Matt Payne
@mattpaynephoto.bsky.social
Full-time Nature Photographer, Host of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen Podcast, Muench Workshops Pro. https://www.mattpaynephotography.com/page/quick-links/
Good morning from Colorado! =)
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Good morning from Colorado! =)
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.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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.
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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.
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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.
October 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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.
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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.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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.
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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
As with the previous volume, free to download and read. Enjoy!
#Photography #NaturePhotography
Poetic Visuals, Volume 2: Resonances — N. Becker Photography
The second issue of Poetic Visuals is here!
www.nbeckerphotography.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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
As with the previous volume, free to download and read. Enjoy!
#Photography #NaturePhotography
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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...
Check out his Kickstarter project: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...
September 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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...
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!
September 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I launched my book on Kickstarter today! Thanks in advance for your support of this project. Let me know if you have questions!
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Watch @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social in the video edition of Landscape Photography World Podcast now on YouTube!
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Matt Payne on Climbing Mountains and Creating Meaning Through Photography and Conversation
YouTube video by Grant Swinbourne Photography
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September 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Watch @mattpaynephoto.bsky.social in the video edition of Landscape Photography World Podcast now on YouTube!
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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
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Listen next Wednesday where you get your podcasts or on grantswinbournephotography.com/lpw-podcast & youtube.com/@grantswinbournephotography
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Episode 214 - Trailer
YouTube video by Grant Swinbourne Photography
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August 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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?...
Listen next Wednesday where you get your podcasts or on grantswinbournephotography.com/lpw-podcast & youtube.com/@grantswinbournephotography
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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?
August 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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!
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August 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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...
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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.
August 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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!
August 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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.
August 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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!
August 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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).
August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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.
July 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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!
July 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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.
July 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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! =)
June 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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!
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!
May 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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!
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.
Also, how do you have time to create 1,000 posts?
Social media totally makes my head spin.
May 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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.
Also, how do you have time to create 1,000 posts?
Social media totally makes my head spin.