Matt Palmer

@MattPalmer
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Photographer and #photography gallery owner based in Bright, Victoria, #Australia. Former Australian Professional #Photographer of the Year. Passionate about visual storytelling, #nature and the environment.

He/Him

Websitehttps://mattpalmer.co
Galleryhttps://alpinelight.com.au
Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/c/MattTalksPhotography
@Petermid It is brutal to try and narrow down to 7! Asia is next but everything is written - I'm just sourcing creative commons and licensed stock imagery since I haven't had the fortune of photographing all these places personally.
I've come up with my own 7 Natural Wonders of the World as well as a list for every continent after some major rabbit hole diving. You can read the first section (Africa) at https://mattpalmer.co/2025/7-natural-wonders-of-africa/
7 Natural Wonders of Africa – Matt Palmer Photographer

If you couldn't tell, I've been photographing a lot of Scottish mountains lately. Here's one from a rather turbulent day on a remote peak in the northwest highlands. There's something about the folklore and history of these spaces that deeply interests me. Images like these where you are battling the elements seem to capture a little bit of that feeling and emotion.

#mountains #photography #LandscapePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #scotland #uk

@alexskunz What a pretty outlook! Lovely colour ones too.

@geoff_eg A photograph is an image made from exposing a light sensitive material (Film, a camera sensor etc.) to light.

So the less the image is made via that process, the less of a photograph it becomes. For that reason I despise the term 'AI Photography'.

I don't mind if people make an image that is that process repeated multiple times and then cut and shaped together either, so long as it isn't misrepresented as reality. But there is no responsibility on any artform to describe reality.

@geoff_eg Composite photography and removal of objects has been achievable in the darkroom since the 1800s. So while there are many things that may make a photograph not a photograph, I don't think this is one of those thresholds at all.
@ewen Algorithm but also a hook. If this is the thumbnail it's aesthetically pleasing but unless there is a compelling title and people actually read it, it's not clear what the video is going to get from the video. So then you are trading on your name only as to whether or not people watch.
@geoff_eg Certainly feels that way sometimes! oh well, my body won't complain about the sleep even if my mind has fomo!
Clouds when they see a KP8 aurora forecast be like...