While the parade was going on this past week, a couple of Ashland’s police officers were standing in front of me. A lady ran over to them and said something. They followed her and moments later they had Wesley Hoseclaw in handcuffs. Since this was right in the middle of the parade route the parade marshals held things up farther up Siskiyou Blvd. A fuller story of why this arrest took place can now be found in the Ashland Daily Tidings.

Posted on July 8th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: July 4, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Wesley Hoseclaw arrested during Ashland’s 4th of July parade

Musichead had three bands play last night. The fourth cancelled. First up was Exsanguination from Brookings.

Jenna Jameson drum kit

small but appreciative crowd

Posted on July 8th, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: medford, music, musichead, nikon d7000, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Exsanguination @ Musichead

Close up of F-15 flyover

Stan Smith car

Dave Nourie

Posted on July 7th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: July 4, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, nikon d7000, parade, Southern Oregon University, stan smith. Comments Off on Photos from Ashland’s 4th of July Parade

Posted on July 4th, 2012 under only in ashland. Tags: ashland middle school, fireworks, July 4, night photography, nikon d7000, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Ashland fireworks

I had only been to one of the four prior Ashland 4th of July parades until today.

SOU parade entry

Before that I don’t think I had missed more than one during the first eight years we lived in Ashland.

The Macaroni’s band is still in the parade.

I’ll post some more photos from this event over the next week.

Posted on July 4th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: July 4, Nikkor 70-300mm VR, nikon d7000, parade. Comments Off on Ashland’s annual 4th of July Parade – 2012

Robert Ellis

In New York City in the summer they have a series of (mostly free) concerts called SummerStage. My wife wanted to see Alabama Shakes. I wasn’t planning on taking photos, but I was heading over to Citi Field in Queens to catch the Mets and Yankees game later in the day so I had my camera with long lenses in the bag.

Ryan Chavez on drums

The first band on the bill was Robert Ellis. We weren’t very close to the stage, but with a crop sensor DSLR (Nikon D7000), 70-200mm lens, and 1.7X teleconverter, I didn’t need to be to take these shots.

Geoffrey Muller, bass

Wil Van Horn, pedal steel guitar

Kelly Doyle, guitar

Posted on July 3rd, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7X II for Nikon, concert photography, music, new york, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Robert Ellis (& The Boys)

Posted on July 2nd, 2012 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: AF-S Teleconverter TC-17E 1.7X II for Nikon, baseball, new york, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Cody Eppley

Sunset from Brooklyn's Dumbo (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)

We had some crazy weather on our trip to New York. In addition to the heat I mentioned yesterday, we had some thunder and lightning. After a downpour, I took today’s photo. We had planned to walk back over the Brooklyn Bridge (on the left) after dinner in DUMBO, but another storm hit before we finished eating so we took the subway instead.

That’s the Manhattan Bridge on the right over the East River. In the distance, you can see the new WTC 1 nearing completion.

My friend Nelson made some minor adjustments to my original photo to come up with what you see pictured above.

Posted on July 1st, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: new york, nikon d7000, sunset, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on New York sunset

Panorama view from Section 224, Row 1 in New Yankee Stadium

The year was probably 1977 or 1978. I was about 9 years old. The setting was my home, and I was watching TV–not just any TV, but the NBC baseball “Game of the Week” which came on most Saturdays after “This Week in Baseball.” Mickey Rivers was the batter, and the location was Yankee Stadium. The field looked frightfully hot as the players were sweating and the sun danced off of Rivers’ helmet in strange ways. At that moment I subconsciously put a visit to Yankee Stadium on my bucket list.

Flash forward 30-something years and I was in a similar scene. Rivers wasn’t batting and Yankee Stadium got a face lift, but the sun and heat were the same. I took today’s photo (photos actually as this is a photomerge of 10 wide angle pics) 10 days ago. The reason the seats around me are mostly open was because it was brutally hot–over 95 degrees with high humidity. I could only stand it for a couple innings myself, and then I moved to a shady seat on the first base side.

Tommy Hanson was pitching for the Atlanta Braves and Derek Jeter was at bat for the New York Yankees in the above picture. I was actually much closer to the field than the photo makes things appear. The first row of the second deck (main level) is a wonderful place to sit (if the weather is reasonable) as you have tons of leg room, no one walks in front of you, and you are closer to the field than any other second deck (that I’ve been on) in baseball.

Posted on June 30th, 2012 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: baseball, new york, nikon d7000, panorama, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 AT-X 116 Pro DX Autofocus Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Yankee Stadium panorama