PK Park – Eugene, Oregon – Home of Ducks Baseball

On Friday night the Ducks were on top of the world. With a 3-0 lead heading into the 9th inning, and a share of 1st place in the Pac-12 within sight, all seemed to be going their way. The Beavers then loaded the bases in time for this photo. The batter, Danny Hayes, hit a rocket to right that could have evened things up, or put the Beavers ahead, but the ball went foul. The Ducks hung on to win the game and move into a tie for first. However, losses on Saturday and Sunday to the Beavers make it unlikely that anyone will be able to catch the Oregon State team with just three conference games to go.

Posted on May 20th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: baseball, eugene, Nikon D600, Nikon Nikkor Wide-angle lens 24 mm F/2.8 D AF, panorama, photoshop photomerge, UofO. Comments Off on PK Park panorama

Oregon Baseball – Craig Meredith

I spent the past couple days in Eugene. Today’s photo is from yesterday’s Civil War game with Oregon State University at PK Park. It was a tight game until the last few innings when OSU opened up their offensive attack and ended up blowing out the Ducks 9-0. The winner of today’s game (at noon) in Eugene (the last in the three-game series) will likely win the Pac-12 Conference Championship. Both teams are ranked in the NCAA Top Ten.

I have a few hundred photos from the game. How many do you want to see?

Posted on May 19th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: baseball, eugene, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, sports photography, UofO. Comments Off on Oregon Ducks Baseball

Peter DeFazio Bicycle Bridge over the Willamette River

I spent this past weekend in Eugene. The weather on Saturday was fantastic. We walked some trails around Alton Baker Park and Skinner Butte Park. Near the Ferry Street Bridge you can walk over this foot (bike) bridge.

Posted on April 22nd, 2013 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: bridges, eugene, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Peter DeFazio Bicycle Bridge – Eugene, Oregon

U of O quad

During the two days I spent in Eugene late last week we saw almost 12 seconds of blue sky. Today’s photo (a photomerge of six photos actually) captures about half of those seconds.

If this looks familiar and you’ve never been on the campus, it may be because ESPN’s College Gameday has set up in this location on more than one occasion.

Posted on February 6th, 2013 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: eugene, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge, UofO. Comments Off on University of Oregon Memorial Quad facing Lillis Business Complex

Kyra Kelly and Zak Johnson of The Dead Americans @ Eugene, Oregon’s McDonald Theatre

Opening for Zepparella and Hells Belles earlier this month in Eugene was a local band called The Dead Americans.

Posted on January 27th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, eugene, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on The Dead Americans @ Eugene’s Historic McDonald Theatre

Gretchen Menn of Zepparella

Along with Hell’s Belles, Zepparella also played at the McDonald Theatre in Eugene this past Saturday night.

Zepparella at the McDonald Theatre – Eugene, Oregon – January 12, 2013

Clementine channeling John Bonham

Noelle Doughty knocking out the Led Zeppelin numbers with Robert Plant curls

Angeline Saris of Zepperella

Posted on January 15th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, eugene, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600, zepparella. Comments Off on Zepparella @ McDonald Theatre

Adrian Conner of Hell’s Belles doing Angus Young on her Gibson SG guitar

While in Eugene, I attended the Hell’s Belles and Zepparella show at the historic McDonald Theatre. There was no photo pit which made photography a challenge even with my photo pass. I’ll post some more photos from the show of Hell’s Belles here.

Posted on January 13th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, eugene, Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Hell’s Belles (AC/DC cover band)