Stoneburner will be playing Club 66 in Ashland on May 30, 2013.

Today’s pics are from their show on March 16 at Johnny B’s.

Posted on March 18th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, johnny b's, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon 50mm f/1.2 Nikkor AI-S Manual Focus Lens, Nikon D600, stoneburner pdx. Comments Off on More Stoneburner (PDX) pics

Tomorrow Ellie has her second to last mOcean volleyball tournament of the season. Today’s photo is from the last tournament. Her 15U team went undefeated until losing to a 17U team.

Posted on March 2nd, 2013 under outside of ashland, people, places. Tags: ellie, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, volleyball. Comments Off on Central Medford High School Volleyball Tournament

SOU’s Plunkett Center (home of the SOU Foundation) in the snow

The snow has all melted in Ashland now, but we are heading up to Mount Ashland for some fun in the snow today. Today’s photo was the scene on my way to campus this past Tuesday morning.

Posted on February 24th, 2013 under only in ashland, places. Tags: campus, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, snow, Southern Oregon University, winter. Comments Off on Southern Oregon University’s Plunkett Center in the snow

Light snow covering Ashland, Oregon

Today’s photo is from this past Thursday. I took it from near the intersection of Clay Street and Ashland Street.

Posted on February 23rd, 2013 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: grizzly peak, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, snow, winter. Comments Off on Snow in Ashland

Witch Cult @ Musichead

Last night’s bill at Musichead in Medford featured five bands. Witch Cult got things started. They play in Ashland this next Wednesday night.

Posted on February 22nd, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, musichead, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, witch cult. Comments Off on Witch Cult @ Musichead

The plaza in Downtown Ashland was once covered in trees. Right now there is nothing but a big mud hole. Apparently, one of the trees was diseased and another had some sort of future problem. So nearly everything has been ripped out, and a new plaza will be emerging in the next few months. Things are supposed to look good again by the end of March.

Today’s photo is of the last glimpse of one of the now gone trees. This tree was the last one in town to retain its autumn leaves–well into December.

Posted on January 29th, 2013 under only in ashland. Tags: Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, plaza. Comments Off on Ashland’s Plaza before the face lift

Actor Jerome Preston Bates @ Ashland’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration

La Clinica Health Care board president, Phil Michael, one of many “community protectors”

Actress Christina Acosta Robinson reads and sings @ Martin Luther King, Junior Holiday Celebration

Ashland Armory crowd waits for the celebration to begin

More photos from Ashland’s MLK Birthday Celebration can be found here.

Posted on January 21st, 2013 under only in ashland, people, places. Tags: Ashland Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, oregon shakespeare festival, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on Photos from Ashland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Celebration 2013

Major Jones rocking Roscoe’s BBQ on 1/19/13

A friend was telling me that I would like Major Jones after happening upon them at Roscoe’s BBQ in Phoenix (between Ashland and Medford) one evening. So last night we headed up old Highway 99 to check them out. By the time they played Black Sabbath’s “Fairies Wear Boots” (about their fourth or fifth song of their nearly three hour set) I realized I had a new favorite local band to follow. Their original songs sounded great, and they covered Robin Trower, The Ramones, Cliff Burton-era Metallica (twice), Radiohead, AC/DC, and Motorhead.

(from left to right) Skinny, Matt, Travis, and Kelly of Major Jones

I had given up hope of recording video with a DSLR when the results from my D7000 were so underwhelming. I heard bad things about the audio with the D600 so I hadn’t even bothered to try. However, last night, just for kicks since I could set my camera on a table, I tried taking a couple of short video clips with the default settings and no external mic. The results came out better than my D7000 with an external mic! So now I have to consider actually trying to take decent videos with my Nikon D600 using something better than the default settings and with an external microphone.

Posted on January 20th, 2013 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, major jones, music, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, video. Comments Off on Major Jones @ Roscoe’s BBQ

Mount McLoughlin from Peabody’s Wayback

I went on my third snowshoeing adventure yesterday. I parked at Buck Prairie, snowshoed Peabody’s Wayback, and the location above is at or near Peabody’s Lookout. I never saw a sign that said Peabody’s Lookout so I may not have actually made it there. The trail ran out at this point so I headed straight down the mountain and ended up between the restroom and Natasha’s View on the map so I figure I was close to Peabody’s Lookout.

In the distance in today’s panorama photo you can see a portion of snowed over Howard Prairie Lake and beyond that Mt. McLoughlin on the left and Brown Mountain on the right. Next time I’ll have to bring my 70-300mm lens instead of my 14-24mm lens for a much more close up view of these beauties.

Posted on January 19th, 2013 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: buck prairie, howard prairie lake, mount mcloughlin, Mt. McLaughlin, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, panorama, photoshop photomerge, snow, winter. Comments: 1