Rod Barbee is a
professional photographer, writer, and instructor. He is a regular contributor
to
Outdoor Photographer magazine and has also been published in Nature’s Best magazine,
Audubon and
Mead calendars, Northwest Travel and Oregon Coast magazines, Orvis clothing catalog, the National Park Service,
and more. Several of his
images appear in the Amphoto book “American Vision”. His first book,
The Photographer's Guide to the Oregon Coast, co-written
with with David Middleton, is available nationwide.
His
latest book, The Photographer's Guide to Puget Sound and Northwest
Washington was published in the spring of 2007.
Throughout the year, Rod leads and co-leads photo workshops across the country. He has taught with such well known photographers as David Middleton, David Muench, and Jack Dykinga. A gifted and enthusiastic field instructor, he likes nothing more than sharing his knowledge and ideas.
Besides teaching his own workshops, Rod leads and co-leads workshops and tours for Great American Photography Workshops, The Nature Workshops, and Distinctive Journeys. Rod has taught nature photography through Bellevue Community College in Washington state, The Mountaineers in Seattle, Olympic College in Bremerton, WA. He is also a contributing editor to Nature Photographers Online Magazine.
The natural beauty discovered during backpacking trips into Olympic National Park led him to nature photography. It has since become a passion in his life from which he continues to learn and grow.
Rod and his wife Tracy Rowley live in Port Ludlow on Washington’s Olympic peninsula.
Bailey the Labradoodle