One of my favorite finds from 2024 - recent snow transformed this desert landscape - when the snow melted, it made the soil wet, completely bringing out all the awesome textures.

Aspen Leaf on bog oil, which is created by iron-oxidizing bacteria in swampy water with organic materials. One of my favorite finds from this year's fall color adventure.

Awesome aspen trees from near my home in Colorado last month.

Just wrapped up an 11-day workshop here in Scotland, photographing some awesome foliage, woodland, and castles. Here's a small collection of images I managed to edit from my 14-day adventure photographing fall color in Colorado a couple of weeks ago.

I’m back after a summer holiday and in this episode of Biblioscapes in Discussion, I am joined by Matt Payne (@mattpaynephoto.bsky.social) to talk about his work and his book The Colorado Way. biblioscapes.com/in-discussio... #biblioscapesindiscussion

Hi! Long time no see. Been very busy with life but trying to carve out small moments for photography. I'm excited to share the product of many of those small moments: Poetic Visuals, Vol. 2: Resonances. As with the previous volume, free to download and read. Enjoy! #Photography #NaturePhotography

My friend @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social has put several years of work into writing a book on his experience hiking the 500-mile Colorado Trail and climbing the highest 100 peaks in the Colorado Rockies. Check out his Kickstarter project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...

I launched my book on Kickstarter today! Thanks in advance for your support of this project. Let me know if you have questions!

Watch @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social in the video edition of Landscape Photography World Podcast now on YouTube! youtu.be/WTV1SYHiwl0?...

Coming up next on Landscape Photography World Podcast, @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social talks about his new book! Listen next Wednesday where you get your podcasts or on grantswinbournephotography.com/lpw-podcast & youtube.com/@grantswinbournephotography youtu.be/NWvj1GvdSlg?...

One of my favorite things to do in nature photography is to force the viewer to ask, "what the hell is that?!" Finding these things in nature is so much fun. Anyone else?

Today I released my podcast episode with @klausaxelsenphoto.bsky.social, who launched the pre-orders for his book today! I'm honored to have written the foreword for the book. I think you'll really love learning about his journey! www.mattpaynephotography.com/gallery/find...

This was a memorable storm to witness. Back in 2022, I got a bad case of COVID in mid-August and over labor day, after I had healed up, I decided to test my lungs and climbed a low 13er near Telluride, Colorado. This was one of my many rewards, watching this storm dump rain below me.

Balanced rock, fleeting light, golden aspens below. This Colorado scene is featured in my upcoming book The Colorado Way, blending 140+ of my photos with essays on mountains, trails, and life lessons. My Kickstarter campaign opens Sept. 5 for backers — I’d love your support in bringing it to life!

Here's a handful of my favorite moments here in Colorado - a place I have a deep connection with. I'm looking forward to launching my Kickstarter for my new book, "The Colorado Way," in early September. It features 25 essays about my journey and fun psychology stuff.

Crazy sunset in the Smokies, captured back in April on my workshop. Funniest part - one of my students, standing next to me, had their SD card fill-up right when the light exploded. I removed my 2nd card and just gave it to her to use, no time to waste!

Here's a couple Infrared images I captured last week in some random area full of cool sand dunes in Utah using my full-spectrum IR converted Sony A7R4 (I think these are all 850nm).

Four takes on the same basic area throughout the course of 5 days using different compositions and conditions. Which one do you like more and why? In retrospect, I'd like a few that were less wide, but it's hard to convey the scale of these spires.

The view flying into the Cirque of the Unclimbables a couple of weeks ago... pretty epic. The pilot was serious and said, "sorry the light isn't very good!" LOL!

I’m thrilled to announce that my book, The Colorado Way, is launching soon on Kickstarter. This project has been years in the making. It is a personal collection of essays and photographs drawn from my 500-mile hike of the Colorado Trail and a lifetime of climbing Colorado’s 100 highest mountains.

Thanks @rwongphoto.bsky.social - really appreciate you sharing this here! =)

Almost done w/ Year 5 of the Natural Landscape Photography Awards - but there is still time to enter. We officially close the door at the end of May 31st. One of the coolest things you can achieve is to get your work into our annual book. If you're in the book, you get one for free!

Hey bsky friends! Question: I've noticed some photographers literally have posts here from every 2 hours for months on end. How are folks doing that? Bsky doesn't have Hootsuite integration at all. Also, how do you have time to create 1,000 posts? Social media totally makes my head spin.

My friend and fellow Muench Workshops pro @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social has interviewed many photographers who I consider to be the very best in the nature and landscape genre, so it was a great honor when Matt asked me to join him on his F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast. youtu.be/23hDkWciM0A

A small collection of 2x1 panoramas I captured in Southern Chile on a recent expedition. #landscapephotography

“T-1000 at Low Tide”

I've been busy finishing my book and editing photos from my recent trip to Chile. In the meantime, here's some penguins. 🐧😍

I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social on his podcast to talk photography, authenticity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and travel. The episode is now live and I really hope you will give it a listen: www.mattpaynephotography.com/gallery/how-...

3 days left to order! I’m partnering w/ 9 colleagues on a fundraiser to support public lands staff who have been suddenly affected by federal cuts. We are offering a box set of ten prints with 100% of the proceeds directly supporting affected staff. Learn more: www.bennettfilm.com/Print-Collec...

New podcast up today - all about Glass - which is a super cool photography platform for and by photographers. Have a listen: www.mattpaynephotography.com/gallery/glas...

In 2023, I hiked the entirety of the Colorado Trail. It took me 35 days and I climbed 30 mountains along the way. It was a transformative experience for me, and I'm in the process of finalizing a book which encapsulates it. This moment from the Trail was one of the most special of them all...

In 2024, I created a video which evaluated print labs based on a number of factors, which was a fun project to undertake. I have received weekly emails from folks asking me questions about printing, prompting me to create a printing course to address the questions I receive. Interested?

Most images of this classic seascape are from afar using an ND filter, but I relished the opportunity to explore it at low tide, and what a treat it was! #landscapephotography

I had a blast today producing a new podcast episode that will come out to the public on May 12th. Available today on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/122657... Thanks to Greg McCown for the super fun chat about lightning and storm photography!

New podcast is up with @johnemarriott.bsky.social - Why Apex Predators Matter! www.mattpaynephotography.com/gallery/apex...

Today I picked out about 140 images to accompany my 140 pages of text for my book I’m hoping to release this year. What a crazy project!

Thanks for having me on the show, @nikontom.bsky.social

Some of my most recent black and white work.

Happy Valentines Day! Two lovers kissing in Paris :)

"Layered Meaning" “As certain as weather coming from the west, the things people know for sure will change. There is no knowing for a fact. The only dependable things are humility and looking.” -Richard Powers, The Overstory

I just returned from a great workshop in Northern Norway, where we had some pretty fantastic aurora conditions. Always grateful when things line-up! Here's some timelapse footage I created while there.

Reflections are some of my favorite things :)

Oslea Ridge at blue hour December 2024

Winding paths of nature.

Who are 9 of your fav photographers here? Mine: @sarahmarinophoto.bsky.social @roncoscorrosa.bsky.social @armandsarlangue.bsky.social @michaelrungphoto.bsky.social @michaelbollino.bsky.social @optimalfocus.bsky.social @bethbuelow.bsky.social @beautysurroundsyou.com @chris-byrne.bsky.social

I put together a starter pack of nature, landscape, and wildlife photographers I've followed elsewhere and have come across on BlueSky. It is incomplete but offers a place to start for seeing inspiring photos. go.bsky.app/CDmfYao #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #photography #art

In 2020, I backpacked to this nice perch with my son and spent the evening photographing the Milky Way over some of my favorite mountains in Colorado. I'll always have fond memories of that trip!

"The Last Stand" I'm always looking for stories in the landscape, and this one jumped out at me immediately.

It feels like one of these days today. Captured last winter in Yellowstone on a dreary (but quite fun) day.

Did y’all know I co-authored a guidebook? Talk about hard work. We climbed over 300 mountains to compile this. I created all of the maps and 95% of the photos. It took 5 years.