Live from the Out of Yosemite Conference

<p>Welcome to Episode 148 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast. </p> <p>This week's episode was recorded live at Out of Yosemite. I was lucky to be invited as an instructor and podcast host by the gracious <a href='https://www.outofchicago.com/conferences/'>Out of Chicago</a> team. They put together a fantastic line up of instructors, activities, presentations, and excursions. Students and instructors were given the opportunity to interact and learn from each other in the birthplace of modern landscape photography - the Yosemite Valley. Ansel Adams' son and daughter-in-law were in attendance as well as two of Ansel's former assistants, Alan Ross and John Sexton. We had an all-star list of instructors spanning several decades and styles of work from film experts to the latest time-lapse and digital masters. </p> <p>It was such an honor to be a small part of it. </p> <p>On the final night of the conference I had the wonderful privilege to host a live podcast in front of about 40 people. Our panel included some fantastic photographers:</p> <ul><li><a href='http://www.cms-photo.com/'>Colleen Miniuk</a>;</li> <li><a href='https://www.charlottegibb.com/'>Charlotte Gibb</a>;</li> <li><a href='https://www.michaelfrye.com/'>Michael Frye</a>; and,</li> <li><a href='https://www.alexnoriega.com/'>Alex Noriega</a>.</li> </ul> <p>We covered a wide variety of topics, including:</p> <ul><li>How do you find and apply inspiration in your photography?</li> <li>How has your photography evolved over time and why have you chosen to go the direction we have?</li> <li>How do we bridge the divide between the old school methods and new school methods of landscape photography?</li> <li>Why do you photograph?</li> <li>What are the positive and negative impacts of bringing large groups of people to the National Parks?</li> <li>What do you do when you’re not photographing and how does that influence your photography?</li> <li>What are the pros and cons of shooting alone vs. groups?</li> <li>What should