Youngest Award winning Female Wildlife Photographer| Level Up with Luv Podcast Ep: 06

In today’s episode of 'Level Up with Luv,' we have Aishwarya Sridhar, a filmmaker and wildlife photographer who won Sanctuary Asia’s Young Naturalist Award at a very young age and got featured in National Geographic Explorer. In this episode, we discuss her professional journey, how she started in wildlife photography, how her parents reacted to her becoming a professional photographer, and how her life changed after receiving the prestigious “Sanctuary Asia’s Young Naturalist Award”. We also delve into how she got the opportunity with National Geographic Explorer. We talked about how much patience is required for wildlife photography. and much more. Follow Aishwarya Sridhar: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/chikoo_wild/?hl=en⁠ ------------------------------------- 🎧 Listen to Level Up with Luv Episodes On Spotify. ⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/1ifGqGHJniPhZ5jmdNJNMX?si=9c747a5e3677430b⁠ 🎧 Listen to Level Up with Luv Episodes On Apple Podcasts. ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/level-up-with-luv/id1719419281⁠ 🎧 Listen to Level Up with Luv Episodes On Amazon Music. ⁠https://music.amazon.fr/podcasts/4a051be2-0d57-4211-befd-03b100a7979b/level-up-with-luv⁠ ------------------------------------- Follow Luv Israni ⤵︎ Instagram @LuvIsrrani ⁠https://www.instagram.com/luvisrrani/⁠ Twitter @LuvIsrani ⁠https://twitter.com/luvisrani⁠ Facebook @IsraniLuv ⁠https://www.facebook.com/israniluv/⁠ LinkedIn - Luv Israni ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/luvisrani/⁠ ------------------------------------- Follow Capturing WOW: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/capturingwow/⁠ Follow The Capturing Factory: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/thecapturingfactory/⁠ ------------------------------------- Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 04:22 - How does the Professional Journey begin? 06:40 - When did Aishwarya pick up the camera for the first time? 07:08 - Was the love for photography more, or was the love for the environment more? 08:06 - How did wildlife photography professionally start? 09:30 - How did parents react to becoming a professional photographer? 09:58 - What changed after Sanctuary Asia’s Young Naturalist Award? 11:02 - Challenges faced in Filmmaking. 13:53 - Emotions on Film aired on Doordarshan/DD National. 17:41 - Message for Aspiring Wildlife Photographers 18:28 - Challenges of being a FEMALE Filmmaker. 19:39 - How to overcome challenges of being a female filmmaker. 21:12 - How did Aishwarya reach here? 22:02 - How did National Geographic Explorer happen? 22:21 - How to apply for National Geographic Explorer? 24:51 - How do you manage your time? 25:37 - Ideal Day of Aishwarya. 26:14 - How to make money with wildlife photography. 28:42 - How does Aishwarya balance between filmmaking projects and photography projects? 30:27 - Emotions about the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. 31:04 - How much patience is important in wildlife photography? 45:02 - What are the basic conservation efforts that people can do to save wildlife? 49:16 - Message for the audience. 50:18 - Take on Visual Communication as a subject. 54:04 - How to explore wildlife photography. 54:24 - Funny Incident 58:49 - Scariest Experience in your Journey. 01:00:27 - 5 Things to carry with yourself for Wildlife Photography. 01:03:01 - People who inspired Aishwarya. 01:03:50 - What helps Aishwarya to push her boundaries? 01:04:53 - Hobbies other than filmmaking. 01:05:18 - How poetry helped Aishwarya in wildlife photography. 01:08:19 - Outro ------------------------------------- #CapturingWOW #LevelUpWithLuv #LuvIsrani #Podcast