Wildlife Photography as My Hobby

People are inclined towards various things and make it their hobby. My hobby is to click pictures irrespective of their genre. In other words photography is my hobby and for sure I want to be a photographer as I grow up. I still remember a picture clicked by my uncle while his Sikkim tour. It was a simple picture of sunrise. That picture fascinated me to a great extent and that very day I got the answer to the most difficult question in my life.

The question was, what to pursue as a career which would love to do the most. I told about this to my parents. They never paid any attention as they were well aware of the uncertainty of this kind of profession. They advised me to concentrate on my studies. During my initial days I used to click pictures with my smartphone. Slowly after saving money for two years I bought my first DSLR which took me a step closer to my dream.

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My parent also supported me a lot as they were completely not against photography but wanted that to be my hobby and not profession.

I started clicking various pictures with my new camera. I was appreciated by my relatives also as my clicks were getting better day by day. I started participating in various competitions in my schools and later in my college. I even won the first prize in many of them and won the runner up trophies in others but never returned without bagging a prize.

I used to follow the national geographic channel regularly and tried to master the skills of a professional photographer. Every year during the summers we visit hill stations and there I tried to take the best shots out of the nature and the wildlife present there.

As days passed I saw that I am more inclined towards wildlife photography. Last year I went to the hills of Himachal Pradesh and to make the journey more exciting we planned for a trek and we used to live in a tent during the night amidst the jungle. One morning as I woke up I saw a golden Langur on a tree just 10 meters away form my tent. I clicked the picture of him from a corner so that he does not notice me. That day I was amazed. That was the best picture clicked by me fill date. As I returned back home many days went by. One day morning| came across an advertisementby national geographic about a contest.

Immediately registered my name and submitted my best clicked image. After a month or so the result was declared and guess what, I won the 1st prize in wildlife photography from India. Along with the prize money I also received a letter of invitation from National Geographic asking me to participate for internship. Today, here I am, Robin Gill one of the best wildlife photographer of National Geographic. Talways believed in one thing 'one should make their hobby, their profession and not the other way round'.