Episode 16 – Randall Hodges
Randall Hodges has been capturing images of the Western United States and Canada as a full time professional photographer for over 18 years. Most of his work comes from time spent hiking and backpacking the wilderness areas of the West where he had has hiked and photographed over 27,000 trail miles.
Randall’s work has been published over 4,500 times worldwide in books, magazines, calendars, greeting cards, post cards, newspapers and much, much more. His work appears in publications like National Geographic, Nature Photographer Magazine, Northwest Travel Magazine, Oregon Coast Magazine, Hawaii Magazine, Photo Monthly Magazine, Outdoor Photography Magazine, Photo Professionals Magazine, Seattle Magazine, 1859 Oregon Magazine, Washington Trails Magazine, In the Pacific Northwest Magazine, Seattle Met Magazine just to name a few. Randall has won countless awards for his photography.
Randall does not alter his work in any way and considers himself an “All in Camera Shooter” as he spends the time to wait for the right light and color and uses “Old School Techniques” rather than post-processing to capture his remarkable images. Only the smallest adjustments are made to ensure the finished print matches the back of the camera as closely as possible.
Randall’s work has been featured in countless galleries and art shows around the West. He speaks at photography conventions and seminars. Randall teaches his “Out in the Field” lessons and Adventures around the West where he shares his old-school techniques on digital cameras with his students.
His new book “Images of the West” is a 208 page full color landscape photography book, featuring 20 years of his amazing and unforgettable photography of the West.
Randall owns the “Randall J. Hodges Photography” Gallery in Downtown Edmonds Washington and the “Images of the West” Gallery in beautiful Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Randall notes that in his workshops, his students usually say that their professional camera is not performing as well as the cameras on their smartphones. Since he is a classic-style photographer, preferring to do all of the work for the picture in the camera as opposed to post production, Randall helps his students change the settings in the camera to really make their pictures amazing.
After the first 30 minutes of his course, he says that his students have a brand new outlook on their camera. With the rest of the time in his workshops, he helps the photographers fine-tune their shots.
He notes that he is extremely hands-on. He gives a lot of feedback and tips for how to create a strong image. 
Since he does minimal to no post-production on his pictures, the majority of his instruction is about how to configure the camera for optimal shooting.
For more information on Randall Hodges and his work, explore some of these links!
