The Best Landscape Photography Podcasts Worth Listening To
Do you listen to any landscape photography podcasts?
Podcasts have quickly become the new radio for our generation, especially for landscape photographers looking for a mix of entertainment and insight. Always there to keep us company, whether we’re on the move, editing our latest shots, or just chilling out.
They’re not only entertaining and usually free, but also conveniently fit into our schedules whenever we like.
Whether you’re driving to a shoot, on a road trip, or enjoying a quiet evening, a good podcast can be a great way to make the most of that time.
But it’s not just about entertainment; these podcasts are treasure troves of knowledge, brimming with helpful tips, gear reviews, and a wealth of inspiration and motivation.
I’ve found some great landscape photography podcasts and thought I’d share my top picks with you.
These are my personal favourites, offering a blend of tips and inspirational interviews with landscape photographers from around the world.
After tuning into numerous shows, I’ve narrowed down the list to those that really resonate with the landscape photographer in me.
So, without further ado, here are the seven podcasts that have earned a spot on my playlist – and perhaps yours too:
1 – Landscape Photography World
Host: Grant Swinbourne
Starting in 2021, Landscape Photography World now has well over 100 episodes for you to choose from.
Grant has interviewed photographers from all over the world, from hobby photographers no one will have heard of to some of the big names earning a good living, and they are all well worth a listen.
Topics Covered: The photographer’s journey, their motivations and inspirations, style, along with what they like and dislike about being a landscape photographer.
Style: Grant’s podcasts are very easy going conversations that follow a fairly relaxed format where he tends to ask similar questions of all his guests, while allowing for natural conversation to flow and go where it goes – very natural and easy to listen to.
You must always stay to the end of his podcast for the one (sometimes controversial) question he asks everyone – you’ll have to listen to find out what that is!
Highlighted Episodes:
Sarah Lyndsay
Michael Shainblum
Podcast Channels:
Website
Spotify
Apple Podcast
Frequency and Length of Episodes: Weekly on a Wednesday, and each episode runs for around an hour.
2 – F-Stop Collaborate and Listen
Host: Matt Payne
A very well-established podcast, Matt’s podcast has been going since 2017 and now has well over 300 episodes.
Matt set out to make a podcast that nature and landscape photographers like him would like to listen to and be inspired by. He also wanted to create a community of like minded photographers.
He has certainly achieved that and has set the standard as to what makes a podcast interesting, thought provoking, informative and entertaining.
Along with the podcast, Matt is also the co-founder of Nature First Photography, a community that was created to increase awareness around the ethical responsibilities nature and landscape photographers have.
Matt is also the co-creator of the Natural Landscape Photography Awards established in 2020, that is dedicated to celebrating and rewarding photographers who edit and produce work that is realistic, very refreshing in this often over-processed world.
Topics Covered: Matt has covered a wide variety of topics related to nature and landscape photography including psychological drivers, social media, business, printing, marketing, motivation, inspiration and more.
Style: Matt has an innate ability to ask unique and interesting questions of each of his guests, and he doesn’t shy away from controversial subjects.
Highlighted Episodes:
Women in Landscape Photography
Printmaking
Podcast Channels:
Website
Spotify
Apple Podcast
Frequency and Length of Episodes: Weekly and each episode is usually between one to one and a half hours.
3 – The Irish Photography Podcast
Host: Darren J Spoonley
Founded in 2018, the Irish Photography Podcast now has over 100 episodes and as Darren describes it, ‘A place for photographers and like minded people to relax and geek out with some tips, tricks and debates in the photography world’.
Topics Covered: Darren did a lot of research on each person he interviewed so topics are incredibly varied, which is the charm of this podcast.
Style: A very relaxed, honest and often humorous approach is always inspiring and entertaining.
Highlighted Episodes:
Mental Health and the Power of Photography
Irish Light Festival with Peter Gordon
Podcast Channels:
Website
Spotify
Apple Podcast
Frequency and Length of Episodes: Currently on a bit of a hiatus as Darren considers where the podcast can fit in and what he can offer since going full-time with his photography early in 2023. The episodes range from anywhere between 30 minutes and 2 hours.
4 – Landscape Photography Podcast
Host: Nick Page
Nick is a full time photographer, workshop leader who specialises in his home area of the Pacific Northwest of America.
He started his podcast in 2017 and now has over 60 episodes. While his production of episodes isn’t prolific, they are always worth a listen.
His description of the podcasts as being “all about the art, science, and love of landscape photography” sums it up perfectly.
Nick is an incredibly talented and passionate photographer, storm chaser and instructor.
Topics Covered: Anything photography related from composition to tours, planning shoots, and his latest episode was about his thoughts on AI and how it could affect the future of photography
Style: Nick is incredibly down to earth and honest – he has a great sense of humour and isn’t afraid to call it as he sees it.
Highlighted Episodes:
Planning a Photo Trip
Photographing New Zealand with William Patino
Podcast Channels:
Website
Spotify
Apple Podcast
Frequency and Length of Episodes: There is no set frequency of Nick’s podcasts – allow yourself around 30 minutes on average for each episode.
5 – The Gallery Podcast
Host: Karl Strand and Dean Maguire
A fairly new podcast starting in February 2023, they have already released 21 episodes up until December 2023.
Both Australian photographers, Karl describes himself as a fine art photographer who was originally a painter. Dean is a landscape photographer who also loves editing.
The goal of their podcast is to bring the art and photography community together and show that inspiration can come from anywhere, not just other photographers.
Karl Strand and Dean Maguire in building community and engaging in conversation with photographers and artists. Over time you will also get a glimpse into business across our industry, such as camera brands and shops, gallery owners and print/framers.
Topics Covered: Hear the artist’s stories, running a photography business, community, creating digital art and selling prints.
Style: It’s a very relaxed, conversational interview style aimed at getting a glimpse into that creative person’s world.
Highlighted Episodes:
Scott Leggo on running a photography business
Creative digital artist Sandra Dann
Podcast Channels:
Spotify
Apple Podcast
Frequency and Length of Episodes: So far averaging 2 new episodes a month; allow a good hour for each episode.
6 – The Landscape Photography Show
Host: David Johnston
With well over 150 episodes this podcast was launched in 2019 with the goal of sharing the stories of landscape photographers and discuss the art of landscape photography to inspire and encourage new photographers.
Topics Covered: While it covers a wide variety of topics all things landscape photography, there is a big focus on making money from your photography. These include publishing your own photography book, selling prints, becoming a full-time photographer and more.
Style: David is quite direct and shares his opinions honestly.
Highlighted Episodes:
Self-Publishing a landscape photography book with Eric Bennett
Landscape photography for a greater cause
Podcast Channels:
Website
Spotify
Apple Podcast
Frequency and Length of Episodes: Shows are usually released weekly and average from 30 minutes to an hour.
Conclusion
Well, that’s a wrap on my favourite podcasts that are on rotate when I’m out and about.
They do cover a wide range of photography topics, covering all things inspirational and educational.
I hope you enjoyed this article and have some new podcasts to try – let me know if you now have a new favourite.
Or, more importantly, do you have any favourite podcasts that we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments!
That’s it for now – Keep clicking and sipping 📷 ☕ 🍷
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