SRIKANTH KUMAR GP CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR
An avid wildlife photographer, started going into forest at his college days. His love & dedication to protect wildlife started as a farmer to protect his banana plantation on fringes of Bannerghatta Nation Park, where the elephants used raid the plantation. Thus with his mentors Mr.Vishnu Narain & Late. Krishna Narain well known as KN, worked on man-animal conflict educating the farmers on the fringes of Nagarahole & Bandipur National Park.
Being in the wilderness for 20yrs creating awareness, learned lot about animal behaviors, bird migrations and one fine day in 2005 decided to capture the wonderful moments of wildlife through his lens. Till today there was no looking back. He has travelled all the national parks in India and has vast collections of wildlife photography which has made him good naturalist & an excellent photographer.
To see his work
RAJKUMAR - NATURALIST & WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER
Wildberry Expeditions - Travel & Photography http://www.wildberryexpeditions.com
From his early days, He spent his time being with nature, close and watching, hidden from view to see certain animal in the wild. He distanced himself from Children’s games and activities instead heading to a nearby stretch of wilderness. Learning to get close to wildlife without disturbing life of the animal, almost forgetting the outside world and
becoming part of the wilderness. By doing this he could understand the animal better, gaining many skills by observing their behaviors at the same time giving the subject complete respect which allowed me a private window into their personal and private lives.
This skill is one of many he use within his own WILDLIFE photography today derived from those early encounters with nature. This lose yourself to nature approach enables him to get close enough to capture the animal’s beauty and behavior, which both feature strongly in his style of photography, showing a wild animal within their natural habitat being the foundation to his work today through the images, I see them frame through his camera’s viewfinder, Where his creative and emotional attachment to nature is at the very heart of each image, creating a unique and artistic reflection of time in the field. It is his intention to use these reflections of the natural world to bring people’s awareness of what beautiful wildlife we have on our doorstep and all around us and the importance of conservation and the need to preserve our national heritage.
