
As mentioned previously, I’m out of town this week and next. If all went well I’ve been in New York City for a few hours at the time this post hits the internet.
For the next seven days, or so, I’ll post a photo (or sequence of photos showing a tackle from beginning to end) a day of the Prom Dress Rugby match that took place in Ashland on June 9. Enjoy!
June 18th, 2012 | Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, rugby, Southern Oregon University | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Prom dress women’s rugby week

SOU graduates listen to commencement speaker Dr. William Cook

SOU faculty tent


Last shot of the day featuring the cap throwing at the end of commencement (more photos to come in a couple weeks)
June 17th, 2012 | Tags: campus, commencement, nikon d7000, people, Southern Oregon University, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Southern Oregon University Commencement 2012 (part 2)

A blazing sun over SOU's soon-to-be graduates as the students line up and prepare to enter Raider Stadium


Southern Oregon University graduates file into their seats

Emile Amarotico, representing the SOU Alumni Association, welcomes Southern Oregon University grads into the fold
June 16th, 2012 | Tags: commencement, Southern Oregon University | Category: only in ashland, people, places | Comments Off on SOU Class of 2012 photos (part 1)

Tomorrow is the big day–Southern Oregon University’s annual commencement. I’ll post photos from the 2012 graduation ceremony on the blog beginning tomorrow afternoon.
June 15th, 2012 | Tags: commencement, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, Southern Oregon University | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Congratulations to SOU’s graduating class!

Today’s photo is of about 250-300 degrees worth of landscape. This picture is a photomerge from this past Saturday at our school (SOU), year-end party. I took about 11 photos to make up this panorama. Unfortunately, I took them horizontally (and I should have taken them vertically to get in more sky/ground) which meant that in order to crop them into a proper, rectangular pic I’d have to crop out the sun. Instead I just left the photomerged version as is without a crop.
As this photo was taken from the south side of Ashland, you can’t see Mt. Ashland (the Siskiyous are in the way) or many of the other items you normally see in my panoramas taken from the east side of Ashland like the Ashland Springs Hotel, etc. You can see Pilot Rock to the left if you click on the photo for a much higher resolution version.
June 13th, 2012 | Tags: clouds, panorama, pilot rock, sun, sun star, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon | Category: nature, only in ashland, places | Comments Off on Party panorama

Southern Oregon University Prom Dress Rugby Game
Following in the traditions of generations of mothers and grandmothers, the SOU Women’s Rugby team put on their finest prom dresses and headed out to the rugby pitch this past Saturday afternoon. It was supposed to be a friendly game, but the sounds coming from the field and the hits being applied seemed far from civil.
Next week I will be in New York, so while I’m gone I think I will pre-blog a week’s worth of photos from the prom dress rugby event to keep you entertained in my absence.
June 12th, 2012 | Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, rugby, Southern Oregon University | Category: only in ashland, people | Comments Off on Prom Dress Rugby

You have to feel sorry for the ump at moments just after these…
June 11th, 2012 | Tags: ellie, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, softball | Category: people | Comments Off on Timing is everything