The Pangolin Podcast

In this episode, world-renowned fine art wildlife photographer and conservationist Chris Fallows joins us from Cape Town to talk about the images (and moments) that shaped his career—from the legendary Air Jaws great white sharks of Seal Island to a moody humpback whale fluke years in the making, and a more painterly elephant scene from Mana Pools. 

We also chat about how behaviour at Seal Island was discovered, what’s changed in False Bay, and why Chris is now using his print sales to help buy and protect land for wildlife corridors. Plus, Chris shares a guest image he loves by Nick Brandt and reveals where he’d place his “humble dwelling” for a lifetime of photography. 
Gallery of Chris’ images:
https://pangolin.smugmug.com/SmugMug-Website/Pangolin-Podcast/Chris-Fallows/Meet-the-Pro-Chris-Fallows

Connect with Chris Fallows:
Website: https://www.chrisfallows.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisfallows/

GUEST IMAGE by Nick Brandt https://www.nickbrandt.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nickbrandt/ 

00:00 Welcome to the Pangolin Podcast
01:13 Meet Chris Fallows
05:38 1st Image - The Final Act 
07:01 Discovering Air Jaws
17:08 2nd Image - Leviathan
23:33 3rd Image - Jumping Shark
26:03 Planet Earth and Air Jaws
30:08 Dubai Airport Conservation Exhibit
31:33 4th Image - The Fig & Elephant
37:43 Guest Photo - Elephant Exodus
41:11 Dream Home
42:42 Final Thanks

The Pangolin Podcast was produced and edited by Bella Falk: https://www.passportandpixels.com 
Pangolin Photo Safaris
Africa's premier photo safari operator and lodge owner.

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Join our growing community of wildlife photography enthusiasts by signing up for the Friday Focus newsletter which Is full of camera gear advice, photo tips, and safari specials around the world. 
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We are Pangolin Wildlife Photography, based in the Chobe, Northern Botswana. When we are not making videos for our channel, we host our guests and clients from all over the world on our Wildlife Photography safaris throughout Botswana and the rest of Africa—and sometimes beyond!
Learn More about our safaris here: https://link.pangolinphoto.com/BZ-Safaris

Welcome to Episode 25 of the Pangolin Podcast. Usually, we sit down with one expert, but for this edition week we have a massive crossover event. Pangolin Photo Host Janine Krayer is joined by four of South Africa’s most talented wildlife photography creators: Villiers Steyn, Mark Dumbleton, Lance van de Vyver, and Richard van Haght.

The Pros chat onboard the Pangolin Voyager Houseboat, about why a boat safari on the Chobe River offers a very different (and often better) photography and filming experience than a vehicle. 

They discuss standout Chobe subjects—especially birds like skimmers, kingfishers, jacanas, night herons, and pratincoles—alongside elephants, hippos, and iconic silhouettes, plus how seasonality shifts opportunities from lush green to harsh dry conditions.

The conversation includes practical tips on lens choices, the benefits of houseboat comfort and social space, and recommended timing to visit The Chobe.
Villiers Steyn (The Safari Expert)
YouTube: @TheSafariExpert
Website: http://thesafariexpert.co.za
Instagram: @thesafariexpert
Mark Dumbleton
YouTube: @MarkDumbletonPhoto
Website: http://markdumbleton.com
Instagram: @markdumbletonphoto
Lance van de Vyver (Panthera Photo Safaris)
YouTube: Shared channel platform under Panthera Photo Safaris YouTube
Website: http://pantheraphotosafaris.com
Instagram: @panthera_photo_safaris
Richard van Haght
YouTube: @RichardvanHaght
Instagram: @richardvanhaght
Pangolin Photo Safaris
Africa's premier photo safari operator and lodge owner.

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Join our growing community of wildlife photography enthusiasts by signing up for the Friday Focus newsletter which Is full of camera gear advice, photo tips, and safari specials around the world. 
https://link.pangolinphoto.com/Pod-Community
We are Pangolin Wildlife Photography, based in the Chobe, Northern Botswana. When we are not making videos for our channel, we host our guests and clients from all over the world on our Wildlife Photography safaris throughout Botswana and the rest of Africa—and sometimes beyond!
Learn More about our safaris here: https://link.pangolinphoto.com/BZ-Safaris

Host Toby Jermyn welcomes wildlife photographer and photographic guide Lance van de Vyver, a New Zealand-born zoology graduate who moved to South Africa in 2012 and now runs specialist photographic safaris and co-hosts the Safari Shots podcast.

Lance discusses trips to Tanzania and Botswana’s Makgadikgadi and possible travel to India. He shares a career-launching black-and-white image of a pangolin being handled by a lioness, explaining the brief sighting and that the pangolin later died from heat and prolonged stress, prompting discussion about stricter guidelines and the Pangolin Guardians program.

He also describes a portrait of a captive-born pangolin pup later released, a flash-at-sunset leopard technique and ethics, a black-and-white giant anteater (“broomstick”) in Brazil, and a stitched telephoto lion portrait. His admired image is Thomas Vijayan’s camera-trap photograph of an Amur leopard. Lance struggles to choose a single ‘humble dwelling’ location, considering several safari regions.

Here is a link to a gallery of Lance's images: https://pangolin.smugmug.com/SmugMug-Website/Pangolin-Podcast/Lance-van-de-Vyver/Meet-the-Pro-Lance-van-de-Vyver

Connect with Lance
https://www.lancevandevyver.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lancevandevyver
https://www.youtube.com/c/lancevandevyver

GUEST IMAGE - Thomas Vijayan
https://www.thomasvijayan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thomasvijayan/
00:00 Welcome
00:58 Meet Lance
04:03 1st Image (1A) - Scaly Protection
13:16 1st Image (1B) – Fragile Future
16:10 2nd Image – Leopard Flash
22:54 3rd Image - Broomstick
27:08 4th Image – Queen of Mana
34:36 5th Image - Guest Image Amur Leopard
37:55 Where to Photograph Forever
39:38 Podcast Farewell and Credits

The Pangolin Podcast was produced and edited by Bella Falk: https://www.passportandpixels.com
Pangolin Photo Safaris
Africa's premier photo safari operator and lodge owner.

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Join our growing community of wildlife photography enthusiasts by signing up for the Friday Focus newsletter which Is full of camera gear advice, photo tips, and safari specials around the world. 
https://link.pangolinphoto.com/Pod-Community
We are Pangolin Wildlife Photography, based in the Chobe, Northern Botswana. When we are not making videos for our channel, we host our guests and clients from all over the world on our Wildlife Photography safaris throughout Botswana and the rest of Africa—and sometimes beyond!
Learn More about our safaris here: https://link.pangolinphoto.com/BZ-Safaris

In this episode, host Toby Jermyn welcomes wildlife photographer and National Geographic Explorer Thomas Nicolon to the Pangolin Podcast. Based in southern France, Thomas shares his experiences documenting the fragile bond between humanity and the natural world, focusing heavily on his work in the Congo Basin. 
In a unique turn for the podcast, Toby and Thomas meet for the first time on air, discussing Thomas's path from journalism to earning National Geographic grants and his future expeditions to the DRC and Cameroon. 
Here is a link to a gallery of Thomas's images: https://pangolin.smugmug.com/SmugMug-Website/Pangolin-Podcast/Thomas-Nicolon/Meet-the-Pro-Thomas-Nicolon
CONNECT WITH THOMAS
https://www.thomasnicolon.com/
https://www.instagram.com/thomasnicolon/
https://www.youtube.com/@thomas.nicolon
Thomas shares four of his own powerful images, including a portrait of the exceptionally old habituated western lowland gorilla, Kingo, taken shortly before his death, and a dramatic shot of a forest elephant at a Congo research camp that later charged his team. He also discusses the logistics of GPS-collaring forest elephants, tips for rainforest photography, and selects an admired sunset giraffe image by David Chancellor as his "guest" photo. 
GUEST IMAGE
Sunset Giraffe by David Chancellor
https://www.davidchancellor.com/
https://www.instagram.com/chancellordavid/
Pangolin Photo Safaris
Africa's premier photo safari operator and lodge owner.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
Pangolin Photo Safaris
Africa's premier photo safari operator and lodge owner.

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Join our growing community of wildlife photography enthusiasts by signing up for the Friday Focus newsletter which Is full of camera gear advice, photo tips, and safari specials around the world. 
https://link.pangolinphoto.com/Pod-Community
We are Pangolin Wildlife Photography, based in the Chobe, Northern Botswana. When we are not making videos for our channel, we host our guests and clients from all over the world on our Wildlife Photography safaris throughout Botswana and the rest of Africa—and sometimes beyond!
Learn More about our safaris here: https://link.pangolinphoto.com/BZ-Safaris

Hosted by Toby Jermyn, this episode of the Pangolin Podcast features wildlife photographer, filmmaker, and Canon Ambassador, Dani Connor, known for her viral red squirrel stories from northern Sweden.

CONNECT WITH DANI
https://www.daniconnorwild.com/
https://www.instagram.com/daniconnorwild/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx9JiwPgJHy4cMThY4nmQmA

Here is a link to a gallery of Dani's images: https://pangolin.smugmug.com/SmugMug-Website/Pangolin-Podcast/Dani-Connor/Meet-the-Pro-Dani-Connor

Dani shares her experience hand-rearing a squirrel named Roo. She also discusses an image from her first safari in Zambia, and another image from an East Greenland expedition.

Dani talks about building a career through cinematic storytelling on YouTube, becoming a Canon Ambassador, and choosing a polar bear photograph as her admired guest image, before naming her ideal “humble dwelling” location.

GUEST IMAGE
Marco Gaiotti
https://www.instagram.com/marcogaiotti_naturephotography/
https://www.facebook.com/MarcoGaiottiPhotography/
Pangolin Photo Safaris
Africa's premier photo safari operator and lodge owner.

Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Join our growing community of wildlife photography enthusiasts by signing up for the Friday Focus newsletter which Is full of camera gear advice, photo tips, and safari specials around the world. 
https://link.pangolinphoto.com/Pod-Community
We are Pangolin Wildlife Photography, based in the Chobe, Northern Botswana. When we are not making videos for our channel, we host our guests and clients from all over the world on our Wildlife Photography safaris throughout Botswana and the rest of Africa—and sometimes beyond!
Learn More about our safaris here: https://link.pangolinphoto.com/BZ-Safaris