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Lithia Park bridge
Model in Lithia Park
Today’s photo comes from a photo shoot I did just under a year ago for sohana.co.
SOU Women’s Soccer playing at The Master’s College today
Sydney Paulsen of the SOU Women’s Soccer Team
Today’s photo is from the 3-0 victory over Simpson this past Sunday in Ashland.
Southern Oregon University Commencement 2012 (part 2)
SOU graduates listen to commencement speaker Dr. William Cook
SOU faculty tent
Last shot of the day featuring the cap throwing at the end of commencement (more photos to come in a couple weeks)
Miguel Cabrera
Brandon McCarthy held Miguel Cabrera hitless last Saturday evening in Oakland. It isn’t often that Cabrera goes without a hit and strikes out twice. This is a guy who got on base 45% of the time last season and has finished in the top five of the AL MVP voting each of the past three years. But McCarthy had Cabrera checking his swing on several occasions. Cabrera didn’t like the strike call on one of his check swings and let the umpire know it. We could hear Cabrera still cussing all the way from the stands while Cabrera was getting ready to play defense the next inning.
How are your lip reading skills?
Ray LaMontagne
Brandi Carlile opened for Ray LaMontagne a few nights back at the Britt Festival. Although Ray was kind enough to provide me with a photo pass (as photography isn’t allowed at Britt without one), it (and all of the photo passes issued that evening) had the stipulation that photos could only be taken from this one spot (which was obviously far from the stage and only capable of capturing Ray’s backside or occasional profile).
One good thing about this vantage point is it can give you a good shot of the crowd too (with a wide angle lens).
I used my new 50mm 1.8 for this second shot. I think I could have gotten some great shots with it from my seat down front in what became lower light later, but I didn’t get to test out that possibility due to the rules.
Finally, at the maximum zoom in my bag (200mm), here is as close as I could get. The possibilities weren’t very numerous from a fixed point with a band that doesn’t move around or change expressions much, but I still had a great time and Ray and the Pariah Dogs sounded great.
I’ll give you more variety from Brandi here soon.
On Ensemble (part 3 of 3)
I have a bunch more photos, but only three videos, so this will wrap up On Ensemble at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival Green Show for now. The guys seemed to be having a really good time performing. Shoji Kameda, above, was laughing while playing at this point in the show.
This last video I took with my new 50mm lens. Hence, there is no zooming in and out. I don’t see any improvement in quality vs. my 18-200mm lens, but if the lighting wasn’t as good this lens may have been a better a choice. Actually, with the VR (vibration reduction) on the 18-200mm lens (since these were hand held videos) I think the 18-200mm VR provides a better image (in addition to the versatility) for video in good lighting.