F-Stop Collaborate and Listen - A Photography Podcast

Welcome to Episode 068 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with David Hunter & Bridget Fithian! David Hunter is a landscape photographer and photo-naturalist from Fresno, CA. David photographs wildlife, with an emphasis on endangered and threatened species, for the purpose of documentation, conservation, and education. He has partnered with the Sierra Foothill Conservancy to showcase the beauty of th...

Welcome to Episode 067 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Ben Canales! Ben Canales is a fantastic photographer and videographer living in Portland, Oregon and is widely considered to be one of the pioneers of modern digital night photography. Ben is a partner of a video company called Uncage the Soul Productions  where he creates incredible time-lapse and video productions for companies all ove...

Episode 066 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Michael Shainblum! Warning - mild profanity mixed into the episode in places.  Michael Shainblum is a landscape, timelapse and aerial photographer based in San Francisco, California. He has been working professionally as a photographer and filmmaker for 11 years since the age of 16. Michael first made a name for himself through his unique creativit...

Episode 065 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Morag Paterson & Ted Leeming! Ted and Morag have worked both collaboratively and as individuals for over 12 years now and exhibit their work around the world, with their fine art prints featuring in many private collections. They lead dynamic and friendly photographic trips and workshops in association with Ocean Capture. Currently these are based...

Episode 064 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Rajesh Jyothiswaran! Rajesh Jyothiswaran is a self taught photographer born out of a chance realization of his own latent photography skills when a smartphone photo of his native plant garden in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas went viral led to the purchase of his first DSLR. His interests range from macro to astro though landscape and astrophotograph...

Episode 063 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with the host himself, Matt Payne - interviewed by Gary Randall! Gary Randall suggested that he interview me on my own podcast, using questions generated by podcast listeners over on the Facebook group . It was a blast! I can't thank Gary enough for taking the time to do this one with me. We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. How I got int...

Episode 062 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Erwin Buske! Erwin is a landscape photographer based out of Fairwood, Washington. His goal is to capture the essence of the landscape through the lens of his inner vision. Erwin started his photographic journey at an early age with a simple goal to share my vision of the incredible landscapes he was witnessing on my many backpacking and hiking trip...

Episode 061 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Abe Blair! Abe is traditional in his method, working to get the image correct in the camera without building one in the computer. Abe started with his first film camera in 1992 it ignited a fire and passion that has burned strong ever since. Shortly after high school, he followed his passion and persued a career documenting Skiing and Snowboarding....

Episode 060 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Mike Mezuel! If you're into storm chasing, storm photography, tornadoes, lightning, and road adventures, this episode is for you! I had a lot of fun chatting with Mike.  Although Mike currently lives in north Texas, he was originally born in the small town of Rome, New York. He moved to Texas at a young age, but says he has never worn (and never wi...

Episode 059 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Kathleen Clemons! I had a great time speaking with Kathleen on the podcast this week. She was gracious enough to join me to discuss some of her favorite topics. Kathleen is a photographer from the coast of Maine. Primarily a nature photographer, Kathleen is known for her creative use of natural light and unique compositions. Her work is represented...

Episode 058 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Ben Horne! I had an absolute blast talking to Ben this week. Ben is a tremendously gifted large format film photographer with a huge YouTube following.  Ben's goal is to create simple, structured, and calm images of nature. Ben shoots exclusively with large format film because of the inherent limitation, and the strong sense of discipline that is r...

Episode 057 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Colby Brown! I had a great time speaking with Colby this week - I've been following him ever since I got into photography in 2011 and have been wanting to have a conversation with him for years. We finally made it happen!  Colby is a photographer, photo educator and author based out of Eastern Pennsylvania. Specializing in landscape, travel and hum...

Episode 056 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Colleen Miniuk! I had an absolute blast talking to Colleen this week. She is incredibly well-spoken, thoughtful, and just an all-around pleasure to listen to. At times our discussion felt like two friends sitting around a camp-fire chatting about our inner struggles. That's what the podcast is all about! Colleen is a corporate-America-escapee-turne...

Episode 055 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Robert Park from Nevada Art Printers! It was super awesome to get Robert from Nevada Art Printers to join us on the podcast this week! Shout out to Aaron Reed for helping set it up - I appreciate the collaboration, brother! Have you been curious about printing on Lumachrome or about how to get the most out of your RAW files for large prints? This i...

Episode 054 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Dave Soldano! It was awesome to have one of Colorado Springs best photographers on the podcast - Dave Soldano. Dave and I met "virtually" back in 2011 back when I was living in Colorado Springs. We have always looked out for each other as fellow landscape photographers and Dave was kind enough to invite me with him on his trip to Iceland back in Ma...

Episode 053 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Len Metcalf! Full liner notes and links are available on my website at www.mattpaynephotography.com It was fantastic to have Len on the podcast all the way from Australia! Len is a professional photographer specializing in digital black and white photography. Len spends most of his time teaching photography through his business, Len's School .  We...

Episode 052 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Colorado photographers Sarah Marino & Ron Coscorrosa! This week we share a special recording of the podcast. Sarah, Ron, and I recorded this one in person - it was a really special experience and I am so excited to share it with the world. I have been huge fans of Sarah & Ron for many years - and am absolutely in love with Sarah's writing (Ron, I s...

Episode 051 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Estes Park, Colorado photographer Erik Stensland! This week we share a special recording of the podcast. Erik and I recorded this one in person from Ridgway, Colorado - it was a really special experience and I am so excited to share it with the world. Erik is one of the most thoughtful, intelligent, engaging, and interesting landscape photographers...

Episode 050 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with New Jersey-based photographer Jennifer Khordi! I have been a huge fan of Jennifer's work ever since I got into photographing the night sky. Jennifer dedicates most of her spare time planning and executing amazing photographs of the full moon in New York City. We spent a lot of time talking about her obsession and how she plans those shots, which ta...

Episode 049 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Canada-based landscape photographer Adam Gibbs! Adam has a wonderful catalog of work that he's curated for over 20 years as a full-time landscape photographer. I was able to get him onto the podcast after a lot of demand from other guests and commenters to get him on! We had a fantastic conversation that is well worth a listen.  We covered some gre...

Episode 048 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Portland, Oregon-based landscape photographer Miles Morgan! I've been a massive fan of Miles for many years and it was so fun finally talking to him on the podcast. Miles' photography speaks for itself, and, he's probably one of the most humble photographers you'll ever meet! We had a fantastic time on the podcast and I think you'll love this episo...

Episode 047 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with California-based landscape photographer and the Director of Product for SmugMug , Aaron Meyers! Aaron reached out to me to see if I would be interested in discussing more of the business side of being a landscape photographer and I thought it would be a great idea. I personally really enjoyed our conversation this week - there's a lot for everyone...

Episode 046 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Barry Sweet! Barry is the Wilderness Office Manager for the National Park Service (NPS) at Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, Colorado. My friend and fellow landscape photographer Erik Stensland suggested that Barry come on the podcast to share his perspective and intertwined issues that we face as landscape photographers, including: Why h...

Episode 045 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Maine-based landscape photographer Adam Woodworth! I have been a fan of Adam's work for several years and it was so cool to finally get to talk to him over the podcast medium! Adam is a full-time photographer and works a lot with Nikon. His work is very, very good and deserves some attention. It was fun speaking with Adam - it was a very laid back...

Episode 044 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with California-based landscape photographer Mark Handy! I have been a huge fan of Mark's work ever since I learned about him through the podcast. Mark is a wildly successful photographer, having owned his own gallery in La Jolla, CA. Mark is perhaps one of the most thoughtful and interesting photographers that I have had the pleasure of speaking with o...