Christmas decorations at Hyatt Regency in San Francisco

Posted on December 13th, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: christmas, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, san francisco. Comments Off on ‘Tis the season

Santa counts down with the town before flipping the switch to light one million lights from the balcony at Alex’s Restaurant.

Posted on November 24th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: christmas, festival of light, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Countdown to the Grand Illumination

Perhaps the best place to check out Christmas light displays in Southern Oregon

We headed up to Medford and Greystone Court on December 30 to check out the holiday light spectacle. It was raining and Christmas was over so it wasn’t very crowded. I hear it was crazy the week before.

Posted on January 3rd, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: christmas, night photography, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments Off on Christmas Lights on Greystone Court in Medford

These pretty presents aren’t going to remain in their pretty, wrapped, under-the-tree state for much longer…

Posted on December 25th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: christmas, Nikon 85mm f/1.4 lens. Comments Off on Merry Christmas!

Aimee Mann at Britt Festival 2011

Posted on December 24th, 2011 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: aimee mann, britt festivals, christmas. Comments: 1

Real pine cones on our Christmas tree this year!

As mentioned previously, we cut down our own tree this year. The best part of this year’s tree is it includes pine cones–real pine cones, still attached pine cones.

Posted on December 23rd, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: christmas, Nikon 85mm f/1.4 lens, trees. Comments Off on Christmas tree

Sigma 24-70mmD F/2.8 EX DG Lens for Nikon - low light, indoors, no flash, no artificial lighting of any kind EXIF: f/5.6, 1/40 second, 24mm, ISO 6400

I have six lenses as the moment, which is too many, so I’m looking to move a couple on Craigslist. I took a few shots with my Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 lens and Nikon D7000 this morning. I’ll take some more after dark for additional samples to potential buyers.

Sigma 24-70mmD F/2.8 EX DG AF Lens for Nikon - low light, indoors, no flash, no artificial lighting of any kind EXIF: f/2.8, 1/125 second, 70mm, ISO 6400

Sigma 24-70mmD F/2.8 EX DG Lens for Nikon - low light, indoors, no flash, no artificial lighting of any kind EXIF: f/5.6, 1/50 second, 70mm, ISO 6400

Posted on December 23rd, 2011 under Uncategorized. Tags: christmas, sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. Comments Off on Christmas decorations with my Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 lens

Ashland Springs Hotel at night during December

Moments after taking this photo there was a nasty fender bender in front of Starbucks. No one was hurt, but the sound of the cars crashing, glass breaking, etc. was pretty scary.

Posted on December 12th, 2011 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland springs hotel, christmas, night photography, Tamron 10-24mm lens. Comments: 1

Christmas Trees at U-Cut Christmas Tree Farm on the border of Phoenix and Medford, Oregon covered in hoarfrost

We cut down our Christmas tree this past Sunday. The temperature was 28 degrees in the early afternoon and the fog was rather thick. The trees were covered in fog freeze. Even after driving home to Ashland and letting the tree sit out in the sun for the rest of the day the tree was still covered in hoarfrost. We finally brought it in before dark and stood the tree up over a bunch of towels in our living room. It sounded like it was raining in our house for the next half hour as the fog freeze finally melted.

Posted on December 6th, 2011 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: christmas, fog, trees. Comments Off on Picking the perfect tree (or A Natural Flocking)