'I felt like I was the only tourist in Kenya': How photographer Felix Rome got the wildlife pictures of a lifetime

Despite his surname, Felix Rome never wanted to settle in an urban area. The Salisbury, England native trained as a photographer and eventually landed his dream job -- staff shutterbug for a group of safari camps in East Africa.

(CNN) — Despite his surname, Felix Rome never wanted to settle in an urban area. The Salisbury, England native trained as a photographer and eventually landed his dream job -- staff shutterbug for a group of safari camps in East Africa. Although Rome was hired to travel between Governor's Camp's properties, the coronavirus pandemic had other ideas, forcing him to stay put in Kenya. Though one of his job responsibilities was to join resort guests on their excursions to help document their experiences, Rome found himself essentially alone in the country. And that provided a different sort of opportunity -- taking intimate photos of wild animals who suddenly didn't have tourists around staring at them.