Ric Ergenbright has been a travel and landscape photographer for more than four decades. He has worked on assignment for National Geographic, Life, U.S. News, Audubon, Reader’s Digest, Outdoor Photographer, and many other publications, magazines, books, calendars, corporate reports, national ads and television shows. He is currently pursuing higher perspectives of the world through powered paragliding and remote controlled aerial photography while also writing his next major book. We caught up with the man behind the camera to learn more about his life as a professional photographer in Central Oregon.
Eastlake Framing (EF): How did you get started in photography?
Ric Ergenbright (RE): By osmosis. My father was a professional photographer, traveler, and writer, and I was heavily influenced by his passion for those pursuits. Of particular significance was his founding of America’s first photographic tour company in 1953, and the opportunity it gave me to take a semester off from college in 1964 to join one of his “Thru The Lens” tours to Japan. Although I’d grown up in a photographic environment, I didn’t see it as my life’s focus until I went on that trip. But that experience was a game changer, and I was hooked for life!
