Hello everyone and welcome to another episode of the let's beat mediocrity podcast where we talk all about filmmaking, photography, visual effects, and everything related to that.  #MohnishDoultani #letsbeatmediocrity #sonya7siii In today's episode, we have with the one and only  Mohnish Doultani, for the second time on the podcast! Yes, we have already done an episode earlier with Mohnish on the podcast where we talked about his journey and some other basic things but this time we go deep into what we just touched upon in our previous episode.  In this episode, we talked about him moving to the city of dreams - Mumbai from Nagpur and why this move to Mumbai. We talked about his transition to Sony from Canon and the issues he is facing now as a Sony user coming from Canon. Also, we talked about the hot topic of the town and that is the Sony a7siii. Mohnish recently got the Sony a7siii and the latest DJI gimbal the RSC 2 and he shared his opinions on them. We also talked about transitions, color grading and I asked him the questions that some of you listeners asked me to ask him through one of my Instagram stories.  This episode is different from the regular "Let's beat mediocrity" podcast episodes but is no less fun or informational. --------------------------------------------------------- Listen to our previous episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pmiR7xv0dMzSzH9glFx5m?si=i7Sw7I3WT5aUOFL1OmYx0Q ============================= Table of Contents: ============================= (0:00) - Intro (3:23) - Moving to Mumbai (5:29) - On losing weight (7:00) - Talking about my recent pictures (8:16) - Self-Portraits (12:24) - Tutorials on self-portrait (14:02) - Sony a7siii (15:06) - Why Sony a7siii (17:47) - Difficulties switching from Canon to Sony (24:15) - How to expose slog3 correctly (27:24) - 1 on 1 Consultation sessions (29:32) - About Indian content creator community (32:24) - Dji Ronin RSC 2 (35:47) - When are new vlogs / videos coming? (40:23) - How to get paid while traveling (44:53) - Transitions and Color grading (48:00) - Rapid-fire round but different (1:04:28) - Outro ------------------------------------------- NEW PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE: Every MONDAY SAME PODCAST EPISODE ON PODCAST STREAMING PLATFORMS: FRIDAY Listen to more episodes of the 'Let's Beat Mediocrity' Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IOPUO6... ------------------------------------------- Connect with  @Mohnish Doultani  here: Mohnish's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/mohnishdoultani/ Mohnish's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWoGiobLTH_jTkQS3b2mH1Q ------------------------------------------------------------ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediokaran/ --------------------------------------------

    1h 7m
  4. Habib Saleh - The truth about Fashion industry | How he approaches brands

    01/08/2021

    Habib Saleh - The truth about Fashion industry | How he approaches brands

    Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of the Let's beat Mediocrity podcast! In today's episode, we have with us a great Photographer, videographer and Philosopher who is our first international guest on the podcast and his name is Habib Saleh.  #habibSaleh #letsbeatmediocrity #podcast I found out about Habib through one of his Fashion videos that I saw on Vimeo and his work stood out to me a lot and that's how we connected later on Instagram. He was kind enough to be on the podcast and today's episode is just very different from the regular episodes that we have done so far.  We talked about so many things in this episode and to name some, we discussed why Canon is better than Sony in terms of video. I mean, its debatable but that's what we both kinda think. We talked about what he looks in his models and how he is able to create something new everytime and how does he comes up with all these ideas. He also talks about where he takes his inspiration from and why he tries to stay away from instagram as much as possible. He also mentioned why he doesn't use external lights to light his subjects and why he prefers to not shoot at golden hour.  There are so many great things we talked about in this one and I am so sure you will love this episode. ============================= Table of Contents: ============================= (0:00) - Intro (1:55) - Greetings (3:59) - Who is Habib Saleh? (11:26) - Habib on Vimeo 16:06 - How he approaches brands 27:02 - How he comes up with new concepts for his shoots 38:15 - Why Canon is better than Sony (debatable) 43:13 - His sources of Inspiration 46:43 - His take on Social media 56:12 - About singularity and individuality 1:01:27 - Talking about weird and trending Photography poses 1:11:36 -  How he poses his models 1:13:44 - Talking about Fashion videos 1:23:29 - Technical Round/ questions 1:42:40 - The One | Rapid Fire questions 1:56:16 - Outro ------------------------------------------- NEW PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE: Every MONDAY SAME PODCAST EPISODE ON PODCAST STREAMING PLATFORMS: FRIDAY Listen to more episodes of the 'Let's Beat Mediocrity' Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IOPUO6... ------------------------------------------- Connect with Habib Saleh here: Habib's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/habibsaleh_/ Habib's Philosophical Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/habibs/ Habib's Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user39121229 His Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2PtkRNj2Vn9PBpAGXFRqgO?si=gNPvOZpaReSYdSD9-2mpdA ------------------------------------------------------------ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediokaran/ --------------------------------------------

    1h 59m
  5. Ayush Wadhwa - His story, his own Production House, going for Therapy etc.

    01/01/2021

    Ayush Wadhwa - His story, his own Production House, going for Therapy etc.

    Welcome to the third episode of the second season of the - 'Let's Beat Mediocrity' Podcast with none other than Ayush Wadhwa. Now, a little bit about Ayush, he is a content creator, YouTuber, podcaster, photographer and now he has his own production house too in India and has worked with so many big brands already. Some of the things that we talked about in this episode - we talked about Ayush's business model and how and why he is present on almost every other social media platform and how he treats all of them differently. The answer that he gave for this one is an eye-opener so please listen closely to that. He talked about why he doesn't really watch a lot of Peter Mckinnon videos and the skills that he is working on currently. We also talked about his favorite resources that he uses to learn new things, his favorite podcasts and he shared them all with us in this episode.  He also talked about him going for therapy and how therapy has helped him clear his mind and discover patterns in his life and his habits. This one is a fun but informative one and I am so sure that you will like this conversation with him today.  Also, FYI - we release a new podcast episode every single week and new episodes come first on Youtube on a Monday, and then the same episode comes on the podcast streaming platforms like Spotity, etc on Friday.  ============================= Table of Contents: ============================= (0:00) - Intro (2:36) - General conversation (1:04:50) - Technical Round/ questions (1:28:21) - Peter Mckinnon (1:30:59) - The One | Rapid Fire questions (1:45:12) - Outro ------------------------------------------- NEW PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE: Every MONDAY SAME PODCAST EPISODE ON PODCAST STREAMING PLATFORMS: FRIDAY Listen to the video version of this episode -  https://youtu.be/pAnlCPPQwVM ------------------------------------------- Connect with Ayush Wadhwa here: Ayush's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/ayushwadhwa/ Ayush's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrAyushw Ayush's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/77HcBot... ------------------------------------------------------------ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediokaran/

    1h 46m
  6. Pixel Samy - Earning Rs. 1.5 Lakh from YouTube and how to be consistent

    12/25/2020

    Pixel Samy - Earning Rs. 1.5 Lakh from YouTube and how to be consistent

    Hello everyone and welcome to the second episode of the second season of the - 'Let's Beat Mediocrity' Podcast with none other than Pixel Samy.  The guest that we have today with us is a very well known name, who is a YouTuber, freelancer, editor, student, and just a very knowledgeable and hardworking person in general. He is no other than Saumyajit or more popularly known as Pixel Samy on YouTube and Instagram.  He has been doing Youtube for around 3 years now and he has tons of knowledge about it! He has so many great youtube tutorials and a lot of assets that he provides free for his audience which includes - color grading LUTS, presets, transitions, etc and he even teaches his subscribers on how they can create them too.   Please don't mind the 2 hour time mark as this episode is a goldmine and I don't use this word very loosely. You will learn so so much from this podcast as Pixel Samy opens up about so many things related to YouTube, his 3 year journey, how he makes a living just from YouTube and some other freelance side gigs and by selling presets packs and stuff on the internet. He goes deep into YouTube analytics and how you can use them wisely and to your advantage and tells us why tags are not that important anymore in YouTube search.  We also talked about the YouTube scams that have been happening lately and he shares his insights on how you can be wary of them. We talked about his experience working with brands and how he approaches them and how the compensation thing works when working with all these huge names.  We also talked about Instagram and how he treats Instagram differently than YouTube to attract more of regional clients and his overall opinion about the app.  This podcast is full of so many beautiful tips and tricks that Pixel Samy shares with us and I want to say it again, this one is a goldmine! -------------------------------------------  NEW PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE: Every MONDAY SAME PODCAST EPISODE ON PODCAST STREAMING PLATFORMS: FRIDAY  ------------------------------------------- Connect with Pixel Samy  here:   Pixel Samy's Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/pixel_samy/ Pixel Samy's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvNk... ------------------------------------------------------------   My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediokaran/

    2h 11m
  7. Sayonbiz - Talking about 3d, 360 degree cameras, Time management etc.

    12/18/2020

    Sayonbiz - Talking about 3d, 360 degree cameras, Time management etc.

    Hello everyone and welcome to the first episode of the second season of the - 'Let's Beat Mediocrity' Podcast.  In this episode, we have with us - Sayon Biswas, or more commonly known as Sayonbiz! He is a complete artist and skills in every sphere of creativity. He is a photographer, videographer, editor, 3d  and VFX artist, and more importantly, a great human being to talk to.  In this episode of the 'Let's Beat Mediocrity' podcast, we talked about how and when Sayon started his journey and how does he manage his time to create such great digital content. We talked about 3d and why Sayon thinks 3d is the future of content creation. We also talked about 360 degree cameras, his time management skills, the creative apps that he use,s and his not so beautiful relationship with Instagram.  This episode is filled with a lot of knowledge and is also 95% in English, and hence listeners who are not very well versed in Hindi can also enjoy this episode. I really hope that you will like this one and gain something out of it. ------------------------------------------- NEW PODCAST EPISODES ON YOUTUBE: Every MONDAY SAME PODCAST EPISODE ON PODCAST STREAMING PLATFORMS: FRIDAY Checkout the video version for this podcast here: https://youtu.be/f2GJLoM5l5k ------------------------------------------- Connect with Sayonbiz here: Sayon's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sayonbiz/ Sayon's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc25... ------------------------------------------------------------ My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediokaran/

    1h 30m
  8. I am ending this :(

    09/25/2020

    I am ending this :(

    Hello everyone,  Welcome to the last episode of the Let's beat Mediocrity podcast. . . . . of season one!!  The podcast is getting revamped for its new season and we will be back with more creators super soon. Actually, every Friday! Now, this episode is basically the best of season one and consists of the best snippets from our first season of the podcast. It is a sweet and short episode but it is a must-listen! Link for creators mentioned in the podcast: Aditya Varma's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adityavarmaarts/ Karan Chawla's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karannchawla/ Malik's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mkjourney1/ Mohnish Doultani's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mohnishdoultani/ Pulkit Kalra's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulkitxx/ Smaran Alva's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smaran_alva/ Jasmeet Singh's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twosweetapples/ ---------------------------------------------- Reach out to me and let me know the creators you want me to invite for the second season here: My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediokaran/ My email: karannarula123@gmail.com

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We talk about creativity and how to improve yourself in your own game by seeking inspiration and insightful tips from the creators we love. Every week, with your host - Karan Narula, we bring a new guest to the podcast who talks about their journey in the stream of photography / videography / business and they share some great tips with the listeners. This podcast is a gem for the creatives as we talk about Film-making, Photography, Cinematography, Design, etc, and the business-related side of it. And again, a new podcast - every week.

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  • Creator
    Karan Narula
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Karan Narula
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    Let's beat Mediocrity