Matt Theobald of Breakthrough Photography, makers of the world’s sharpest and most color neutral filters, joins Chris to talk about the success of his business and his best tips for using lens filters. Matt shares the situations you need to be using filters in, best practices for handling your filters, and the major differences between [...]

Rafael Pons joins Chris to discuss PhotoPills, an app that helps you plan your shots during all hours of the day. The incredible app lets you see when and where the sun, moon, and stars will rise and fall, so that you’ll never miss the perfect moment.  Listen as Rafael tells us the first thing […]

Chris is joined by Sean Bagshaw, who was at Out of Oregon and will join us again for Out of Acadia in 2020. They discuss everything there is to know about Luminosity Masks, including why someone may want to use them and how to avoid going too far in post-processing. Speaking of post-processing, the two […]

Toby Harriman, who will be a featured guest at Out of Chicago in June, joins Chris to discuss how he became a professional photographer, his aerial work, and how businesses research photographers before working with them, no matter their numbers on social media. As someone who spends a lot of time shooting in Alaska, Toby […]

Chris hosts a panel with Ian Plant, Ryan Smith, Blake Rudis and Michael Shainblum at Out of Oregon 2019 to discuss how they all make a living in landscape photography and the evolving technology landscape. The discussion opens with how they got started in their craft. Later we learn how they currently make money in […]

Photographer Charlotte Gibb joins Chris to discuss what it means to shoot intimate landscapes, her favorite places to photograph in Yosemite, and why winter is her favorite season to shoot there. She also shares her go-to lens, tips for photographing fall’s colors, rules for shooting that may not come naturally, and how she turns a […]

Nature First co-founder Matt Payne joins Chris to discuss the origins of the alliance, its principles, and to debate whether photographers should share shooting locations. Preserving nature is important to Matt and many other photographers, so he shares the questions you should ask yourself when you’re thinking about giving someone else [...]

Chris is joined by landscape photographer Ryan Smith, who has his own annual event in the southwest, Outsiders Conference. The two discuss managing photography conferences and preview their respective events coming up in Oregon (October 13 – 17, 2019) and Kanab, Utah (March 20 – 22, 2020). Ryan has a lot of experience with selling [...]

Chris is joined by wildlife and landscape photographer Juan Pons, who hit pause on podcasting to start a YouTube channel for fellow photographers. In their wide-ranging chat, Chris and Juan discuss the state of Sony’s camera offerings including the new a7R IV, and why he primarily shoots with the a7R III.  They also discuss the […]

Chris is joined by “The Snowflake Guy,” Don Komarechka, who discusses UV photography and macro photography. Best known for his work shooting snowflakes, Don explains how he achieves these photographs (including tips on when to use focus stacking) and the Hollywood-level projects it’s brought him. Don also talks about how he [...]