Tombstone of Captain Thomas Smith

Ashland is apparently a smoky mess these days. I’ll be back in town in a couple weeks. Hopefully the skies will clear up soon. Today’s photo is from a foggy morning rather than a recent smoky day.

This headstone is rather interesting. It seems like the writing wasn’t completely planned, and the engraver added some words in after the fact. If you can’t read the words, try clicking on the image while on a larger screen.

Capt. Thos. Smith was born on the 14th of September in 1809 in Campbell, Kentucky and died on the 4th of November in 1892 in Ashland, Oregon. According to this site he did more than hold the savages at bay. He also started the Bank of Ashland.

Posted on August 3rd, 2013 under only in ashland. Tags: cemetery, national register of historic places, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Ashland Cemetery on a foggy morning

Bay Bridge Series 2013

I have only been to one MLB game this year, a Giants-A’s game back in May (pictured above). I have been to several professional baseball games in Asia though. This weekend I plan to see a different Giants team; the Lotte Giants (of Busan, South Korea) will be taking on the SK Wyverns. It will be my first time in Sajik Baseball Stadium which is supposedly the best baseball stadium in Korea.

Posted on July 25th, 2013 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: baseball, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, panorama, photoshop photomerge, san francisco. Comments Off on AT&T Park panorama

SOU Women’s Soccer Team

A couple weeks ago I was asked to take photos at the first, annual 2013 Black and Red All-Sports Awards Banquet. The event worked sort of like an academy awards show with the athletes in formal dress. Three players from each SOU sports team were part of the voting block. There were nominees for various awards like athlete of the year for each sport, play of the year, coach of the year, etc.

Today’s photo was taken after the event and includes much of the Women’s Soccer Team. The finalists for soccer athlete of the year were Alyssa Bricker and Stephanie Carr. I’ll show you the winner in a future post.

Posted on June 19th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: megan mcarthur, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports. Comments Off on Southern Oregon University Women’s Soccer Team

Sunrise in Spring at SOU

I’m not sure if it was a warm winter or a warm spring, but the blossoms hit their peak a week or two early this year. I took this earlier this week, but it doesn’t normally look like this until the first week of May.

Posted on April 27th, 2013 under only in ashland, places. Tags: campus, flowers, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, Southern Oregon University, spring. Comments: 1

Historic Ashland Armory

#AIFF13 Crowds were lining up to see “SPARK: A Burning Man Story” at the 2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival on the night I took today’s photo.

Posted on April 25th, 2013 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland independent film festival aiff, buildings, Historic Ashland Armory, national register of historic places, night photography, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Historic Ashland Armory

2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival – Historic Ashland Armory

Today’s photo is a reverse angle, taken a few hours earlier, of what I posted a couple days ago. I took this before the showing of “Ritual” (a short documentary) and “SPARK: A Burning Man Story.”

Posted on April 13th, 2013 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: ashland independent film festival aiff, national register of historic places, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge, signs. Comments Off on Historic Ashland Armory packed and ready for Burning Man

Cherry blossoms at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

Posted on April 12th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, oregon shakespeare festival, spring. Comments Off on Springtime in Ashland

Historic Ashland Armory all cleaned up and ready for another day of films

I was a volunteer photographer at this year’s AIFF. The project consumed more of my time than I was expecting, but one of the rewards was being able to see things that typical attendees of the festival miss. One of those things is what the Ashland Armory looks like at midnight, after the final showing of the day, after being cleaned up and prepared for the next day of events.

Posted on April 11th, 2013 under only in ashland, places. Tags: ashland independent film festival aiff, national register of historic places, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on 2013 Ashland Independent Film Festival is over

Nic Temple @ 14mm

If you are in the Ashland area on April 20, you can hear Nic play at the Duo piano recital: Nic Temple & Jon Hays.

Posted on April 10th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: music, Nic Temple, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, sou performances. Comments Off on More pics from Nic Temple’s piano recital