@CraterLakeNPS #WinterIsComing #CraterLake

The temperature is supposed to hit the 90s today and the next couple days so here is something to cool those of you in the Rogue Valley off.

Posted on September 25th, 2018 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: crater lake, Nikon D750, Rokinon 14mm Ultra Wide-Angle f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens For Nikon, snow, winter. Comments Off on Two and a half years ago…

@CraterLakeNPS #highway62

Weather forecast for Ashland today is 100 degrees and very unhealthy smoke conditions.

Today’s photo comes from a trip I took to Crater Lake in March of 2016. I wouldn’t mind those conditions right now.

Posted on August 8th, 2018 under outside of ashland. Tags: crater lake, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, snow, winter. Comments Off on Wish you were here

Crater Lake

Since this photo was taken several feet of snow have fallen.

Posted on March 25th, 2018 under nature, outside of ashland, photography, places. Tags: crater lake, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, snow, winter. Comments Off on Two weeks ago at Crater Lake

Posted on January 19th, 2018 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: crater lake, landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Crater Lake

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @Kelsee_R @margothamman @HoytMakayla

According to Flickr “favorites” these were my top five photos of 2017 from Southern Oregon.

For prior years click here.

Posted on December 24th, 2017 under photography. Tags: arianna daniel, crater lake, Kelsey Randall, Makayla Hoyt, margot hamman, Raider Athletics, Rakayla Tyler, softball, track and field, volleyball. Comments Off on Top photos of 2017

Sunset looking away from Crater Lake

Thursday I headed to Crater Lake, and surrounding areas, with two goals. I failed to reach either goal.

My first goal was to snowshoe to Muir Creek Falls from the Claude Lewis Trailhead parking lot. Didn’t quite happen. More on that later.

My second goal was to capture a sunset, for the first time, at Crater Lake. Today’s photo is as close as I got. Those clouds on the right covered the lake and turned into thick fog as well just minutes after I took this photo. I had high hopes too, as Crater Lake looked like this less than an hour before sundown.

Posted on March 26th, 2016 under nature, outside of ashland, photography, places. Tags: crater lake, Nikon D750, Rokinon 14mm Ultra Wide-Angle f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens For Nikon, snow, sunset, trees, winter. Comments Off on Snowy sunset

Guanajuato MiM group @ Crater Lake

@SOUAshland @UdeGuanajuato

Last summer I taught in Guanajuato, Mexico for SOU’s MiM program. One MiM student from Ashland traveled to Mexico to take the class. The Mexican students got to thinking that they should do what that Ashland student did and take a MiM class in Ashland. So this summer most of my class from last summer came to Ashland and took a class. On their off day we went to Crater Lake.

Posted on August 24th, 2015 under nature, outside of ashland, people. Tags: crater lake, guanajuato mexico, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on UG MiM students @ Crater Lake

Posted on August 12th, 2015 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: crater lake, mount thielsen, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750. Comments Off on Chilling

Snowshoeing on Crater Lake’s West Rim Drive

Although Crater Lake’s snow pack is less than 30% of normal for this time of year, it is one of the few places in Southern Oregon with any snow. After bailing on our attempt to snowshoe near the Upper Rogue River due to lack of snow, we did enjoy a walk from the Rim Village to Discovery Point in 60 degree temperatures. Snowshoes weren’t absolutely necessary, but they were useful at times.

Posted on January 28th, 2015 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: crater lake, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, snow, sun star, winter. Comments Off on West Rim Drive in winter