About

Ram, as he's fondly addressed in the wildlife fraternity, is a semi-professional, freelancing Nature & Wildlife Photographer from Bangalore, India. He believes photography is a powerful tool that evokes a sense of awareness, joy, and compassion. Ram loves to present his images in the form of storytelling. He began his photography journey in wildlife in 2008 and is a self-taught photographer. He has mentored over 500 wildlife enthusiasts over the last few years & has been a judge, a panelist on wildlife events & forums. Ram specialises in rainforest expeditions, macro photography, big-cat tracking and has been extremely successful in showing his guests/ clients their first big cat in the jungles of Asia and Africa. Ram conducts guided photography tours/ workshops to destinations imparting photography knowledge from basic to advanced level. His tours have the most interaction and learning as he emphasises in smaller group sizes have better focus and achieve better results as opposed to large crowds. Hence, he's fondly named his tour company as 'NatureTalks Wildlife Tours'. Over the years, be it Safaris or Macro Tours, his participants have always been extremely successful in capturing rare natural history moments, returned as a better photographer and even won several awards.

Ram is a recipient of many National & International Photography Awards himself. His images were featured in NatGeo UK, NatGeo Spain, BBC Television Broadcast, Sky News & other social media handles. Ram's images and content have also featured in National and International Wildlife magazines across Karnataka Tourism websites, Wildlife Exhibitions, Conservation Documentaries, Wildlife Forums, Bird field guides, and in the latest edition of Indian Mammals, also a field guide.

Over the years, Ram has turned into a snake-rescuer at his neighbourhood & has successfully rescued- relocated over 50 snakes; be it a venomous or non-venomous. Ram has also trained his community security guards and neighbouring communities on careful rescue & relocation of snakes. Besides this, Ram loves to facilitate awareness sessions on Wildlife and Photography at schools, wildlife events and other arenas where an opportunity arises.