John Barger

Portland, Oregon
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John Barger
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Biography

My interest in photography came from a love of backpacking and hiking in wilderness. After honing my skills for several years with 35mm film cameras, I graduated to 4x5 and worked primarily in that format for over 20 years. Now the photographic tools have run full circle and my main camera is a 36 megapixel digital slr. The ease of use and portability of modern dslr compared to the view camera makes me chuckle. Much easier on the back and eyeballs.

about me

Any special artistic influences?
Images by classic landscape photographers working in color with large format cameras inspired me early on. I have several vintage books from Ray Atkeson and David Muench that I've owned for 30 years.
What is the best photographic advice that you have ever received?
Use a tripod and wait out bad weather.
If you weren’t a photographer, what would you be?
Science teacher.

Most Viewed Images & Videos

Data since July 2010
Ancient western red cedars Thuja plicata, Grove of the Patriarchs, Mt Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
Y9B-1611862 Views: 915
Rising sun breaks through morning fog along the Deschutes River, near Besson Camp, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, USA
Y9B-1474346 Views: 743
Temperate rain forest with young western hemlock saplings beneath large trunks of mature western hemlock, Sol Duc Valley, Olympic National Park, Washi...
Y9B-1611877 Views: 728
Evening light and shadows define buttes, view northeast from Hopi Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
Y9B-2655771 Views: 709
American water-lily Nymphaea odorata, Columbia River National Scenic Area, southern Washington, USA
Y9B-1444062 Views: 688
Aspen grove displays fall color and white trunks, near Skyway, Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado, USA
Y9B-1584340 Views: 623
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Editor's Choice

Winter snow and fog along creek, Wallowa Lake State Park, northeast Oregon, USA
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USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, Sunrise light brightens Wotans Throne and surrounding canyon, from Cape Royal.
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USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim, Sandstone buttes below Hopi Point redden at sunset.
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USA, Arizona, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Remains of mission church San Jose de Tumacacori, originally built in early 1800´s, and spring wild...
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USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, View south from Point Imperial towards canyon depths and flat topped Walhalla Plateau.
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USA, Arizona, Chiricahua National Monument, Evening light on spires and pinnacles in Echo Canyon which were formed by erosion of rhyolite tuff, a dark...
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Inspiration Images

Base of Lower Elowah Falls and early autumn colors, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, northern Oregon, USA
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USA, Arizona, Saguaro National Park, Saguaro cacti are silhouetted at sunset in the Tucson Mountains.
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Ancient western red cedars Thuja plicata, Grove of the Patriarchs, Mt Rainier National Park, Washington, USA
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK Cervus canadensis nelsonii bull bugling in fall, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Full moon sets at dawn over Fusillade Mountain and St Mary Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
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Rising sun breaks through morning fog along the Deschutes River, near Besson Camp, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, USA
Y9B-1474346
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Latest Images & Videos Uploaded

USA, California, Redwood National Park, Silky beach pea blooms on dunes along coastline.
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USA, Arizona, Tumacacori National Historical Park, Remains of mission church San Jose de Tumacacori, originally built in early 1800´s, and spring wild...
Y9B-2655766
USA, Arizona, Chiricahua National Monument, Evening light on spires and pinnacles in Echo Canyon which were formed by erosion of rhyolite tuff, a dark...
Y9B-2655767
USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, View south from Point Imperial towards canyon depths and flat topped Walhalla Plateau.
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USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, Setting sun warms Krishna Shrine, view south from Cape Royal.
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USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, North Rim, Sunrise light brightens Wotans Throne and surrounding canyon, from Cape Royal.
Y9B-2655770
Evening light and shadows define buttes, view northeast from Hopi Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
Y9B-2655771
USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park, South Rim, Sandstone buttes below Hopi Point redden at sunset.
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USA, Arizona, Coconino County, Moenkopi Plateau, Evening light defines eroded sandstone formations.
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USA, Arizona, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River.
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Photographer's Choice

Mature aspen grove displays fall colors, West Elk Mountains, Gunnison National Forest, Colorado, USA
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Sandstone buttes redden at sunset, from Hopi Point, South Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
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Evening light and shadows on trunks and yellow autumn leaves of quaking aspen Populus tremuloides in fall, White River National Forest, Colorado, USA
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Winter chill coats lodgepole pines with frost, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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NORTHERN GANNETS Sula bassanus pair in center courting , Cape St Mary´s, Newfoundland, Canada
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Fall-colored quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) groves displaying wide color variation, San Juan National Forest, southwest Colorado, USA.
Y9B-2191198
ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK Cervus canadensis nelsonii bull bugling in fall, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Rainbow over conifers at sunset, near Firehole River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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Mears Peak at sunset with fresh autumn snowfall, Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, USA.
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Early morning light on tundra, view northwest from below Beartooth Pass, Beartooth Plateau, Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, USA
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Aspen grove displays fall color and white trunks, near Skyway, Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado, USA
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Early summer growth of western maidenhair fern Adiantum aleuticum, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Cascade Mountains, Washington, USA
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BIGHORN SHEEP Ovis canadensis, ram male in autumn, National Bison Range , southwest Montana, USA
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HEDGEHOG CACTUS Echinocereus engelmannii in bloom, Saguaro National Park, Arizona, USA
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WESTERN PAINTED TURTLE Chrysemys picta bellii, three sunning themselves on a log, National Bison Range, Montana, USA
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Silky beach pea Lathyrus littoralis and wild strawberry bloom on dunes along coastline, Redwood National Park, California, USA
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Rising sun breaks through morning fog along the Deschutes River, near Besson Camp, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, USA
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MOUNTAIN GOAT Oreamnos americanus adult shedding, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA
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Rapids in Sol Duc River course over and around boulders, Sol Duc Valley, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
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Western Hemlock Tsuga heterophylla with layered boughs in spring, Soleduck Valley, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
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