Six Flags Discovery Kingdom – Vallejo, California – aerial view

Back when I was a kid, I would go to Marine World which changed its name to Marine World Africa USA when I was an older kid. We drove across the bay to Redwood City on those occasions. At some point Marine World moved to Vallejo. And at some point after that it went through a series of name changes and is now called Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and looks nothing like the Marine World I once knew.

I took today’s photo from a small airplane on my way back to Ashland in late May.

Posted on July 17th, 2013 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: aerial, california, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Six Flags Vallejo

In late May I flew down to Oakland in a friend’s private plane. Soon after takeoff from the Ashland Municipal Airport this was the view out the window.

Posted on July 11th, 2013 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: aerial, clouds, mount mcloughlin, Mt. McLaughlin, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Flying by Mount McLoughlin

Posted on July 9th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Mt. Ashland from Helman Elementary School

4th of July fireworks from Ashland Middle School

Posted on July 5th, 2013 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland middle school, fireworks, July 4, night photography, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on 4th of July fireworks

Tyler Loney of Spellcaster

On July 2, Spellcaster will be playing at Musichead in Medford. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend as I will be about 6,000 miles away in South Korea. Today’s photo is from the last time I saw them. Tyler Loney played guitar at the time. Now he does the lead vocals.

Also performing at this show will be the debut of Sylent Storm.

Posted on June 29th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: concert photography, johnny b's, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4, spellcaster. Comments Off on Spellcaster returns to Southern Oregon

A friend and former (accounting) student of mine recently got into photography. Here is a sunset photo he took in Brookings, Oregon a couple months ago. For more of his photos on Flickr go here.

Posted on June 28th, 2013 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: brookings, sunset. Comments Off on Brookings

Mount Shasta from snowy Mount Ashland

Thinks are heating up around Ashland so I’m sharing a blast from the coldness of this past winter today.

(Actually, I have no idea if things are heating up in Ashland, but they should be this time of year. I created this post weeks ago, and am now in Japan so I don’t know what the weather is like in Ashland. This post has been preset to post on June 22. Hopefully it does, and hopefully I’m having a blast on my way to Korea.)

Posted on June 22nd, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: mt. ashland, mt. shasta, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, snow, winter. Comments Off on Snowshoeing on Mt. Ashland

Raider Stadium @ SOU’s Graduation Ceremony

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Southern Oregon University’s Commencement 2013

The most popular post on this blog for the past year has been my entry featuring graduation cap ideas from last year’s commencement (with over 1,500 single page hits and that doesn’t count views from the main page or any tag-type pages). So on Monday, while I’m laying over in LAX between home and Japan, I will add an entry featuring many grad cap decorations from this year’s graduation ceremony. Stay tuned…

Posted on June 15th, 2013 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: campus, commencement, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, Nikon D600, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on 2013 Commencement @ Southern Oregon University

Emigrant Lake and Pilot Rock – Ashland, Oregon

Posted on June 14th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: emigrant lake, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, pilot rock. Comments Off on Pilot Rock from Emigrant Lake