Category " Personal Story"

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The iPad had always attracted my attention because I could see how it could help me narrate captivating stories in ways that would get the new generation engaged and excited about the world I care so deeply about. I had seen how my nieces and nephews loved swiping through picture after picture on my iPad- a great way to tell them stories of each animal photograph. I kept wishing there was a way to actually convert...


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Long drives are the beginnings of deep thoughts, that eventually lead to ideas, that sometimes come into fruition. It was on one such long drive two years ago, while traversing the Northeast, when Chinmay and I came up with an idea to make a short music video, edited to the national anthem. We thought about it, nodded our heads and promptly forgot about it for 24 months. It took about that much time...


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Exactly a year ago I spent my time in a remote little mountain range in the Tompotikan peninsula of Sulawesi. Had a great time working with top National Geographic contributor/ ILCP Fellow Kevin Schafer and Indonesia's top photographer Riza Marlon. Our job was to help Marcy summers of the Alliance for Tompotika Conservation document the biodiversity of the fragile peninsula and bring about some serious...


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People mostly know me as a Wildlife Photographer/Filmmaker, and I am, but the title completely over shadows a large part of my work - that of being a People Photographer. That probably doesn’t sound as cool as being a wildlife photographer to some, but to me, in the end it's about capturing images that tell a story and images of people make for great stories. Earlier this year I was out on several...


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It was the end of June. Bangalore had been shockingly dry with  no signs of rain. I got a call from my friends in Assam, salve saying that Kaziranga was in flood and I must come over to help document it. All night my equipment was readied for the trip (yes, decease it does take all night). Reached Guwahati by mid-afternoon and drove straight to Kaziranga. There was no rain, just a blazing hot sun and water...


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I’m pleased to have one of my images on display at the Burke Museum of Natural History in Seattle, buy Washington. The image, ‘Naga Kitchen’ shows the inside of a kitchen in Nagaland where one can study the entire biodiversity of the state, at least the edible type. The 2012 International Conservation PhotographyConservation-photo award winners at the Burke: beautiful, brutal, complex exhibit...


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A behind-the-scenes Photo Diary of sorts - A brief look into the making of Episode 1 - Elephant Kingdom and a small thank you to all those who helped make it possible. INTRODUCTION It was late January 2011 when all the stars aligned and I set off to film the first episode Elephant Kingdom for Secrets of Wild India. In Bangalore Chinmay and I hustled to get all the High-Definition cameras ready. My trusty...


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I was fifteen years old or so when my father brought a set of VHS cassettes home to watch. For the present day audience a VHS – short for Video Home System, was a tape format akin to what optical DVD’s are now and the dominant form of home entertainment at a time when television programs were scarce and broadcast networks like Discovery, National Geographic, etc. non-existent in India.  The cover...


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