Reading articles, watching YouTube videos, and practising will only get you so far. For everything else, there are photography podcasts.
We have collected the 15 best photography podcasts in 2026. Every show below was checked against its own feed this month, so you know what you are subscribing to before you press play. These are the best of the best, playing in the background when you edit your work.
Photography Podcasts
Fifteen shows is a lot to audition, so here is the short route. Still learning your camera? Start at Photography Explained. Want camera news and release-day opinion? Go to The PetaPixel Photography Podcast or FroKnowsPhoto. Want to be inspired by working photographers? Try The Candid Frame, A Small Voice or F-Stop Collaborate and Listen. Trying to earn a living? PhotoBizX, The Portrait System and Six Figure Photography talk about nothing else. And if you shoot in the street, go straight to Street Photography Magazine. If I could only keep two of the fifteen, they would be Photography Explained and F-Stop Collaborate and Listen.
1. Full Stack Creator
Full Stack Creator is Tyler Stalman’s show. He is a commercial and portrait photographer who shoots video too, and the podcast published as The Stalman Podcast before it took its current name.
The brief is a creative career from end to end. Stalman covers the tools, the workflows and the business decisions behind photography, video and content work. New episodes land most weeks.
The recent run gives you the flavour: a two-part State of the Camera Industry, a reaction to the Sony FX5, and a verdict on the Canon R6 V that lands on “pretty great, kinda weird”. He tests photography gear properly and tells you what he actually thinks of it.
It is not a craft show, and that is my one reservation. If you want composition, lighting or social media growth, there is very little here. The conversation sits on hardware, software and the money side of a creative business, and it leans hard toward video and Apple releases.
Overall: ★★★★☆
2. B&H Photography Podcast
The B&H Photography Podcast comes from B&H, the largest non-chain photo and video store in the US. It ran every other week for more than a decade and built an archive of 457 episodes, with Derek Fahsbender inheriting the mic from the show’s founders.
This podcast is upbeat, with a lot of energy. It can be confusing sometimes who is talking, as the conversation is free-flowing. I love this style, and they do it well.
It covers some of the favourite photography topics, news, and gear. They also talk about museums, art photography and the whole industry, and the guest list runs from NASA astronaut Donald Pettit to SNL portraitist Mary Ellen Matthews.
Here is the catch, and it is a big one. The audio show signed off on 2 July 2026 with an episode called “Farewell Audio, Hello Video Podcasts”, and the team is rebuilding it as a video show on the B&H Podcast Network. Nothing new has landed in the new format yet. Subscribe for the back catalogue, which is superb, but do not expect a fresh episode in your feed this week.
Overall: ★★★☆☆
3. Photography Explained Podcast
Rick McEvoy is a professionally qualified photographer in the UK, and his podcast does exactly one thing. He explains one photographic idea per episode, in plain English, in under 27 minutes.
That format is why it pairs so well with our beginner’s guide to photography. Recent episodes answer “Your Kit Lens Says 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6, What on Earth Does Any of That Mean?”, “Do I Really Need a Tripod?” and “Argh. Why Is There So Much Camera Gear?”. Those are the questions people actually get stuck on, and McEvoy answers them without a 90-minute detour.
He has published 247 episodes and puts out a new one every second Friday, so the archive alone is a syllabus. Treat it like the audio version of a stack of photography cheat sheets.
I would hand this to anyone who has just bought their first camera. The limit is the format, though: there are no guests, no debate and no war stories. It is one man with a microphone answering a question, and if you already know your exposure triangle you will outgrow it fast.
Overall: ★★★★☆
4. PhotoBizX
Andrew Hellmich hosts PhotoBizX, subtitled The Ultimate Wedding and Portrait Photography Business Podcast. He is a wedding and portrait photographer on the Central Coast of Australia.
In this photography podcast, we learn about business. The focus is on portraits, weddings and creating digital story content, and Hellmich interviews working photographers about pricing, sales and marketing rather than about cameras.
It is one of the few shows here that has never missed a beat. A new interview lands every Monday, week in and week out, and the run now stretches over a decade.
My one qualm is the same one it has always had: the craft never comes up. You will not learn to light a face here, and a fair number of episodes push the paid PhotoBizX membership. If you shoot for love rather than for clients, this one is not for you.
Overall: ★★★★☆
5. Six Figure Photography Podcast
Ben Hartley brings us The Six Figure Photography Podcast. He is a self-taught wedding photographer turned business coach who built a six-figure business and wants to tell us how it was done.
His podcast on photography is upbeat and very open. He shares his tips and gives you all the podcast show notes. Guests come on to talk through their own numbers and their own mistakes.
This is one of the best photography podcasts on the business of photography, and 310 episodes of it are sitting there for free.
Be honest with yourself about what you are subscribing to, though. The show has all but stopped: episode 310 arrived in May 2026 after a six-month silence, and only two episodes have appeared in the last nine months. Treat it as an archive to work through, not a weekly habit.
Overall: ★★★☆☆
6. F-Stop Collaborate and Listen
Matt Payne is a full-time nature and landscape photographer and a co-founder of the Natural Landscape Photography Awards, and his podcast deliberately goes past the camera bag. The conversations are about craft, motivation, workflow and why anyone bothers making pictures at all.
Payne has published 486 episodes and a new one arrives every Monday without fail, which makes this the most reliable interview show here. In the last month alone he has had Nevada Wier on infrared travel work and Tom Murphy, who has photographed Yellowstone for four decades.
This is the show I reach for when the pictures have gone stale. If you care about fine art photography or you are hunting for a new project to shoot, start here. The interviews are long enough to get somewhere, and Payne pushes his guests instead of reading a press kit.
The bias is obvious and worth stating: this is a landscape and nature show. Portrait, wedding and commercial photographers will find whole months of episodes that do not apply to them, and an hour and a half is a big ask for a single interview.
Overall: ★★★★★
7. The Candid Frame
The voice of Ibarionex Perello is very deep and relaxing, sinking into your ears as you listen. If you are capturing portraits, this is one of the best photography podcasts for you.
I love his style of podcasting when he introduces and talks to other photographers. He mixes in his research and findings along with the photographer’s own voice and stories.
He is a former technical engineer for Nikon and an associate magazine editor, and he has now passed episode 660. Episodes appear two or three times a month, and you can support him on Patreon.
It is a slow show, on purpose. There is almost no gear talk, no news and no technique, so if you want to be told which settings to use, look at Photography Explained instead.
Overall: ★★★★★
8. FroKnowsPhoto
FroKnowsPhoto comes from the Afro toting Jared Polin. He is one of the best photographers for educational content. He is here to help you improve photography all across the board.
The podcast itself is called RAWtalk, it is past episode 205, and it drops every Friday. Whether it looks at business, life and the state of the world, he has it, and all of it is an honest conversation rather than a script.
There is a reason why FroKnowsPhoto is one of the best photography sites on the internet. He is a character and understands what people want to learn.
Two warnings. RAWtalk is filmed for YouTube first, so the audio feed loses the visuals, and episodes routinely run past two hours of camera rumours. If you do not care whether Nikon is hurting or what Sony announces next, this will feel like noise.
Overall: ★★★★★
9. Street Photography Magazine Podcast
This is the companion show to Street Photography Magazine, which calls itself the official journal of street and documentary photography. Bob Patterson and Ashley Riffo host, and it is a great resource for all things street photography.
Episodes arrive on Fridays, every week or two, and the count is past 235. The format is a long interview with one photographer about one body of work, which is a far better way to learn street than a list of tips.
The last few months give you the range. John Rosenmiller on shooting Cuba and on editing your own work honestly, James Choi on what street photographers can steal from independent filmmakers, and Sandra Cattaneo Adorno, who first picked up a camera at 60 and now has four photobooks behind her.
For my money it is the best street photography show still running, but it is interview-led, so the practical side is thin. Nobody will tell you a shutter speed, and the magazine’s subscription gets a mention in most episodes. For gear and settings you want a different show entirely.
Overall: ★★★★☆
10. The PetaPixel Photography Podcast
When I want to know what the camera makers have just done, I go here first. Chris Niccolls and Jordan Drake join PetaPixel editor-in-chief Jaron Schneider every week to pick the announcements apart.
PetaPixel describes it as a fusion of news, reviews, opinions, humour and real-world experience, and that is a fair summary. The three of them review gear for a living, so the opinions come from people who have shot the bodies and lenses, not from a spec sheet.
Recent episodes cover Adobe buying Topaz, Nikon losing its Viltrox lawsuit, and Apple apparently spoiling a secret Nikon camera. If you like knowing about camera gear before your friends do, subscribe.
This is news and hardware, full stop. There is no composition, no lighting and no critique, and a fair slice of every episode is rumour rather than fact. If you shoot happily on a five-year-old body and have no plans to change, skip it.
Overall: ★★★★☆
11. On Taking Pictures
The On Taking Pictures podcast is brought to you by Jeffery Saddoris and Bill Wadman. Jeffery is a photography educator and writer, and Bill is a portrait photographer.
Together they take on art, science and the philosophy behind photography. They talk well and keep it upbeat, and after 378 episodes the two of them have the easy shorthand of people who have been arguing for a decade.
These photography tutorials, looking at the photography business idea, work best when you have an hour and no camera in your hands.
Worth knowing before you subscribe: the show went quiet after episode 368 in April 2024 and did not return until February 2026. It is back and running roughly every second Tuesday, but the gap was long and the pace is slower than it used to be.
Overall: ★★★★★
12. A Small Voice
A Small Voice is Ben Smith interviewing photographers and filmmakers about their lives, their work and their process. He is a photographer himself, which is why the questions land where they should, and for me that is the whole appeal.
The show is past episode 288 and a new interview arrives every second Wednesday. The Italian conflict photographer Lorenzo Meloni, the British-Iranian artist Aria Shahrokhshahi and the photojournalist Harriet Logan have all been on lately, so you get reportage, portraiture and documentary in the same feed.
Reach for this one when you want to understand how photographers actually build a life around the work. It sits well beside our guide to becoming a professional photographer, because Smith gets people to describe the unglamorous middle years rather than the highlight reel.
The archive is where it stings. Only the most recent 50 episodes sit on the free feed, and the other 200-plus are behind a paid subscription. There is also nothing technical here at all, so do not come looking for tips.
Overall: ★★★★★
13. Camera Shake Photography Podcast
Kersten Luts has turned Camera Shake into one of the busiest interview shows in photography, with 322 episodes and a new one every Thursday.
The guest list is the draw, and I would start with the Jerry Ghionis episode on posing anyone. Colin Smith on 25 years of Photoshop and Vincent Versace on why photography is not about taking pictures are close behind. Luts books people who are genuinely at the top of their genre and then gets out of their way.
The tone is deliberately upbeat rather than reverent, which makes it easy to listen to while you cull a shoot. It is a good place to pick up odd bits of photography knowledge you would not go looking for.
Quality does swing with the guest. A weak booking makes for a thin hour, and because Luts covers every genre, plenty of episodes will not apply to what you shoot. There is also a steady undercurrent of guests promoting their own courses.
Overall: ★★★★☆
14. The Portrait System Podcast
The host, Nikki Closser, shares stories of photographers from all around the world. Episodes land on a Monday and cover topics related to the photography business. The podcast is powered by Sue Bryce Education.
Nikki is a portrait photographer from the US. She used the business model taught in Sue Bryce Education to build her successful business. Today, she is a mentor to other photographers using the same business model.
You can listen to interviews with famous and successful portrait photographers, 396 episodes of them. The episodes offer great advice on how to build and run a successful portrait photography business.
The cadence has slowed a lot. What used to be a weekly show now publishes roughly once a month, and everything is filtered through the Sue Bryce approach to portraiture and pricing. If that method is not yours, the advice will not transfer cleanly.
Overall: ★★★★☆
15. Workflows Podcast
Workflows is a podcast aiming to streamline and optimize photography businesses. The episodes go beyond photography itself, exploring all aspects of workflow management. You can learn about professional photographers’ insights, stories, strategies, and essential tools to become more efficient in their work. The podcast features real-life experiences and success stories.
So, whether you are a professional photographer or an aspiring one, Workflows offers a chance to take a break from the camera and dive into valuable knowledge, helping you optimize your processes and enhance your photography business.
The podcast is presented by Imagen, an AI-powered post-production tool, and hosted by Scott Wyden Kivowitz, photographer and community manager.
Set your expectations, though. The show has been paused since December 2025, and it is a brand podcast, so the host works for the software company. The 78 episodes on the feed are still useful on backup, culling and client delivery, but the answer is never going to be a competing tool.
Overall: ★★★☆☆
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best photography podcast for beginners?
Photography Explained is the one to start with. Rick McEvoy answers a single question per episode and is done inside 27 minutes, so you can close one gap on a commute rather than wade through an hour of chat. Work through the archive of 247 episodes and you have covered most of what trips up a new photographer.
Are these photography podcasts free to listen to?
Yes. Every show on this list publishes its current episodes free in any podcast app. Two ask for money on top: A Small Voice keeps only its most recent 50 episodes on the free feed and puts the older 200-plus behind a paid archive, and The Candid Frame runs a Patreon for listeners who want to support it.
How often do new episodes come out?
Weekly shows are PhotoBizX on Mondays, F-Stop Collaborate and Listen on Mondays, Camera Shake on Thursdays, FroKnowsPhoto on Fridays, and The PetaPixel Photography Podcast. Every second week you get Photography Explained on Fridays, A Small Voice on Wednesdays and On Taking Pictures on Tuesdays. Street Photography Magazine lands every week or two, and The Candid Frame two or three times a month. The Portrait System now publishes about once a month. Three are archives rather than live shows right now: the B&H Photography Podcast, Six Figure Photography and Workflows.
Which photography podcast is best for the business side?
PhotoBizX is the most consistent, with a new interview about pricing, marketing and selling every Monday for over a decade. The Portrait System is the better pick if you shoot portraits and want the Sue Bryce approach, and Six Figure Photography has 310 archived episodes on the same subject if you do not mind that it has nearly stopped publishing.
Conclusion
Photography podcasts are excellent tools for improving your skills and staying up to date on new techniques. You can listen to them while doing chores, exercising, or even while you are taking photos.
Pick two, not fifteen. That is my whole advice. Take one that teaches (Photography Explained or F-Stop Collaborate and Listen) and one that keeps you current (The PetaPixel Photography Podcast or FroKnowsPhoto), listen to three episodes of each, and drop whichever one you stop looking forward to. You can also let us know if we have left any great photography podcasts off the list. Great Big Photography World, which used to publish as PhotographyCourse.net, is another good one and it puts out an episode almost every week.
For more great photography advice, check out our list of best cheat sheets and infographics.
