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Welcome to Episode 103 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Chuck Haney! Chuck Haney is a professional freelance photographer/writer/videographer based in the heart of the Rocky Mountains in Whitefish, Montana. Chuck has been a landscape photographer for over 25 years and has published several books and his photos have appeared on the cover of many publications. Chuck travels extensively across America in pursuit of the finest and most intriguing images. His provocative use of natural light in landscape work along with wildlife, birds and outdoor sports images have drawn national acclaim and have landed him many assignments with leading publications, travel bureaus and companies.  In this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Chuck to talk about how landscape photography has changed in the past 25 years and what we think is coming on the horizon. We also talked a lot about NANPA (North America Nature Photography Association), the upcoming release of the Nature First movement, and tons more! T

Welcome to Episode 102 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Michael Bollino & Paul Bowman! I just returned from a 8-day photography trip with some of my favorite landscape photography friends, including this week's guests, Michael Bollino and Paul Bowman, both incredible photographers in their own right. Michael is a returning guest from episode 6 and Paul is a new comer to the podcast. Both of these fine gentlemen hail from Portland, Oregon, where we all used to drink many a beers together at Horse Brass on Belmont Street. If you get a chance, check out their photography, it will knock you off your feet!  This week, we revisit some of our adventures from our trip and talk all about the advantages and disadvantages of doing group photography trips and how to maximize your success on one. Warning, some mild profanity is present on this week's episode. To celebrate the launch of episode 100, we have collaborated with some of our guests to offer discounts of their tutorials and products to new

Welcome to Episode 101 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Brent Hayden! Originally from Mission BC, Brent spent 17 years living in Vancouver before he and his wife settled in New Westminster in the summer of 2017. Since he was a child, Brent was just doing the things he fell in love with: swimming and photography. During his 10 year international career, which includes 3 Olympic Games, an Olympic Bronze Medal (2012) and a World Championship Gold Medal (2007), Brent quietly pursued his photography passion in his spare time. After retiring from swimming, Brent has taken on photography and entrepreneurism as a way to re-invent himself after years of training as a world-class athlete. To celebrate the launch of episode 100, we have collaborated with some of our guests to offer discounts of their tutorials and products to new and existing Patrons of the podcast over on Patreon. From March 20 through April 30, 2019, new and existing patrons will receive the following discounts: 1. 20% off Alex Norie

Welcome to Episode 100 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast featuring a round table panel discussion with David Thompson, Alex Noriega, Eric Bennett, Sarah Marino, Colleen Miniuk-Sperry, Michael Shainblum & Joshua Cripps! We invited students of our featured guests to participate and ask questions of the round-table, including Nic Stover, Carolyn Cheng, Brent Clark, and Gareth Coggan. In all, we had 12 people participate in this episode!    To celebrate the launch of episode 100, we have collaborated with some of our guests to offer discounts of their tutorials and products to new and existing Patrons of the podcast over on Patreon. From March 20 through April 30, 2019, new and existing patrons will receive the following discounts: 1. 20% off Alex Noriega processing tutorial videos 2. 20% off Michael Shainblum processing tutorial videos 3. 20% off Eric Bennett instructional videos 4. 20% off Joshua Cripps Photography tutorials 5. 20% off Sarah Marino & Ron Coscorossa Nature Photo Guides e-books

Welcome to Episode 099 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Patricia Davidson! Patricia Davidson is a professional photographer, specializing in landscape and travel photography. Patricia has spent the last 20 years living on the beautiful Southern Oregon Coast where she developed her landscape photography skills. Currently, she and her husband live nomadically, traveling in their RV throughout the western United States. With a background in the visual arts and web development, she sets out to produce images that express her artistic vision and passion for photography, as well as her love of nature and the outdoors. Links discussed in the introduction to the podcast: 1. Nature Photographers Network (NPN) 2. Banff Photo Workshops & Tours We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. Flickr & Google Plus and how they shaped photography in the past decade. 2. How to promote your work locally. 3. Featuring women in landscape photography. 4. Web development. 5. When prints go wrong! Plea

Welcome to Episode 098 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Gabriel Eisenband! Gabriel is a landscape photographer from the country of Colombia in South America - our first guest from that continent! I would describe Gabriel as one of those guys that flies under the radar but produces great work day after day. He recently published a photography book featuring every National Park in Colombia.   Links discussed in the introduction to the podcast: 1. The Art of Selling Art promotion 2. The Art of Selling Art Live Chat 3. ArcPanel Luminosity Masking Panel We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. The country of Colombia. 2. What its like to be a landscape photographer in Colombia. 3. National Parks in Colombia. 4. Three most important things for a landscape photographer. 5. Editing styles. Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over tim

Welcome to Episode 097 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with William Patino! First and foremost William is a husband and father, based out of the mountainside town of Te Anau, in the South Island of New Zealand. Originally from Wollongong Australia, in 2012 photography came into his life and completely changed the way he viewed the world. He's since fallen in love with this art and traversed the globe, pursuing rare and illusive moments of atmosphere and light. Since late 2014, he has been working full time as a landscape photographer, hosting his own photography workshops and guiding tours the world over, as well as shooting for various brands and clients.  We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. How William became a full-time professional photographer. 2. Why William moved to New Zealand. 3. William's passion for the wilderness and how that translates into his work. 4. William's evolving editing style over time. 5. William's approach to tripod-free landscape photography. 6. Mental he

Welcome to Episode 096 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Sean Parker! Sean Parker is a professional photographer / time-lapse cinematographer based in Tucson, Arizona. Sean is passionate for capturing the beauty in the universe and specializes in all types of photography. Sean is most passionate about landscape & astro-photography work. Sean has been featured in many publications, commercials, and projects with companies such as: Smithsonian, Discovery, LG, Samsung, Annapurna Films, New York Times, Arizona Highways, and more!  -------------------------- As discussed in the introduction, I'm partnering with podcast patron Jason Matias on the launch of his Art of Selling Art service. If you want to sign up and help out the podcast in return, head on over to the launch page. -------------------------- We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. How Sean got his start as a photographer. 2. His favorite aspects of the types of photography he is into. 3. How competition drives us as arti

Welcome to Episode 095 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Andrew Studer! Andrew Studer is a professional outdoor commercial photographer videographer and timelapse cinematographer based in Portland, Oregon. With a huge passion for the outdoors, Andrew is constantly seeking out adventure and unique and engaging ways to capture what he sees. In an interview with Aperture Academy, Andrew describes where his passion for outdoor photography arose. "I think my passion for photography began as a natural continuation for my love of art and the outdoors. Growing up in Oregon, I was quite lucky to have so many beautifully diverse places so close to me. As a child, I'd take trips with my family to see these places and I think experiencing these places in person struck a desire to capture and share the beauty of the outdoors." In addition to the inspiration Andrew felt from the beauty of Oregon, Andrew was also artistically engaged at a young age. As a child, Andrew was a passionate sketch artist drawing d

Welcome to Episode 094 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Timm Chapman! Timm Chapman is an award winning photographer whose work hangs in both private & corporate collections. His images have been featured in publications all over North America including National Geographic Traveler, Arizona Highways and United Airlines' Hemispheres' magazine, Frommer's Travel Guides and others. Since purchasing his first ‘real’ camera at 12 years of age, Timm began his photographic journey in grade school, taking photography in both his junior and senior high schools over the span of 5 years. By the time he was in the 12th grade, Timm was already developing and printing colour prints in the school lab. At the time, he never knew it would become a life-long journey of learning, filled with challenges and reward. Over the years he has dabbled in all aspects of the medium, before finally settling on his greatest love: landscape portraiture; with Mother Nature as his model. Timm is also an avid NIKON camera co

Welcome to Episode 093 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Gavin Hardcastle! Gavin is an awesome photographer living in Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, originally from England. Gavin is one of the funniest landscape photographers in the game and it showed on this episode. What a hilarious episode! You'll love it for sure. We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. Flickr. 2. Vlogging. 3. Wildlife encounters. 4. Shooting Forests. 5. Finding meaning in your photography. 6. Our inspirations. Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over time. Thanks! Even $1 / mo helps a lot! We are growing closer to our goal of getting to $1,000/mo in support, at which point I will create an award to be given to a photographer that is a champion of conservation. Help us get there! This week on Patreon, Gavin and I talked about who our inspirations are in t

Welcome to Episode 092 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Mark Metternich! Mark Metternich returns to the podcast to talk all about fine art printmaking, including his tips for color management, field techniques, sharpening, up-sizing, and more. Over on Patreon this week we had a great in depth conversation about printing your work and the tough decisions we have to make in regards to the fine art market.  Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over time. Thanks! Even $1 / mo helps a lot! We are growing closer to our goal of getting to $1,000/mo in support, at which point I will create an award to be given to a photographer that is a champion of conservation. Help us get there! Here is the information for this week's sponsors for the podcast. First, let me tell you about ARC Panel.  Every photographer processes images, be it a light touch to

Welcome to Episode 091 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Aaron Feinberg! I had the chance to catch up with Aaron in his gallery in Poipu Kauai and it was an amazing experience. Aaron is one of my favorite photographers and has some incredibly inspiring images from the island of Kauai.  We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. Gallery Life. 2. Digital Manipulation. Here is a link to Aaron's article we discussed.  3. Impacts from location sharing. 4. Sharing work on social media. 5. Beards! 6. Following other photographer's work. 7. Drones. Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over time. Thanks! Even $1 / mo helps a lot! We are growing closer to our goal of getting to $1,000/mo in support, at which point I will create an award to be given to a photographer that is a champion of conservation. Help us get there! This week on Patreo

Welcome to Episode 090 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Arka Chatterjee! Arka Chatterjee is a landscape photographer and intellectual property lawyer living in Los Angeles. You can learn a lot more about him in this great blog post from Vision and Life. Arka and I got together to discuss copyright law and all kinds of legal topics that photographers should be concerned with. We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. Copyright law and landscape photography. 2. Releases. 3. Dealing with police on locations. 4. Watermarks. 5. Legal Guide for the Visual Artist. 6. Pixsy.com Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over time. Thanks! Even $1 / mo helps a lot! We are growing closer to our goal of getting to $1,000/mo in support, at which point I will create an award to be given to a photographer that is a champion of conservation. Help u

Welcome to Episode 089 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Greg Russell! Greg is a photographer and science teacher living in Southern California. Greg has been devoting a lot of time photographing wilderness areas in California and has been documenting that on his website, alpenglowimagesphotography.com. Greg and I sat down to discuss his project and to hear from Greg on the importance of deserts, conservation issues, and lots more. Greg’s work focuses primarily on the landscapes of the American West, with special emphasis on the Southwest and high deserts of the Colorado Plateau.  We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. The history and relationship between public lands and landscape photography. 2. The role of photographers as public lands advocates. 3. Greg's Wilderness Project. 4. Resources for photographers interested in staying involved and becoming educated on public lands issues. Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for

Welcome to Episode 088 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Scott McCook! Scott McCook is a landscape and aerial photographer living in Perth, Western Australia. I have been a huge fan of Scott's work for many years now; however, his recent aerial photography projects have been absolutely mind-blowing and incredible to follow. As such, I was elated when he agreed to come into the podcast to talk about his journey as an aerial photographer. We really dug deep into the topic of aerial photography and I think anyone even remotely interested in that topic will really like this episode.  We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. The landscape of Western Australia and why it lends itself to aerial photography. 2. How our imagery can get people to think deeper about the landscape. 3. The pros/cons of helicopters / planes / drones for aerial photography. 4. Mining and the environment - how aerials can show us these places and how we think about them. 5. Processing / workflow and how boundaries

Welcome to Episode 087 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast with Thomas Heaton! Thomas is a landscape and travel photographer living in North East England with his wife, Charlotte, and  his dog Monty. Thomas enjoys most things that can be done in the outdoors. Second to photography, another passion of Thomas' is rock climbing where he partakes in 3 disciplines; sport, trad & bouldering. Thomas is well-known for his YouTube channel where he has garnered a very large following due to his entertaining and educational videos.  We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. Landscape photography tunnel vision and iconic locations. 2. His journey onto the YouTube platform and his advice for others for growing engagement. 3. Social media advice. 4. Grad filters - yay or nay? 5. Location copying and the environmental impacts on those locations. Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with product

Welcome to Episode 086 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Jack Curran! Jack Curran is an award-winning Black and White landscape photographer who has been in the business for over 40 years. Jack's work was recently showcased in the Lenswork "Eleven by Six" monograph book. Jack came onto the podcast to share his wisdom and experience with the landscape photography community.  We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. Why black and white photography and his process / approach. 2. What changes in the industry Jack has seen in the past 40 years. 3. How Jack curates images for his portfolio. 4. Answers to questions posed in our Facebook group. Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over time. Thanks! Even $1 / mo helps a lot!  This week on Patreon, Jack shares his wisdom on his approach to creating image portfolios - a must listen! For the full lin

Welcome to Episode 085 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Ryan Dyar! Ryan Dyar probably needs no introduction to most landscape photographers listening to the podcast; however, if you have never heard of Ryan or seen his work, you're in for a real treat. Ryan is based out of Seattle, Washington and has been a full-time landscape photographer for several years. Ryan is very down-to-earth and was very fun to talk to on the podcast. My goal this week was to really help folks get to know Ryan on a personal level.  We covered some fun topics this week, including: 1. Controversy and in-fighting among landscape photographers. 2. Ryan's post-processing videos and his approach to them.  3. How Ryan makes it as a full-time photographer. 4. Answers to questions posed in our Facebook group. Please consider supporting the podcast on Patreon! There's a ton of bonus content over there for subscribers! Your support is critical - it helps with production costs and to improve the podcast over time. Thanks! Even $1 / mo help

Welcome to Episode 084 of F-Stop Collaborate and Listen with Andrew Klinger! Andrew is a deep-sky astrophotographer living in the Dallas Ft. Worth area. Andrew has totally geeked out in the pursuit of photographing the night sky and uses a dedicated astronomy camera to capture amazing images of deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies.  We went really deep into the technical aspects of astrophotography this week, including: 1. How to start deep-sky astrophotography. 2. Using telescopes, trackers, mounts, and more with your camera. Andrew recommends the Orion Sirus Mount.  3. How to post-process night sky photographs using PixInsight, Sequator, and DeepSkyStacker. 4. Answers to questions posed in our Facebook group. For the full liner notes including links to products we discussed and to see Andrew's work, head over to my blog at www.mattpaynephotography.com