Nine-photo photomerge from the Santa Barbara County Courthouse

According to the TripAdvisor website, the best attraction in Santa Barbara is the nearly one-hundred-year-old Santa Barbara Courthouse. Today’s photo is about 200 degrees of the view from the top of the clock tower. The Santa Ynez Mountains, pictured in this panorama, were our next stop.

December 26th, 2013 | Tags: california, mountains, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge, Santa Barbara | Category: outside of ashland, places | Comments Off on Santa Barbara panorama

snowy backyard in Ashland, Oregon

I’m sure it’s a white Christmas somewhere, maybe even in Ashland, but in Santa Barbara, no one even considers the thought. Today’s photo comes from the snow storm that hit Ashland almost three weeks ago. It still hadn’t fully melted when we left for California on December 21.

December 25th, 2013 | Tags: christmas, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, snow, winter | Category: nature, only in ashland | Comments Off on White Christmas

I’m guessing Jolene isn’t looking for any orders today or tomorrow, but here was the scene at my house last week.

December 24th, 2013 | Tags: bokeh, christmas, food, jolene's sweets, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, trees | Category: only in ashland | Comments Off on Jolene’s Sweets for Christmas

Blue Light @ Club 66

December 23rd, 2013 | Tags: club 66, concert photography, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600 | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Blue Light (band)

Southern Oregon University in snow

The campus is quiet now, very quiet. So quiet that I’m not even there. I’m in sunny California.

Today’s photo is from a couple weeks ago when it was also very quiet even though school was still on. Actually, it was cancelled on this day due to the snow.

December 22nd, 2013 | Tags: campus, Nikon D600, sigma 85mm f/1.4, snow, Southern Oregon University, winter | Category: only in ashland, places | Comments Off on SOU campus in snow

Newport Beach sunset before the storm

We are heading to Southern California for Christmas this year. It has been more than a year and a half since I have been there (when I took today’s photo), and it will be the first time I have been to Santa Barbara, which is where we will be staying. Hopefully the weather is at least seasonably warm, with maybe even a little unseasonably warmness thrown in for good measure.

December 21st, 2013 | Tags: newport beach, nikon d7000, sunset | Category: outside of ashland | Comments Off on California dreaming

SOU Women’s Basketball
Kristen Schoenherr

This weekend’s series weren’t going to be easy for the SOU basketball teams despite their high NAIA rankings. The women lost to (also ranked) Eastern Oregon University 102-78 earlier tonight despite 15 points from Kristen Schoenherr. The men’s game has just begun.

December 20th, 2013 | Tags: basketball, Kristen Schoenherr, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography | Category: people | Comments Off on SOU women fall to EOU on road

SOU football
Trevor Kuyper

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Sydney Paulsen
SOU Women’s Soccer

SOU Volleyball
Brookelynn Cole

SOU Football vs Eastern Oregon
Heston Altenbach

SOU Volleyball
Sam Boehnke

SOU Football vs. Montana Northern
Daniel Breaux

December 20th, 2013 | Tags: football, Heston Altenbach, Raider Athletics, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, volleyball | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on SOU’s Scholar Athletes

SOU’s basketball teams, who are a combined 24-2 at this point, hit the road for CCC games this weekend. Tonight they play in La Grande, Oregon before heading to Caldwell, Idaho for tomorrow’s games.

December 20th, 2013 | Tags: basketball, kyle tedder, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography | Category: people | Comments Off on SOU @ EOU tonight