I have just published episode 120 of my Wild Nature Photography Podcast. In this episode, I discuss the latest article by Peta Pixel on my Polar photography, and wrap up the snow mobile expedition I just finished up here in Svalbard for Arctic Fox and Reindeer. The conversation also includes the destruction of the 200-800mm lens, also featured on Canon rumours and Peta-Pixel in the last few days.

Petapixel has posted a lengthy Feature Spotlight on my Polar wildlife Photography.

Our Wild Nature Photo Travel 2025 November expedition to photograph Emperor Penguins on the frozen sea ice at Gould Bay in Antarctica is now close to sold out with just two places remaining. (Read the 2024 Trip Report). If you have ever wanted to photograph the world’s largest and most elegant, photogenic penguin, this is the expedition for you. This is an expedition where we live on the sea ice with the penguins for an extended period of time and have literally days of opportunities to photograph these incredible penguins. Please contact me for more details or to reserve your place. Full details are available on our website at www.jholko.com/workshops.

The photograph of the month for April 2025 comes from my recent back-to-back workshops for Arctic fox in the far north west of Iceland in Winter this year (Read the Trip Reports). This white-morph fox was wonderfully co-operative for our group, posing on the clean snow for us for quite some minutes before disappearing over the mountains. What particularly appeals to me about this photograph is the soft blowing snow around the feet of the fox, the curled tail and of course the moment of mid yawn.

I have just published episode 119 of my Wild Nature Photography Podcast. In this episode, I review photographer Alex Pansier’s new book Nature as Art and discuss the release of my new short film – Arctic Survivors. Edit: Slight correction: this book’s purchase price is 89 Euro, not 60 Euro as referred to in the podcast. I also omitted a discussion surrounding the print quality (jetlag at my end). Rest assured, the print quality is outstanding for a matt paper with deep inky blacks and clean crisp highlights.

I am leaving for Svalbard in a few hours time so updates may be a little sporadic and thin over the coming few weeks.