J AYA N T H
S H A R M A
Wild Wonders of India | Presentation
(Meeting Location: GTM Research Reserve, Movie Room)
WEDNESDAY 3:00 TO 4:30 P.M.
Price: FREE | Max No People: 20 |
A destination talk across different terrains and wildlife of India. The Indian
Sub-continent is blessed with immense variety in wildlife and life-supporting
landscapes. This talk will be an introduction to the wilderness areas from the Himalayas to the Western Ghats, and the deserts in the West to the lush evergreen
forests of the North East.
Jayanth Sharma is a pioneering wildlife photographer, photography mentor
and entrepreneur from Bangalore, India. Effortlessly combining natural
history and fine-art elements, Jayanth has built a dazzling portfolio of stunning vignettes from the little-visited domains of the natural world. Behind
Jayanth’s awe-inspiring work are a fierce commitment to making evocative
compositions, an assiduous abstinence from digital manipulation, and a
devotional love for quality. Jayanth believes in the power of photography as
a communication tool and a way of influencing positive change to conserve
the world’s invaluable biodiversity.
Jayanth’s unending thirst to explore the remote corners of the planet
has taken him to a truly eclectic range of wilderness areas in six of the
planet’s continents - from the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia to the
frigid waters of the Arctic, from the endless plains of East Africa to the
mysterious mangroves of South America, and from the geologically active
Far-east Russia to the unforgiving Antarctica, in conjunction with his forays in
the Indian subcontinent - to the mighty Himalayas, the enigmatic Northeast,
the secretive South and the tiger havens of Madhya Pradesh. Jayanth’s work
has graced several magazine covers and prestigious book publications,
besides winning honours at the Sanctuary Asia and the Global Arctic Awards.
He mentors photography enthusiasts on workshops and tours through
Toehold, a travel-and-photography company he co-founded in 2010.
Photographing the Big Cats of the Sub-continent |
Presentation
(Meeting Location: GTM Research Reserve, Movie Room)
FRIDAY 1:00 TO 2:30 P.M.
Price: FREE | Max No People: 20 |
A talk on the destination, the style of operations and ideas for better photography. India is home to four charismatic big cats, found in diverse habitats. This talk
will offer an insight into the challenges and rewards of tracking and photographing them in their natural domains and making evocative images.
Creative Nature Photography | Photography Seminar
(Meeting Location: GTM Research Reserve, Classroom 3)
FRIDAY 3:30 TO 5:00 P.M.
Price: $40 | Max No of People: 40 | Difficulty Level: Beginner
Delving in to the finer and artistic nuances of nature photography this talk will open
up the audience to seeing, pre-visualizing and executing images that show something beyond the obvious and throw a different perspective on the commonplace.
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PHOTO BY JAYANTH SHARMA