SOU football – Nathan Torres-Walker interception sequence

Nathan Torres-Walker, Julius Rucker, Tyler Rogers

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Nathan Torres-Walker had his second pick of the season this past Saturday, part of the reason Southern Oregon University is now 8-1. Rocky Mountain was the victim this time, and they are no longer listed in the coaches’ poll. The #5 Raiders could use some help from them this weekend, though, as Rocky Mountain will be facing #2 Carroll College.

Hensley Rankings still has Rocky Mountain as one of the best 11 teams in the country even if the coaches are not impressed with their four losses. Hensley, which looks at schedule strength and where the wins and losses happen, unlike the coaches, predict losses for the #3 and #4 ranked teams this weekend. If just one of those things occur, the Raiders will crack the top four in the coaches’ poll and be in a position for two home post-season games.

Posted on November 3rd, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, nathan torres-walker, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders knock Rocky Mountain out of rankings

SOU soccer – Haylee Eckart

SOU volleyball – Lauren McGowne

Lauren Aldana, Serena DeChristofaro

Elise De Jesse

Paige Kilpatrick

Presley Lambert

Southern Oregon University soccer – Allyson Ward, Lisa Elledge

Tyana Andrews

Kendra Madaras-Kelly

@SOUWomensSoccer @SOURaiders @RaiderVB @kendra_mk13 @tyana_dawn @elisedejesse

Full list and criteria here.

Posted on November 3rd, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Kendra Madaras-Kelly, Lauren McGowne, lisa elledge, presley lambert, Raider Athletics, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, tyana andrews, volleyball. Comments Off on Fall-Sport Student Athletes earning Academic All-Conference honors

SOU Women’s Rugby Club

Men’s Rugby vs. OIT today on the field off of Iowa Street at 11 a.m.

Posted on November 1st, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: rugby, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Rugby

I almost forgot to post a photo of what my neighbor’s pink flamingos have been up to this month. I’m guessing they will soon be turkeys.

Posted on October 31st, 2014 under only in ashland. Tags: Nikon 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D750, pink flamingos lawn ornaments. Comments Off on Halloween costumes for the pink flamingos

Ashland Halloween Parade

Today’s photo is from last year’s Halloween parade. It was sunny and warm for once. Not so this year. The forecast this afternoon is for rain and a high in the low 50s. I will have to take a rain check on this year’s parade anyway due to an appointment at the same time.

Posted on October 31st, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: halloween, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Ashland Halloween Parade 2014

SOU women’s basketball – Bree Park

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SOU’s basketball season kicks off today with the women’s game at 5:30 and the men’s game at 7:30 in Ashland. The women’s team is the pre-season pick to win the conference, and the men should contend too. Conference games won’t begin until December.

If you can’t make today’s games due to Halloween festivities or other pre-planned conflicts, they will also be playing at the same times on Saturday.

Posted on October 31st, 2014 under only in ashland. Tags: basketball, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Halloween Basketball

Insanity’s Reign

Club 66 sits adjacent to a cemetery. What better way to spend your Halloween evening than rocking by a cemetery? Check out the 2014 Halloween Bash tomorrow night @ Club 66. If you want to avoid expensive cover charges downtown, enjoy live music, and pay only $10 for a pitcher of beer then this is the place to spend your Halloween evening.

Posted on October 30th, 2014 under only in ashland. Tags: club 66, concert photography, insanity's reign. Comments Off on GreenStone, Insanity’s Reign, and Jr. Year Dropot @ Club 66 (Halloween)

jpg image, straight out of the camera

I have mentioned several times before that there are situations where images shot as jpgs are “throw aways” that had they been shot in RAW format could be salvaged.

Today’s comparison is one such example. With a rainbow outside a dimly-lit gym, I had the choice of shooting the rainbow and getting a nearly black gym (above) or shooting the action on the court and getting a white sky (not shown). By shooting in RAW I was able to process the above image to come up with what you see below.

Ashland High School volleyball – rainbow out gym window in front of Grizzly Peak

By the way, Ashland won last night, advanced to the Sweet 16 in state, and will be playing in St. Helens on Saturday. The winner moves on to the Elite 8 round.

Posted on October 29th, 2014 under nature, only in ashland, photography. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, ashland high school, grizzly peak, Nikon D750, photography, rainbow, raw vs. jpg jpeg, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on RAW vs jpg (#6 or 7 or something)

SOU Raiders – football and basketball schedules

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Posted on October 29th, 2014 under only in ashland. Tags: basketball, football, joel spear, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on Big sports weekend