Ismail Shariff

Ismail Shariff Showcase of Almighty's creations which I get to see and experience. Display of my Travel, Nature and Wildlife photography.

Ismail Shariff, an avid wildlife photographer, runs the only fine art printing studio in Hyderabad - which goes by the name IMPRIMA-to print. A student of The Hyderabad Public School, this Computer Science Engineer went on to do his Masters in Central European University Business School, Budapest. This is where he picked up his first camera - in the year 2002, and he has been shooting ever since.

His interest for bird photography was initiated when he first happened to visit ICRISAT with the Birdwatchers Society of Andhra Pradesh and a trip to Kanha National Park hooked him on to the Tigers. He has travelled extensively to most national parks of India in search of the big cats, with Tadoba being one of his most favourite hot-spot for Tigers and Kabini, for Leopards. His experiences from the wild are a treat to listen to and makes one want to visit one of those national parks and Tiger sanctuaries. His love for nature and the wildlife,which is obvious through his pictures, is not only a huge passion - he uses it as a media to create awareness in conserving nature. His images of the wild also show a different perspective to things. He tries to depict his subjects in a way that convey something of beauty and behaviour to the people he reaches with his photographs. Ismail was also assigned to shoot the Indian leg of Volvo Ocean Race 2008-2009 at Cochin. The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's pre-eminent round-the-world yacht race and one of the most coveted prizes in the sport, managed by headquarters of Volvo in Alicante, Spain. In the month of July this year, Ismail's 'Flight of the Tiger' image of a butterfly Common Tiger (Danaus genutia), was chosen as the cover photo for Canon Imaging Asia. He is slated to display his wildlife photography work in an international gallery in Budapest in June 2014. Ismail has an intense love for the photographic image, an eye for composition and artistic expression, and also an unwavering support of the medium of photography.

18/02/2026

A snow leopard mother, resting on the edge of a mountain — a clean blue sky behind her.�Her belly is full. Her cubs are close.
Further down the slope lies a domestic cow.�And with it, the most delicate reality of these mountains.
For her, it is food.�For a herder, it is loss — sometimes a month’s income gone in a single night.
These are the moments that once ended in anger.�Today, thanks to the Forest Department and the work of local NGOs, compensation and conflict-mitigation have brought many retaliatory killings down to almost zero. It isn’t perfect — delays still happen — but the change is real, and it matters.
�And for those planning a snow leopard expedition:�the softness you see here, even in snow, is heat haze. From late morning to early evening, rising warmth distorts the air — and it steals sharpness from even the best equipment.
�Side note: I was handed an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II with the 150–400mm f/4.5 PRO (TC 1.25x).�The reach-to-weight ratio is remarkable — and with tennis elbow for the past few years, it was the first time I could carry this kind of reach for kilometres without paying for it later.

18/10/2025

The super cute and grumpy Pallas Cat, also known widely as Manul.
There is nothing more satisfying than finding them all by yourself ;)
Have you ever watched it move? It’s like a broken tape in an old stereo—it moves two steps and then stops, moves again, and stops.

And my absolute favourite thing they do is how they slowly peek out from their hiding spots.

Fun fact: have you noticed how their ears are positioned?
Let me know what you notice differently about them! 😁😄


03/10/2025

Ganesh from Ranthambore.
Was time well spent 😃

01/09/2025

These Snow Leopard cubs are just adorable little kittens, aren’t they?
We’re thrilled to invite you to join us on an incredible journey to witness these magnificent creatures in their natural habitat, in the breathtaking landscapes of Spiti and Ladakh.
Mark your calendars for December 2025, as this is the start of our life-changing experience.
Don’t miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness one of the rarest wild cats in the world.

Contact us today to become a part of this unforgettable adventure!

         
             
         

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As a Nature and Wildlife photographer since 2007, my pursuit of Snow Leopards has opened previously unknown doors/avenues in my journey called life. In 2017, I was invited to the Altai Mountains in Mongolia to share my best practices on Snow Leopard photography expeditions, educating locals towards conserving and preserving its habitat and prey. It was a humbling moment, and one that exposed me to the potential of wildlife photography expeditions outside India. In July of 2019, I was invited to a Snow Leopard Conservation conference in Asthana, Kazakhistan, given my experience of being a wildlife photographer solely focused on Snow Leopards and wild cats, this event also happened to be the first wildlife exhibition on Snow Leopards in the region and my first International photo exhibition. Given my experience of working categorically with Snow leopards and other Wild Cats across geographies, in learning their behaviour, observing their habitat and leading wildlife photography expeditions, today I collaborate with the Snow Leopard Trust towards raising awareness and educating locals and wildlife enthusiasts in conserving the species and its habitat through my photographs and experience in the field. As I continue my journey in the pursuit of happiness, I’d love for you to be a part of it and join us on our expeditions, to experience for yourself the thrill of sighting and photographing these magnificent beings in the wild, understanding the fragile eco-systems that support them in their fight to survive in today’s world and joining hands to conserve their habitat. My expeditions are a sharing of knowledge that I have learnt first-hand, be it photography, animal and species behaviour, habitat conservation, or maybe even helping you print and host an exhibition of your work.