2014 NAIA Football National Champions – Southern Oregon University Raiders

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football #ThrowbackThursday

BTW, there are a couple photo books remaining here.

Some of you may have found your way here through the link on souraiders.com. I have had several people email me asking questions about buying prints or about finding all of my photos for a certain sport.

The photos I post here are a small fraction of the photos I actually have. If you would like to print any of the photos on this blog, you are welcome to do so at no charge. Be sure to click on the photo to get to the higher resolution size which will print with more quality. If you want to use them on the web (Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, etc.), you are welcome to do so if you link back to traveljapanblog.com/ashland with the photo or link back to the URL with source of the photo.

If you would like me to search through all of my photos and send you photos of the particular athlete you are looking for I charge a reasonable fee for the time it takes me to find all of those photos and to process them for you. I do not normally sell prints. I email you the high quality electronic files in .jpg format, and you can do the printing and framing yourself through a local or online service. My email is on this page or you can comment (leave a reply) to a blog entry to communicate.

To find all of my photos for a particular sport, use the following links. Click on “Older Entries” near the bottom-left of each page to view more photos.
football
basketball
softball
volleyball (includes some club and high school volleyball too)
soccer
wrestling
Track and Field – Coming in April 2015…

Posted on March 31st, 2015 under people. Tags: football, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, photoshop photomerge, Raider Athletics, Ryan Retzlaff. Comments Off on #TBT

@SOURaiders @SOU_Softball

The SOU softball team’s Spring “Break” consists of six games. They were supposed to play two today in Eugene, but those were rained out. They will play two tomorrow in Klamath Falls. Friday and Saturday will feature doubleheaders in Ashland. I’m on my way to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho for my Spring Break so I won’t see any of these games.

Posted on March 24th, 2015 under only in ashland, people. Tags: grizzly peak, Nikon AF‑S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G lens, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, Raider Athletics, softball, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, spring. Comments Off on Four softball games at home this week

7-photo photomerge of Beatty, Oregon

Posted on March 1st, 2015 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: beatty, clouds, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, panorama, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on Beatty panorama

Snowshoeing on Crater Lake’s West Rim Drive

Although Crater Lake’s snow pack is less than 30% of normal for this time of year, it is one of the few places in Southern Oregon with any snow. After bailing on our attempt to snowshoe near the Upper Rogue River due to lack of snow, we did enjoy a walk from the Rim Village to Discovery Point in 60 degree temperatures. Snowshoes weren’t absolutely necessary, but they were useful at times.

Posted on January 28th, 2015 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: crater lake, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, snow, sun star, winter. Comments Off on West Rim Drive in winter

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

Fun fact #2: When all is said and done, SOU will have played 15 football games this year–50% more games than many teams. Most NAIA teams play 10 or 11 games in a season.

Posted on December 12th, 2014 under outside of ashland, photography. Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, panorama, photoshop photomerge, Raider Athletics, sports photography. Comments Off on 7 days to Daytona

2014 SOU football senior day panorama – click on the photo for a much higher resolution version

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Drew Gibson

Ronald Rylance

Coach Howard and Austin Dodge

Daniel Breaux

Laurence Calcagno

Michael Bryant

Dylan Young

Steven Josephson

Nick Tatom

Colton Grimwood

Dustin Fretwell and Coach Howard

Heston Altenbach

Ryan Retzlaff

Blakelyn Birks

Coach Howard and Laurence Calcagno – Link to photo here

Posted on November 16th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: austin dodge, Coach Craig Howard, colton grimwood, drew gibson, football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, panorama, photoshop photomerge, Raider Athletics, Ryan Retzlaff, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on 2014 SOU football seniors

Raider Stadium football runout

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As mentioned previously, and as Hensley Ratings predicted, #4 Faulkner was beaten this past weekend. This means SOU will likely be the #4 team heading into their final game against Eastern Oregon. While a victory over Eastern will be no easy feat (Hensley rates them as #3 in the country even though the Midwest-biased coaches have them way back at #21), the Raiders have beaten them on the road already this year so Southern will be the clear favorite this Saturday at home.

If SOU wins they will have home field advantage for their first NAIA playoff game. Should they win that game, if the NAIA has any sense of fairness or justice, they may also have a home game in the quarterfinals given their likely rise to #4 on Monday, November 10.

Hang in there Raiders. Just five more wins to go until you are National Champions.

Posted on November 9th, 2014 under only in ashland. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, football, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Two post season home games, here we come

2014 Senior Night – SOU volleyball
(L to R) Paulla Pinheiro, Brookelynn Cole, Nikki Keller, Shelby Young, Motade Atanda, Kelsea MacPhee, Sam Boehnke

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB @paulla_op @BrookelynnRCole

As always, if you want to save one of the images on this blog, click on it before saving to save the highest resolution version.

SOU volleyball – Motade Atanda, Paulla Pinheiro, Sam Boehnke, Brookelynn Cole (seniors) Emma Gasman, Lauren McGowne (next year’s veterans)

Although the regular season is over, this season is far from over. The Cascade Conference and NAIA tournaments await.

Posted on November 9th, 2014 under only in ashland, people. Tags: brookelyn cole, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, photoshop photomerge, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Senior Night

La Oreja de Van Gogh (Guanajuato, Mexico)

My first night in Guanajuato and I hadn’t eaten much all day. They don’t serve food on airplanes any more, and I even slept through the drink and nuts they sometimes provide. So I wasn’t going to last long walking the streets of Guanajuato on an empty stomach. I saw the Pirates and Marlins on TV, rain began to fall again, and my decision to eat at this place was decided.

I don’t speak Spanish. My waiter didn’t speak English. Guanajuato style enchiladas sounded good. I ordered an Indio to go with it, thinking it may be an IPA. The waiter seemed to ask if I wanted tomatoes in my Indio. With that I changed my order to Sol. A chicken leg came with my enchiladas.

Frescos on the walls were in a Van Gogh style, and the live music hit the spot. The rain came down so hard that the TVs stopped working. I waited until the rain weakened a bit and then headed back to my hotel.

Posted on August 12th, 2014 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: food, guanajuato mexico, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on Enchiladas Mineras, Guanajuato style