6-photo photomerge of AIFF 2016 activity on a beautiful Sunday morning in Ashland

Awards tonight, award-winning films shown tomorrow for the last time. If you are supposed to work tomorrow, it may be a good time to take a sick day.

Posted on April 10th, 2016 under only in ashland, photography, places. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, ashland independent film festival aiff, ashland springs hotel, national register of historic places, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, plaza, varsity theatre coming attractions theater. Comments Off on Day 4 @ AIFF 2016

Michelle Branch and Michael Bryant discuss “Damn, What a Dame”

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My favorite of the 2016 film festival so far are the Short Stories. There are actually tickets still remaining to see these on Sunday morning.

The short films are all good or better, but the final one “Thunder Road” by Jim Cummings is one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. I’ve never simultaneously been so sad and laughing hysterically before.

I said a final goodbye to my dying mother just days before the 2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival. She died within days of the festival ending. My father was dying during the 2014 AIFF. So I tend to get a little extra emotional during AIFF. “Thunder Road”, “Semele”, “Mother’s Day”, and “1985” (a short before “Five Nights in Maine”) all got me really good.

“Mother’s Day” by Jeff Tan in Varsity 3

Varsity Theatre (Ashland, Oregon)

Posted on April 9th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland independent film festival aiff, michael bryant, Nikon D750, varsity theatre coming attractions theater. Comments Off on Day 3 at AIFF 2016 begins

Ashland Springs Hotel and Varsity Theatre

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Day two begins for the 15th Annual Ashland Independent Film Festival.

Flula Borg after the showing of Honey Buddies

Travel Essentials (2016 Ashland Independent Film Festival sponsor) on the big screen in the Historic Ashland Armory

Posted on April 8th, 2016 under only in ashland. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, ashland independent film festival aiff, ashland springs hotel, Historic Ashland Armory, Nikon D750, varsity theatre coming attractions theater. Comments Off on AIFF 2016 continues

These cookies, made by Jolene, were for the 2014 Ashland Independent Film Festival. Coincidentally, the 2016 AIFF begins today!

Posted on April 7th, 2016 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland independent film festival aiff, food, jolene's sweets, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Sort of a Throwback Thursday

Moe. sign on door of Historic Ashland Armory

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A little over three years ago, Moe. played the Ashland Armory. Next Thursday night they will do it again.

Posted on April 7th, 2016 under only in ashland. Tags: concert photography, Historic Ashland Armory, moe., Samsung SM-G900V Galaxy S5 cell phone camera. Comments Off on Moe. @ Ashland Armory in a week

Cherry blossoms in Ashland on the last day of March

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Sydney White

Sydney White is the Cascade Conference Softball Pitcher of the Week. She allowed only 5 earned runs in 39 2/3 innings during SOU’s 10-game homestand.

Posted on April 4th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, softball, sports photography, sydney white. Comments Off on Player of the Week

Raider Club Auction

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Tickets are still available for the annual Raider Club Scholarship Dinner and Auction.

The event will be held April 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Rogue River Room on the SOU Campus.

Tickets are $50 per person and tables can be purchased for $500. To purchase tickets, call 541-552-6824 or email Bobby Heiken at heikenb@sou.edu.

The Scholarship Dinner and Auction raises scholarship money for student-athletes at SOU. The event features a silent auction, a live auction, a scholarship ask and dinner provided by Beasy’s On The Creek.

Last year’s event brought in over $85,000 for the student-athletes of SOU.

The auctioneer and Bobby Heiken

Posted on April 4th, 2016 under only in ashland, people. Tags: campus, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on 2016 Raider Club Scholarship Dinner and Auction

McNeal Hall after demolition nearly complete (4/3/16)

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I took thousands of photos in what was this place. There were many good times within, but good riddance! The lighting was awful, and the place showed its age despite renovations in the past couple decades. I’m looking forward to the new venue in fall of 2017.

Posted on April 4th, 2016 under only in ashland, places. Tags: campus, Samsung SM-G900V Galaxy S5 cell phone camera, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on McNeal in ruins