A few days ago I took a friend to the Medford airport at 4:30 a.m. On my way home I took a bunch of pictures of Ashland just before the sun began to make its appearance. Today is the first of those images. I took it from Oak Street. This is the Ashland Railroad District. The building to the left is the A Street Marketplace which is 100 years old this year (built in 1910). For most of that time it was home to Oak Street Tank And Steel. In 2000 it was remodeled and turned into the current A Street Marketplace which has restaurants, a theater, and more.

Posted on August 21st, 2010 under only in ashland, places. Tags: buildings, night photography. Comments: 1

I always seem to get really bad jet lag. This trip home has been no exception. The jet lag seems to get worse before it gets better. It’s 4 in the morning on night 3 after returning, and I’ve been wide awake since 2 so I decided to take this pic from the back deck instead of lay in bed any longer. The photo didn’t come out very well. Things looked far more magical in person. With my natural eyes I could see the Milky Way, and the moon is a beautiful crescent. I guess I need a tripod, less moisture in the air, and/or a better camera to make this shot really work.

Can you see the Seven Sisters (Pleiads)?

Posted on August 6th, 2010 under nature. Tags: home, night photography. Comments Off on Jet lag

A photograph from last year’s fireworks display… Not bad considering I didn’t have a tripod.

Posted on May 15th, 2010 under only in ashland. Tags: fireworks, July 4, night photography. Comments Off on Fireworks

I’ve spent much of this month in China. For more on my adventures in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China click here.

Posted on March 26th, 2010 under places. Tags: night photography. Comments Off on China

From Tokyo…

Posted on January 2nd, 2010 under people, places. Tags: night photography. Comments: 1

Continuing the series I began a couple weeks ago, here are some downtown businesses long before they opened for the day.

Another photo of The Black Sheep can be found here.

If you have a large screen, click on the image for a bigger view so you can see your options with Noah’s River Adventures. Do you want to go down the Rogue River, Klamath River, or Salmon River today?

Posted on September 2nd, 2009 under only in ashland, places. Tags: buildings, night photography, plaza, signs. Comments: 1

At long last I will finish this series with a bang. I took this one on the Fourth. However, if you want to see fireworks in Southern Oregon on the day before the Fourth you can at Lake of the Woods. Those are even better thanks to the reflection.

Posted on August 5th, 2009 under only in ashland. Tags: fireworks, July 4, lx3, night photography. Comments: 4

I always assumed that on fancy firework displays a button was pushed and everything went off like a computer program. It appears that each one is being lit individually. Thanks for these “behind the scenes” shots Amanda.

I’ll complete the Independence Day series tomorrow with a shot taken at the same time as the above from a mile away.

Posted on August 4th, 2009 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Amanda Bullock, fireworks, July 4, night photography. Comments Off on The lighting of the pyrotechnics

I thought I’d mix things up in this series by jumping forward 12 hours to some fireworks that happened later on the 4th. We watched them from the hill just below the Science Building on the SOU campus.

I tried a bunch of different options for taking pictures of fireworks on my LX3. Once again, the setting that worked the best was the default “ia” mode. The SCN Fireworks mode didn’t come out as good.

Posted on July 10th, 2009 under only in ashland. Tags: July 4, lx3, night photography. Comments Off on Ashland Fireworks