About Rick Wetherbee

Welcome to our website. We hope you enjoy browsing through its contents. You've come to the right place if you're looking for an established writer or photographer that can help meet your needs and deadlines with the upmost quality in writing and photography.

As a photographer, Rick's creativity, expertise, and eye for the perfect shot--whether in the garden or in his studio photographing food--will put readers in touch with a story and bring a creative dimension to the pages of your magazine, publication, calendar, or catalog. As a writer, Kris can deliver interesting and informative articles and develop recipes that will tantalize your taste buds. As a team, we are in sync with the assignment as well as your needs for an end-product that ultimately makes your job easier.

If you have a need or project you’d like to discuss, please email us.

As a freelance photographer, Rick has traveled the West Coast from the California/Mexico border north to British Columbia, seeking out beautiful gardens, picturesque settings, and interesting venues to shoot along the way. Rick’s ability to artistically stylize and shoot a dish in his adjacent studio or in their four-season Mediterranean courtyard garden gives clients an added advantage.

Whether by assignment or through his extensive stock library of film, his images have appeared in over 40 magazines as well as calendars, catalogs, and a number of book publishers, including his newest photographic release from Sterling Publishing, Attracting BIRDS, BUTTERFLIES & Other WINGED WONDERS to Your Backyard.

Rick spent his childhood in Southern California, where he later met his wife, Kris, while majoring in commercial art in college. Now married for let’s just say many, many years, they moved to Oregon in 1991 and settled at "Camelot", their 40-acre country property situated in a valley surrounded by tree-studded hills.

Testimonials

"Rick Wetherbee has been providing high-quality garden and nature images for our magazine for more than two years now. What has particularly impressed me about Rick's work is his versatility and the depth of his portfolio. Whether we need an image of a specific plant or animal, or photos of people in the garden, Rick always seems to have just what we're looking for or can shoot it on demand."
-- David J. Ellis, Editor of The American Gardener; Director of Communications, American Horticultural Society

"Rick is always one of the first photographers to respond when I send out a call for photos, and has been most accommodating in those instances when I needed a special project shot. He is a dependable, excellent and always agreeable resource."
-- K.C. Compton, Editor in Chief, The Herb Companion, Herbs for Health

"The tomato photo makes me want to bite into a big juicy tomato right now! Thanks for sending it so quickly. I am really glad to have made the contact with you."
-- Deb Lane, Photo Coordinator, Gardener’s Supply Company

"Rick's food photography is a visual delight."
-- Janis Corrieri, Food Editor, Ruralite