We have been busy updating the workshop page of our website at www.wildnaturephototravel.com to make things easier to navigate for those browsing on mobile devices (which, according to our statistics, is most of you). We have removed the need to download a separate PDF file for each workshop and have now included all the information for each trip on each page. Please note that we are still updating many of the trips, so not all are complete as of yet, and we are also planning to add more behind-the-scenes images to each trip as well. Feedback is greatly appreciated if you have a moment to stop by and check it out. We hope the new format will be to your liking.

Please note that I will be offline for the next twelve days while I guide an expedition to the East Coast of Greenland. If you contact us during this time, please be patient, and we will get back to you when we return. If you purchase our new Canon EOS R5 MK2 Noise Reduction Presets for Adobe Lightroom, these will be emailed to you when we return.

The photograph of the month for September 2024 comes from a private expedition to Svalbard in Winter and is of a Reindeer in heavy snowfall just outside of Longyearbyen. This photograph is all about the gesture of the Reindeer, the limited colour palette and of course the drama of the falling snow. It is a very simple photograph in many ways, with a minimalistic approach that captures the movement of the Reindeer in an evocative and dramatic manner. Capturing the right gesture of wildlife is really key to powerful imagery. In this case, I lay down in the snow with a long lens and waited for the Reindder to lift its head from grazing under the snow. I was fortunate that as it did so, it also raised it’s from leg and twisted its body in exactly the same manner as the Bull on the Lamborghini emblem – hence, Raging Bull.

Whoops! With my recent travels to Sweden from Australia, I somehow managed to completely miss the August 2024 photograph of the month (and September is now due!). This photograph was made on my Zululand South Africa workshop (Read the Trip Report) earlier this year and is of a male lion at night. This photograph was made with a single spotlight on the lion as it walked up the road toward our vehicle, and it’s a great example of how a single light source can illuminate a subject and isolate it against the background. I will return to South Africa next year to lead another ground-level wildlife masterclass to this fantastic location. It is one of the very few places in Africa where you can actually get out of the vehicle and walk with Cheetahs (not lions!) and photograph from eye level with specially modified safari vehicles. This photograph was made using one of the specially modified safari vehicles that facilitates a much more intimate connection with the wildlife.