194: Kristen Ryan - Capturing the Magic of the Tetons / Women Retreats

Welcome to episode 194 of the F-Stop Collaborate and Listen podcast. This week on the podcast, I was happy to be joined by Kristen Ryan . Kristen Ryan is a mother of four children living in Chicago, Illinois. She has a healthy obsession with landscape photography and Grand Teton National Park. Kristen leads all-women landscape photography retreats in the Tetons, Chicago, Canada, and elsewhere. Kristen hosts an online forum for women landscape photographers that she calls Women Capture Magic . She's also a Nature First Ambassador. Kristen and I discuss some interesting topics this week, including: How she became obsessed with Landscape Photography and the Tetons, Her all-women landscape photography retreats, Her Women Capture Magic online forum, The challenges of being a mom to four children as a full-time photographer, Intimate Landscape Photography using a telephoto lens, And much, much more. Over on Patreon this week, Kristen and I talk about tips and tricks to using neutral density filters for long exposures in landscape photography. Here are the photographers that Kristen recommended on the podcast: 1. Paul Allen . 2. Leah Horstman . 3. Josh Merrill . Other items mentioned on the show: 1. 60-day free trial to Nature Photographer's Network . 2. Arc Panel Luminosity Panel . I love hearing from the podcast listeners! Reach out to me via Instagram , Facebook , or Twitter if you'd like to be on the podcast or if you have an idea of a topic we can talk about. Join the discussion over on Nature Photographer's Network! We have weekly discussions about each episode of the podcast. It's also free! We also have an Instagram page and a Facebook page for updates. Thanks for stopping in, collaborating with us, and listening. See you next week. Please support the show on Patreon . As a reminder, you can also support the podcast by shopping at B+H for your photography gear using our Affiliate Link .