F-Stop Collaborate and Listen - A Photography Podcast

Welcome to episode 256 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast, I was joined by a travel, landscape, and stock photographer from Italy, now residing in France,  Francesco Carovillano . Francesco and I had a wonderful conversation about his journey and some revelations he has made while pursuing multiple careers in the arts. On this week's episode we discuss: Francesco's transiti...

Hey everyone!   Welcome to episode 255 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne.   This week on the podcast, I was joined by a photographer and film-maker who lives in California but travels internationally to focus on projects of personal importance - Ashlei Payne .   I was fortunate to meet Ashlei recently when I was photographing in Death Valley and she was recommended to us b...

Welcome to episode 254 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne.   This week on the podcast, I was joined by a landscape photographer living near the Sonoroan Desert of Arizona - Peter Coskun .   Peter and I have been online acquaintances for many years and have several mutual friends. I've long appreciated his photography and I've found that our personal styles have evolved simi...

Welcome to episode 253 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast, I was joined by a fine art black and white photographer who has broad museum and gallery representation -  Mitch Dobrowne r .  Mitch comes highly recommended from several past guests and has a truly inspiring story about his arrival in photography and eventual journey back into it after a l...

Welcome to episode 252 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast, I was joined by a German landscape photographer who excels at making quiet and intimate photographs that spark the imagination -  Julia Redl .  I have been following Julia's excellent work on  Instagram  for quite some time and have been really impressed and so I reached out to see if she w...

Welcome to episode 251 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast, I was joined by none other than  Rachael Talibart , a photographer from the U.K. who is known for her wave and coastal photography.  Rachael has been interviewed countless times before on other podcasts; however, I wanted to dig deeper into what makes her tick and what her processes are in...

Welcome to episode 250 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast I was joined by a travel and landscape photographer hailing from Boise, Idaho -  Michael Bonocore .  Michael and I have been acquainted on social media for a very long time and I've always enjoyed his enthusiasm, humor, and business acumen. As I expected, he was full of great information and...

Welcome to episode 249 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast I was joined by Southwest Utah landscape photographer and biologist,  Nathan St. Andre .  Nathan and I have been chatting on social media for many years and I've found him to be a very nice guy with a lot of insight. He happens to make the bulk of his living selling prints at art shows and s...

Welcome to episode 248 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast I was joined by three master printmakers, John Sexton ,  Joseph Holmes , and  Michael Strickland  for an engaging panel conversation on printmaking in landscape photography. On this week's episode we discuss: Why make prints at all? Their personal approaches to printmaking and how they are d...

Welcome to episode 247 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast I was joined by  John Paul Caponigro  - a full-time photographer living in the small town of Cushing Maine and the son of legendary photographer  Paul Caponigro .  John Paul was steeped in the classical American tradition of Landscape Photography at an early age, and he has since made a name...

Welcome to episode 246 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast I was joined by  Kurt Budliger  - a full-time professional photographer from Vermont. I've had the pleasure of knowing Kurt for several years and have always admired his photography, positive attitude, and work ethic. Kurt and I had a fantastic chat on the podcast this week discussing his jo...

Welcome to episode 245 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with your host Matt Payne. This week on the podcast I was joined by  Todd Pickering  - a full-time professional photographer from Point Reyes, California. Todd has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute and owns his own gallery where he showcases what he describes as quiet work. He also has done a lot of photography gigs...

Welcome to episode 244 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Sarina Jackson  - a lawyer and landscape photographer living in Sydney, Australia. Sarina is the co-founder of  In Focus Women , a community and podcast created to celebrate and bring together female landscape photographers from around the world. On this week's episode we discuss: Why Sarina decided...

Welcome to episode 243 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Murray Livingston  - a South African landscape photographer and freelance architect who actively practices a contemplative style of photography while living out of his off-grid van. On this week's episode we discuss: How Murray's study of architecture has influenced his approach to landscape photogra...

Welcome to episode 242 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Jeppe Michael Jensen  - a photo-journalist by trade and landscape photographer by hobby living in the country of Denmark. In today's episode, we focus a great deal of time discussing the merits of maintaining landscape photography as a hobby as opposed to pursuing it as a full-time vocation, and why...

Welcome to episode 241 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Jonathan Buford  - a landscape photographer and the founder & owner of  Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company .  Jonathan founded his brewery with a conservation focus and goal, which intersects with his personal goals for his photography as well. Jonathan is working on a photography book project wh...

Welcome to episode 240 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  William McIntosh  - a landscape photographer and choral music professor at Mt. San Antonio College in Southern California. William and I have been exchanging long and thoughtful e-mails for several years and I finally decided that it would be much more fun to debate our ideas publicly on the podcast...

Welcome to episode 239 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Huibo Hou  - a landscape photographer originally from China now living in San Diego. Her photography has a very consistent look and feel to it which is something I think that a lot of photographers strive to achieve. She predominantly creates images in the black and white style that is quite stunning...

Welcome to episode 238 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Michael Torkildsen  - a landscape photographer who has been living on the road since right before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with his eyes on becoming a full-time photographer.  Michael has had to pivot quite a bit since he launched into his full-time career and has recently been putting in...

Welcome to episode 237 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen!   This week on the podcast I was joined by William Neill , Eric Bennett , and Alex Noriega for a casual yet informative conversation that is filled with tidbits of wisdom that I think any landscape and nature photographer can get something out of. The main focus of our conversation was around collaboration and community, central components t...

Welcome to episode 236 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Talor Stone  - a PhD researcher and photographer based in Pensacola, Florida. After serving as a federal agent for the United States military, Talor broke from the traditional career path to pursue photography. In this episode, Talor starts off by sharing a very personal and emotional story about her...

Welcome to episode 235 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Dawn Wilson , a wildlife and nature photographer living in Estes Park, Colorado at the base of Rocky Mountain National Park. Dawn is a fantastic wildlife photographer and the president of the  North American Nature Photography Association . On the podcast this week, we discuss: How Dawn has leveraged...

Welcome to episode 234 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Richard Bernabe , an international travel landscape and wildlife photographer who has been recommended about 400 times to be on the podcast and we finally made it happen! Richard was a blast to speak with and I just love interacting with him on  Twitter , where he has over 1,000,000 followers. Richar...

Welcome to episode 233 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Jess Findlay , a wildlife and landscape photographer from Vancouver British Columbia.  Jess spent his childhood hiking and birdwatching with his family, throughout the Pacific Northwest through which his passion for photography was born. In 2011, Jess was awarded the International Youth Photographer...

Welcome to episode 232 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen! This week on the podcast I was joined by  Alfonso Calero , a travel and landscape photographer born in the Philippines, living in Australia. Alfonso and I met on the audio app Clubhouse and he has been a regular contributor to our weekly Clubhouse after-parties for the podcast. He runs his own photography tour business in Australia and is fl...