What You May Not Know About Photo Cascadia Team Members

As our newsletter subscribers might know over the last last year we have taken turns pointing the lens on each of us to provide more insight to us personally. Since these were spread out among a half dozen newsletters we thought it would be good to post a recap that includes all of them. Besides we were not always good on following up to mention the myth found from a handful of truths of for the prior newsletter. Now we are rectifying that with all of them here.

If you did not receive the newsletter here is a speedy recap what we did. We published a listing of five things about one PC team member in a newsletter. One of the five is a myth, simply made up. four are true. The goal was to allow newsletter subscribers to guess which is the false one. If a person did respond correctly they would go in a drawing with others that guessed the same for a free 8×12 print of their choice. I don’t have a list of who all won yet I know some were guessed correctly by one or more viewers yet not that was not the case for all team members. Some are easier than others.

Without further rambling here they are for reading pleasure with a photo of each team member in their element… outdoors. Answers are separate at the bottom of the post for those that would like to take a stab at guessing.

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 Kevin McNeal

1. Failed the only photography course he ever took.
2. Made ski movies when he was younger.
3. Traveled around the world as a DJ.
4. He likes to eat vegetables and seafood.
5. Just out of high school bought a Porsche.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Chip Phillips

1. Has performed onstage with Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, Ben Folds, Brandi Carlile, and Peter Cetera.
2. One of his cars is a red 1988 VW Cabriolet.
3. Has never used a traditional film darkroom
4. Was a child actor and in a commercial for Burger King.
5. He is not afraid of bees, but is of spiders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Zack Schnepf

1. He reads 25-50 books per year on average.
2. He grew up in the redwoods of northern California, but has never been back to photograph.
3. In addition to photography, he enjoys surfing, mountain biking, snowboarding, and backcountry exploration.
4. Has never used a traditional film darkroom.
5. Owned cameras made by the following manufacturers: Sony, Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Apple, and GoPro.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Adrian Klein

1. Did wedding and portrait photography full time for over a year before deciding to move back to landscape photography.
2. Almost got blown off a mountain summit with his wife. The tent was sideways and he could not see where he was when he woke up. He ripped open a mesh window to get out.
3. Has traveled to all the National Parks in the states of Oregon and Washington.
4. First backpack experience felt a big adventure he embarked on. He now takes his young kids to the same location. It’s only 2 miles and 500 ft of elevation gain.
5. Grew up at the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge playing in a creek on his property catching crawdads and hiking through the woods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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David Cobb

1. He owned a music distribution company.
2. He’s an avid guitar player.
3. He’s held two state swimming records.
4. He walked across the Yukon and NW Territories.
5. He played in baseball’s Babe Ruth World Series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sean Bagshaw

1. Pole vaulted in China.
2. Reached the summit of Mt. McKinley on two separate expeditions.
3. Lost a $5 bet with Galen Rowell when Galen successfully ran cross country at high altitude in time to capture his famous Rainbow Over the Potala Palace image in Tibet.
4. Played in a 1990s bagpipe marching band, kilt and all.
5. Partied with Woody Harrelson and his posse at a U2 concert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Answers – the following are not true.

Kevin #4 – He likes to eat vegetables and seafood. Kevin does not like either of them. I know first hand from traveling with him.

Chip #5 – He is not afraid of bees, but is of spiders. Chip does not like bee’s at all but doesn’t mind spiders.

Zack #5 – Has never used a traditional film darkroom. Although he became an expert in Photoshop early in the DLSR age Zack has spent time in the darkroom.

Adrian #3 – Has traveled to all the National Parks in the states of Oregon and Washington. He has not been to the North Cascades NP yet.

David #2 – He’s an avid guitar player. David does not play the guitar.

Sean #3 – Lost a $5 bet with Galen Rowell when Galen successfully ran cross country at high altitude in time to capture his famous Rainbow Over the Potala Palace image in Tibet. He wishes he did but it’s not true.