KAZIRANGA TIGER RESERVE

Experience Kaziranga, a UNESCO world heritage site and its amazing BIG FIVE wildlife together with your photography mentor Sudhir Shivaram.

Home to the iconic Indian one-horned rhinoceros, Kaziranga is considered to be one of the most beautiful forests in India. Its landscape is a mosaic of moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests interspersed with grasslands.

Tall and short grasses, open jungles and swamps and numerous water bodies offer an environment that supports substantial breeding populations of close to 35 mammalian species. These include large herbivores, small herbivores, and large cats such as tigers and leopards. A great number of avian species add to make this striking habitat the ideal place for photography learning.

Why do this photography learning tour with SSP?

• On field guidance from Sudhir during the field outing to help you get the best images.
• On field review of images and feedback.
• Get the best drivers and guides/naturalists trained to position the vehicles from a photographers point of view.
• Healthy photography competition among participants where you will be the judge. You will learn the parameters used to judge images and will understand what it takes to participate in a real world competition.
• We choose the best season to maximise the photography opportunities.
• Whatsapp group of the participants will be formed 1 month prior to the workshop dates so that your learning starts much in advance and you are well prepared for the tour.

Who should attend this tour?

• Quite simply, this tour is for anyone who wants to be an awesome wildlife photographer.
• You can be a rank beginner or have some experience wielding the camera, either way, SSP’s photography learning tour is bound to enhance your skill and knowledge.
• This is the ideal tour if you are looking to move to next level in wildlife photography, as we always plan Kaziranga to make the best use of the opportunities available.

What can you expect from this tour?

• Practical on-field learning from Sudhir.
• Understand the various challenges of wildlife/bird photography and learn how to arrive at the correct camera setting for a particular situation.
• Understanding the advanced focusing features of different AF area modes, AF cases (in Canon) and learning when to use what.
• Pre-visualising your images in the field and how to arrive at the camera setting for that.
• Discussions back in the camp as well to ensure all doubts are cleared for your next field session.
• At the end of this tour, gain enough practice and confidence to put your camera to optimal use – with respect to basic and certain advanced camera settings.
• Move away from taking images to making images.

Beyond Learning

While we are extremely serious about our photography, we never play down the importance of some good old-fashioned fun. And great food. Dinnertime is our designated “huddle time” where we share safari stories that continue well past bedtime. Last night of the workshop is official party night where we match steps with the local tribal folk over a celebratory dinner. So, what do we celebrate? Good times, great food, awesome friends. And of course, photography!!