Today for a concept picture, I found myself caged, shooting a wild animal. Never did I found my life threatened but still, being in the presence of a wild beast with a killing potential at 10 feet away was exhilarating. It was a trained animal, but clearly you cannot defeat nature’s way. However, it was far more scared than me than I was of it. A pretty humbling experience that should turn out in a stunning image.

Makes you realize that you cannot have control over any situation. When I came in, I had a plan in mind, but we had to change our lighting and simplify to make it happen. Otherwise the whole set could’ve been taken down due to the beast’s suspicious nature. Thank god I wasn’t shooting the Tigre!

On a side story, a monkey pulled our chain literally when he pulled on the lights because of an extension cord too close to his cage. Nik had to wrestle the little bastard to get the cord back. This little misadventure truly made my day!