We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Kristoff Druva. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Kristoff below.

Kristoff, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Let’s start with what makes profitability in your industry a challenge – what would you say is the biggest challenge?

Like many wildlife photographers out there, one of the hardest things to overcome is trying to be able to make enough money to survive and get to the wildlife itself while strictly photographing wildlife. The unfortunate truth to it is that money can be made, its just often not enough to fully support yourself without supplementing by being a Wildlife/Nature Guide or having a secondary job. And with a highly saturated niche like wildlife, I’ve definitely difficult to have livable income from purely that type of photography. When I’m in town at home, I do portraiture work for families, models, and other photos like that and photograph wildlife whenever I’m able to get out to it.

Kristoff, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I began by taking landscape photos after moving to Colorado and falling in love with the mountains and beauty they hold. After a while though with wildlife run-ins, I began to become super interested in photographing wildlife to capture moments in time of animal’s natural behavior. When covid hit in 2020, I took my van that I had converted into an RV and took it to Glacier National Park, Yellowstone, and the Tetons and had some of the most amazing wildlife experienced which solidified that it was what I wanted my main focus to be. The more awareness I can spread and beauty I can show, the more people will want to protect the nature that still exists out there and that really is why I love to share my wildlife work!

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

I absolutely love spending time in the wild alone, staying calm and quiet and observing wildlife in its true habitat. There’s plenty of times when I go out and see nothing at all, but it makes the moments where I am able to capture something that much more special to me.

Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can provide some insight – you never know who might benefit from the enlightenment.

I think one of the hardest things to overcome is sometimes people try to negotiate price on a print or sale which can be frustrating. One of the things I wish they could understand more is just how much money I’ve spent to not only afford the equipment, but the money spent to get to the places as well as the hours and hours spent waiting for that one moment to happen. I think once people realize that, it can help people understand why I’m asking the price I am.

Contact Info:

• Website: www.kristoffdruvaphotography.com
• Instagram: @kristoffdruvaphotography
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kdruvaphotography
• Twitter: @KdruvaPhoto