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The photograph of the month for September 2026 is ‘Room with a Storm View’. The photograph won the Wildlife, Living World Division and the overall title of Australian Professional Photographer of the Year for 2026 last month, so it seems only fitting to make it the photograph of the month. Shot in northwestern Iceland in winter of a blue-morph Arctic Fox on the edge of a snowdrift during a winter storm. This was a photograph I previsualised and had been trying to capture for many years. It took the combination of the right dramatic weather (heavy snow and strong wind) and a very cooperative fox earlier this year. It was pure serendipity that the fox sat on the edge with its tail on the right side.

I have just published episode 173 of my Wild Nature Photography Podcast. In this episode, I discuss the remote archipelago of Svalbard as both a wildlife and landscape destination, why it is unlike anywhere else on Earth, and why it might be the last word in remote-location nature photography.

In July 2028, parts of Australia will be in the direct path of totality for the Solar Eclipse. By request, we are running a 6-day specialist workshop to photograph this rare phenomenon in a remote part of Australia, and the workshop is now already sold out – thank you.

I have just published episode 172 of my Wild Nature Photography Podcast. In this episode, I answer mailbag questions from listeners of the podcast. To make this somewhat easier to follow, I have grouped the questions together into those that are gear related, those that are more craft and field related, post production questions, business and then more personal questions. If you have a question you would like answered in a future mailbag episode, please write to me at admin@wildnaturephototravel.com

I have just published episode 171 of my Wild Nature Photography Podcast. In this episode, I discuss the role of luck in Wildlife Photography and how we can stack in the deck in our favour to create strong, emotive and powerful wildlife photographs.