My house has been always filled with books that my dad collected. I used to read Jim Corbett, Kenneth Anderson's stories, Adbhuta jagathu(wonderful world) by Dr. Shivarama Karanth which is a book in Kannada about the life on the planet during my school days. The mystery of the jungles and the creatures portrayed in these books have always captivated me and made me want to travel and visit thick forests.
The interest in photography developed over the years. In school I used my father's Click IV and later, a friend in college bought a Nikon Coolpix. I used to grab every opportunity to take a few shots using his camera. The real travel started when I began working. I bought my first camera, a Canon 350D and travelled to the forest as often as possible.
It almost became an addiction, I started traveling to the jungles more often and with a lot of naturalist and photographer friends around, my interest in the Natural world grew by the day. My photograph appeared in the WWF-Calendar 2008, and I also started photographing and writing about travel and wildlife for some local magazines. I now work part time with my company and do photography 4 days a week.
Equipment
The Nikon D80 is my work horse, along with which I use
- Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VR lens
- Nikon 2X Teleconverter
- Sigma 105mm f/2.8 Macro lens
- Nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens
- Nikon 12-24mm f/4 lens
- Nikon 18-55mm f/4-5.6 lens
- Nikon SB800 Speedlight
- Manfrotto tripod - I mostly shoot without a tripod but sometimes for long exposure shots in the night etc I use the tripod
- IR remote
- A lowepro all-weather bag that takes care of the equipment under severe weather conditions
Coverage
Contact
Mail : mail [at] amoghavarsha [dot] com
Phone: +91-9901044344
If you want to use any of my images, please contact me. For conservation purposes my images are for free. I charge a nominal fee if its for commercial purposes.
