John Thomas

Ernakulam , Kerala

Photographer | Cinematographer
Designer | Photo and Video Editor

For him, capturing is the art and discipline of capturing emotions while making an everlasting record that captures the soul of a moment, instead of just snapping pictures. In his visual art, he reveals layers of beauty and meaning through the depth and richness of reality. He believes both cinematography and photography as storytelling mediums, with each shot carefully designed to convey a story. His creations inspire emotions that transcend the surface, providing audiences a feeling that they are actually there while the story takes place.

John Thomas is from Angamaly, Kerala, a region known for its rich cultural legacy, and extremely eager to begin his career as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker. Each shot, in his perspective, conveys an individual tale and captures moments that are full of importance. His passion is capturing such experiences on camera so that each picture may provoke a variety of feelings and perspectives.

After 12 years of formal education, John Thomas succeeded and graduated from Kerala's Creative Hut Institute of Photography and Film with a Professional Diploma in the Art of Photography and Cinematography. Additionally, he is certified as an Assistant Cameraman (NSQF Level 3) approved by the Media and Entertainment Skill Council under Skill India. He has also acquired Kerala Government Technical Examination (KGTE) in Photography.

Apart from commercial photography, he has created a dedicated portfolio based on Wildlife Photography and Cinematography. He ensures to bring forth the story that every subject in the frame would reflect. He is committed to working indoors and outdoors as a photographer, bringing responsibility and passion to every project.

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Feathered Wonders

This book showcases over 50 bird species of Kerala, capturing their beauty and behaviors in stunning photography. It highlights the region’s rich ecosystems and...

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Scenic Heaven

Exploring Kerala's Breathtaking Landscapes Through the Lens that are captured from the beautiful hills of vagamon and munnar. Scenic Haven invites you to experience the...

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Tiny Titans

An exploration into the world of mattakkara insects. Discover the hidden life that lives in Kerala's beautiful grasslands. Tiny Titans showcases the captivating beauty...

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Sandpiper

Sandpipers are small shorebirds with long legs and slender bills, feeding on invertebrates in mud or sand. They nest in ground scrapes, laying 3-4...

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Bronze winged jacana

The bronze-winged jacana, found in South and Southeast Asia, is a wader with long legs for balancing on floating vegetation. Females are larger and...

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Indian Grey Hornbill

In the Indian subcontinent, the Indian gray hornbill (Ocyceros birostris) is a common hornbill. It frequently appears in pairs and is mainly trees. Its...

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Great Hornbill

The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), one of the largest members of the hornbill genus, also goes by the names concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill,...

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Malabar grey Hornbill

An endemic hornbill of southern India’s Western Ghats and surrounding hills is the Malabar gray hornbill (Ocyceros griseus). Although they have a big beak,...

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Oriental Pied Hornbill

This hornbill is thought to be one of the most common and smallest of the Asian hornbills. Its range is the broadest of the...

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Lesser whistling duck

The lesser whistling duck, found in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, is a nocturnal bird with a chestnut rump and loud wheezy calls....

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Cormorant

Cormorants are medium-to-large aquatic birds with dark feathers, a hooked bill, and webbed feet. They dive for fish, nest on trees or cliffs, and...

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Oriental darter

The Oriental darter is a water bird found in tropical Asia, known for its long neck and straight bill. It hunts fish by swimming...

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Bronze winged jacana

The bronze-winged jacana, found in South and Southeast Asia, is a wader with long legs for balancing on floating vegetation. Females are larger and...

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Spot-billed pelican

The spot-billed pelican is a large water bird from southern Asia, known for its white body, colorful pouch, and fishing technique using its bill....

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Grey headed swamphen

The grey-headed swamphen is a purple-feathered waterfowl with a red bill, found in the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. Territorial...

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Egrets

Egrets are long-legged wading birds with white or buff plumage, often growing delicate plumes during breeding. Closely related to herons, common species in India...

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Sandpiper

Sandpipers are small shorebirds with long legs and slender bills, feeding on invertebrates in mud or sand. They nest in ground scrapes, laying 3-4...

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Indian Spot Billed Duck

The Indian spot-billed duck is a large duck found in freshwater wetlands across the Indian subcontinent. It has a red bill patch and green...

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Whiskered tern

The whiskered tern is a medium-sized bird with dark gray plumage, a forked tail, and a black cap. It feeds on insects and small...

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Pheasant tailed jacana

The pheasant-tailed jacana, found in tropical Asia, is known for its long tail in breeding plumage. It forages on floating plants and is polyandrous,...

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Asian openbill

The Asian Openbill Stork is a large wader found in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Notable for its gap between the upper and...

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Grey heron

The heron family includes the long-legged wading grey heron (Ardea cinerea).Although most of its range is inhabited, some inhabitants from the northern regions move...

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Purple heron

The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is widely distributed. It is smaller, more slender, and has darker plumage than the grey heron. This elusive bird...

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Striated heron

The striated heron (Butorides striata), also called the mangrove or green-backed heron, stands 44 cm tall and is mostly sedentary.It nests in small wetlands,...

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Western reef heron

The medium-sized western reef heron (Egretta gularis) is found in Asia, Africa, and southern Europe. Its plumage includes all-white, dark grey, and intermediate grey...

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Yellow bittern

Yellow bittern, is a little bittern. A small species, 36-38 cm, found in the northern Indian Subcontinent, Japan, Indonesia, and the Russian Far East....

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Cotton pygmy goose

The Cotton Pygmy Goose is a small duck from Asia and Australia that feeds on aquatic plants, nests in tree hollows, and migrates yearly....

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Asian woolly neck stork

A huge wading bird belonging to the stork family Ciconiidae is the Asian woolly-necked stork, often known as the Asian woollyneck (Ciconia episcopus). It...

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Eurasian coot

The common coot, or Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), is 36–38 cm (14–15 in) long and has a wing-span of 70–80 cm (28–31 in). Males...

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Black headed gull

The little gull known as the black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) breeds throughout much of Europe and Asia’s Palearctic, as well as in lower numbers...

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Black headed ibis

Breeding across South and Southeast Asia from India to the west and as far east as Japan, the black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus), sometimes called...

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Glossy ibis

The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is part of the Threskiornithidae family, which includes ibises and spoonbills, under the order Pelecaniformes. They live in freshwater...

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Northern pintail

Breeding across northern Europe, the Palearctic, and North America, the pintail, sometimes known as the northern pintail (Anas acuta), is a duck species with...

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Kingfisher

Kingfishers are colorful, small to medium-sized birds found worldwide. They have sharp bills and eat invertebrates or fish. They nest in holes or tunnels,...

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Spotted dove

The spotted dove is a small, long-tailed dove found in Asia and the Indian subcontinent. It has a black collar with white spots and...

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Shrikes

Shrikes, medium-sized carnivorous birds, impale prey on sharp objects. They defend their territories, form monogamous pairs, and males court females through feeding and ritualized...

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Bee-eaters

Bee-eaters, a group of 31 species from the family Meropidae, are brightly colored birds found mostly in Africa and Asia, feeding on flying insects...

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Paradise Fly Catcher

The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), native to Asia, is a medium-sized bird with distinctive long tails and vibrant plumage, found across regions like...

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White browed wagtail

The white-browed wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis), the largest species in the wagtail family, is native to the Indian subcontinent and is characterized by its distinctive...

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Wagtails

A group of passerine birds known as wagtails belong to the family Motacillidae and the genus Motacilla. Their distinctive tail pumping behavior is the...

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Oriental reed warbler

The oriental reed warbler is a eastern Asia as a passerine bird. It is a big warbler, measuring 18–20 cm in length and 23–26...

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Plain prinia

Southeast Asia is home to the little cisticolid warbler known as the plain prinia (Prinia inornata), sometimes referred to as the plain wren-warbler or...

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Red whiskered bulbul

Asia is home to the crested bulbul, also known as the red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus). It belongs to the bulbul family. Tropical Asia is...

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Scaly breasted munia

Originally from tropical Asia, the scaly-breasted munia, also called the spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata), is a sparrow-sized estrildid bird that is also referred to...

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Drongos

The majority of Drongos are short-legged, black or dark-grey birds that stand erect when perched. Some of them have intricate tail ornaments, and their...

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Leafbird

The Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia are home to the little passerine bird species known as leafbirds (Chloropseidae). In the past, they were included...

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Asian brown flycatcher

A small passerinebird belonging to the Muscicapidae family of flycatchers is the Asian brown flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica). The length of this species, including the...

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Yellow browed bulbul

The Pycnonotidae family of bulbuls includes the yellow-browed bulbul (Acritillas indica), often known as the golden-browed bulbul. It can be found in Sri Lankan...

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Rosy starling

The rosy starling (Pastor roseus) belongs to the Sturnidae family and also goes by the name rose-colored pastor. Attracted to flowering trees, these sociable...

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Black headed cucko shrike

Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent are home to the black-headed cuckooshrike. Cuckooshrikes are arboreal birds that range in size from medium to small,...

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Jungle myna

The starling family includes the jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus). It is missing in India’s dry regions but found sporadically throughout much of the Indian...

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Rose ringed parakeet

The medium-sized rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) belongs to the Psittacula genus and Psittacidae family. People sometimes call it the ring-necked parakeet, ringneck parrot (in...

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Purple sunbird

A small member of the sunbird family is the purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus). It can be found in regions of South and Southeast Asia...

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Common hill myna

The most frequent myna seen in aviculture is the common hill myna. occasionally spelled “mynah” and historically simply called the hill myna or myna...

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Black-hooded oriole

As a passerine bird belonging to the oriole family, the black-hooded oriole (Oriolus xanthornus) breeds throughout tropical southern Asia, extending from India and Sri...

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Jungle babbler

The jungle babbler (Argya striata), part of the Leiothrichidae family, is a social bird found in forests and agricultural areas of the Indian subcontinent....

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White cheeked barbet

Southern India is home to the Asian barbet species known as the white-cheeked barbet or little green barbet. This species is found in the...

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Brahminy kite

The Brahminy kite, found in Australia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, has reddish-brown plumage, a white head, and black wing tips. It feeds...

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Crested serpent eagle

The crested serpent eagle, found in tropical Asia, is known for its maned head and large feet. It hunts snakes and lizards and builds...

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Owls

The Indian Subcontinent is home to the barred jungle owlet, sometimes known as the jungle owlet (Glaucidium radiatum). The species is typically seen alone,...

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Indian scops owl

One species of owl that is indigenous to South Asia is the Indian scops owl (Otus bakkamoena).Despite being one of the largest scops owls,...

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Crow

Crows are intelligent birds in the Corvus genus, known for their vocalizations and large family groups. They mate via “cloacal kissing” and lay 3-6...

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A Journey Into Cozy Spaces Through Color. "The Color of Comfort" welcomes you to a world of luxury. The experience is a reflection of the...