My little girl is in a volleyball tournament on the Oregon Coast this weekend. Today’s photo is from this past Thursday night in the Ashland High School Gym.

Posted on October 21st, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland high school, ellie, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4, sports, volleyball. Comments Off on Celebrating the kill

The high school sports continue today. I’m heading over to AHS in a bit for my daughter’s JV volleyball game. Today’s photo is from a tournament at Phoenix High School a few weeks ago.

Posted on September 27th, 2012 under people. Tags: ashland high school, ellie, nikon d7000, sports, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, volleyball. Comments Off on Ashland High School Volleyball

Posted on September 24th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: ashland high school, ellie, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4, sports, volleyball. Comments Off on Service ace

Pelican Bay is most famous for its prison, but just a couple miles from the prison, on Pelican Bay itself, is a decent beach. And, yes, that is a pelican in the distance.

Posted on September 18th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: beach, california, ellie, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, volleyball. Comments Off on Pelican Bay

Rogue Ales (aka Rogue Brewery) began in Ashland back in the 1980s. They are now located in Newport, Oregon (nowhere near the Rogue Valley or the Rogue River), but they have kept the name. Today’s photo is from their location in the Portland Airport (Rogue Ales at the Portland Airport (PDX)).

Posted on July 29th, 2012 under people. Tags: ellie, nikon d7000, portland, ryan, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Rogue Brewery

Today wraps up SOU’s volleyball camp which has been happening this week. Last week it was a volleyball camp at Oregon State University. August will be filled with practices and tryouts for the Ashland High School team. Exciting times…

Posted on July 26th, 2012 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: ashland middle school, ellie, nikon d7000, Southern Oregon University, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon, volleyball. Comments Off on 2012 SOU Volleyball Camp

You have to feel sorry for the ump at moments just after these…

Posted on June 11th, 2012 under people. Tags: ellie, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, softball. Comments Off on Timing is everything

It’s now May so the temperatures are a bit warmer on average, but that doesn’t mean we’ve seen the last of the snow or that there isn’t still a lot of snow on Mt. Ashland. In fact, there is more snow up on Mount A now (and the ski season ended on April 22) than when I took today’s photo back in January, when there was such a lack of snow on Mt. Ashland the slopes were not open for skiing. For the photo just after this one click here.

Posted on May 1st, 2012 under nature, only in ashland, people, places. Tags: ellie, mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, snow, winter. Comments Off on Mt. Ashland sledding

Today’s photo of Ellie is from the archives. Diamond Lake and Mount Bailey won’t look like this for another four or five months. As we continue through this cold and wet Spring Break one can only dream of the slowly approaching summer.

Posted on March 27th, 2012 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: ellie, mountains, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, water. Comments Off on Diamond Lake