Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago
Host Toby Jermyn welcomes South African photographer Wim van den Heever, who won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 with a haunting brown hyena image made over 10 years using a difficult camera-trap setup in Namibia’s abandoned Kolmanskop.
COMPETITION NOW CLOSED - Win a Pangolin T-Shirt and a print from Wim - link.pangolinphoto.com/wim-van-den-heever
Connect with Wim:
WimvandenHeever.com
instagram.com/wim_van_den_heever
The Pangolin Podcast was produced and edited by Bella Falk: passportandpixels.com
View a gallery of the images discussed in this episode:
pangolin.smugmug.com/SmugMug-Website/Pangolin-Podcast/Wim-van-den-Heever
Wim also shares the technical challenges of camera trapping, including balancing distant security light with flashes, working at 15-second exposures, and enduring sand, lost gear, and countless failures before seeing the winning frame. He also discusses predicting behaviour, his shift from stock photography to hosting and fine-art print sales, and a shot made with a submerged wide-angle camera triggered remotely.
GUEST IMAGE
Polar Reflections by Paul Nicklen
paulnicklen.com
instagram.com/paulnicklen
00:00 Welcome to Pangolin Podcast
03:31 First Image - Ghost Town Visitor
14:23 Second Image - The Final Leap
24:06 Third Image - A Leap Of Lechwe
30:42 Fourth Image - Craig
35:46 Guest Image - Polar Reflections
39:20 Dream Home
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!
If you would like to be kept informed of our new video releases, then please join our community by clicking here: link.pangolinphoto.com/YTcommunity
If you are interested in joining us on safari, then click here: link.pangolinphoto.com/YTsafari
#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wimvandenheever
Host Toby Jermyn welcomes South African photographer Wim van den Heever, who won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 with a haunting brown hyena image made over 10 years using a difficult camera-trap setup in Namibia’s abandoned Kolmanskop.
COMPETITION NOW CLOSED - Win a Pangolin T-Shirt and a print from Wim - link.pangolinphoto.com/wim-van-den-heever
Connect with Wim:
WimvandenHeever.com
instagram.com/wim_van_den_heever
The Pangolin Podcast was produced and edited by Bella Falk: passportandpixels.com
View a gallery of the images discussed in this episode:
pangolin.smugmug.com/SmugMug-Website/Pangolin-Podcast/Wim-van-den-Heever
Wim also shares the technical challenges of camera trapping, including balancing distant security light with flashes, working at 15-second exposures, and enduring sand, lost gear, and countless failures before seeing the winning frame. He also discusses predicting behaviour, his shift from stock photography to hosting and fine-art print sales, and a shot made with a submerged wide-angle camera triggered remotely.
GUEST IMAGE
Polar Reflections by Paul Nicklen
paulnicklen.com
instagram.com/paulnicklen
00:00 Welcome to Pangolin Podcast
03:31 First Image - Ghost Town Visitor
14:23 Second Image - The Final Leap
24:06 Third Image - A Leap Of Lechwe
30:42 Fourth Image - Craig
35:46 Guest Image - Polar Reflections
39:20 Dream Home
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!
If you would like to be kept informed of our new video releases, then please join our community by clicking here: link.pangolinphoto.com/YTcommunity
If you are interested in joining us on safari, then click here: link.pangolinphoto.com/YTsafari
#wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wimvandenheever
