Ashland photographer paperwork visible fantastic thing about Oregon

Ashland photographer paperwork visible fantastic thing about Oregon

Published 9:00 am Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Ashland photographer Barbara Tricarico has printed 10 books targeted on sights throughout Oregon, together with lots which can be near house.

Titles embody “Ashland, Oregon” and her most up-to-date “Oregon Waterfalls.” Other books function the Oregon Coast, Northern Oregon, and Eastern Oregon, amongst others.

Finding images

After rising up in California, she went to Washington, D.C., on the age of 21 to attend George Mason University. She later obtained her Master’s Degree in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University in 1977. After commencement, she handled herself to her first skilled digital camera: an Olympus.

She went to a junior school and took a wide range of black and white movie images courses.

“Darkroom, landscape — I was doing it all,” Tricarico stated.

Moving to Ashland

Tricarico lived and labored in Northern Virginia for 40 years as a instructor and signal language interpreter. She and her husband retired to Ashland in 2010 after touring throughout the U.S.

Like many residents of Ashland, Tricarico rapidly fell in love with the sweetness and number of superb sights in Ashland and throughout the state.

An lively quilter, she joined “Quilters Unlimited” and was typically requested to professionally {photograph} her buddies’ quilts, main her to co-author and {photograph} her first e-book, “Quilts of Virginia 1607-1899” for the Virginia Consortium of Quilters.

A member of the Southern Oregon Photographic Association, she has since produced 10 extra books that includes her personal images and images taken by 45 different shutterbugs.

“I was like a newlywed in 2013. I came in with fresh eyes to Ashland. I fell in love with it,” Tricarico stated of her “Ashland” e-book. “It’s eclectic. There’s Lithia Park, parades, (the) Growers’ Market, and all those are in the Ashland book. I was just in love with this town, and still am.”

Perfecting the craft

Although lots of her books function nature, Tricarico doesn’t take into account herself a nature photographer.

“I am more a people, animal and bird person,” she stated. “I love architecture, (I’m) not good with landscapes, better with people, animals, buildings, and that’s why I have 45 photographers.”

Whether it’s “Ashland” or “Oregon Waterfalls,” or one of many different volumes crafted in between, Tricarico says images is all about timing.

“A friend once told me that ‘You don’t take a photo, you give a photo,’ and I’ve kept that in mind; a picture of a friend, a wedding, or a waterfall,” she stated.

Learn your digital camera

Tricarico’s finest recommendation for aspiring photographers is to be taught by doing and to not shoot solo.

“Learn your camera. Go with friends, join a club,” she stated. “Enjoy the moment; take it all in; do not just worry about the shot. You’re there to experience it.”

Tricarico hopes her books will encourage space residents to go see the sights she’s captured.

“I hope it will encourage people to go and look. Not everyone is going to go with a camera, they’re just going to go and breathe it in,” she famous. “The people that buy this book are not necessarily photographers. They’re just going to say, ‘Oh, my gosh, I’d love to see that.’”

Read extra about Barbara Tricarico and her images books on-line at boldjourney.com/meet-barbara-tricarico and barbaratricarico.com.

Debora Gordon is a author, artist, educator and non-violence activist who moved to Ashland from Oakland, California. Email her at debora.ashlandnews@gmail.com.