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I spent the past few nights in the San Francisco Bay Area. A couple of those were spent at the Silverado Resort in Napa, a place I hadn’t visited since my wedding reception 20 years ago. I woke up early the first morning to see if I could get some sunrise photos. Unfortunately, the sun never rose; we had nothing but clouds the entire time in Napa. I still got some decent pics I’ll be sharing with you.
I purchased a new 35mm lens, and it arrived a few days ago. Today’s photo is one of my test shots I took in my front yard.
Much of the lens was paid for with an Amazon.com gift certificate that I won from Tokyo Mango so thanks Tokyo Mango!
No students on campus this past week since it was Spring Break. The only sign of life at SOU was my shadow.
Jordyn Kurtz pitching for the SOU Raiders
The SOU Women’s Softball Team has doubleheaders Saturday and Sunday. I’m off to California for a few days so I will miss them.
I previously mentioned how I was getting better results working with RAW files in concert lighting situations. When going through my jpg image results I almost deleted the above image because the amazing clouds my eyes saw were totally ruined in the jpg file. Before hitting delete, however, I decided to see what I could do with the RAW file. Here is the result:
Today’s photo of Ellie is from the archives. Diamond Lake and Mount Bailey won’t look like this for another four or five months. As we continue through this cold and wet Spring Break one can only dream of the slowly approaching summer.
This time of year, you never know what you are going to get. One day it’s sunny and warm; the next it’s cold and snowy.
A couple weeks back I went to see 100 Watt Mind and Eric McFadden at the Historic Ashland Armory. I didn’t bring my camera that evening. The sound for that show was, once again, disappointing. The Eric McFadden Trio still put on a great show.
Fast forward to a few nights back and Umphrey’s McGee performed on the same stage. I don’t know if it was the fact that they brought a ton of their own equipment or if it was putting the mixing board on the floor, but the sound was fantastic–a first for the half dozen or so shows I’ve seen at the Ashland Armory.
Jake Cinninger of Umphrey's McGee
I was unfamiliar with Umphrey’s McGee, but that didn’t matter. They were fantastic. I especially enjoyed the cover of Pink Floyd’s “In the Flesh.” I’ll be seeing Roger Waters perform it again in less than two months.
Brendan Bayliss of Umphrey's McGee
Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee
For more photos of Umphrey’s McGee from the same performance click here.
