EP20 Running a Gallery with Award Winning Landscape Photographer Matt Palmer

The Camera Life

Matt Palmer is an award-winning photographic artist based in Alpine Victoria. Passionate about our natural world, and photographs that tell a story or establish a sense of place, Matt has won over 200 awards across documentary and landscape photography categories.

Matt runs the Alpine Light Gallery located in Bright, Victoria with his partner, landscape photographer Mieke Boynton. I'm very excited to discuss the realities of running a Photographic Art Gallery in 2023 as well as with digging into Matt's huge experience in the Photography Awards space as both a participant and a judge.

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About the hosts:

Justin Castles @justincastles @justinandjim

I'm Justin, the owner of Lucky Straps as well as a professional photographer/videographer. After photographing weddings full time for about 7 years with Jim I now focus on sports, mainly mountain biking for Flow Mountain Bike. I have shot with Canon, then Nikon and now back to Canon with a full Mirrorless RF mount system. A full on gear nerd and business nerd, ask me anything about your camera kit or how to grow your photography business.

Greg Cromie @gcromie

Greg is a regular writer for photography publications such as ShotKit and also the famous Lucky Straps Blog. He is an avid Fujifilm X-series shooter as well an experienced reviewer of all things photography. You can find him wandering the city of Melbourne with a camera in hand, street photography being his genre of choice. His love for Fujifilm helps offset the traditional Canon vs Nikon arguments of Justin and Jim.

Jim Aldersey @jimaldersey @justinandjim

Jim is a professional wedding photographer shooting 40+ weddings a year as well as a diverse range of commercial work. Prior to launching the business 'Justin and Jim - Photographers' with me he was a full time photojournalist for the Bendigo Advertiser. He is a long time Nikon DSLR shooter having his hands on just about every pro Nikon camera since the D3.

Grant Fleming @grantflemingphoto

Grant is the definition of a passionate hobbyist, he has a day job but is always thinking about photography and regularly heads away on landscape photo adventures. He also makes money with his photography by shooting weddings, events and real estate.