Melissa “Moe” Sweat dominated OIT to almost single handedly propel the SOU Raiders to victory a couple weeks ago

Friday and Saturday night basketball games at home this weekend for the Southern Oregon University teams. Friday night is Breast Cancer Awareness Night and Saturday is Senior Night as it will likely be the last home game of the season for the women’s team. The men will likely host at least one Cascade Conference playoff game beginning next week.

Posted on February 15th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Melissa Sweat, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Southern Oregon University, sports, sports photography. Comments Off on Raiders ready to roll over some more opponents this weekend

Southern Oregon University Men’s Lacrosse

I have never really watched lacrosse before, not even on TV. I wasn’t planning on watching lacrosse on Friday night either, but the parking lot was full for SOU wrestling so I had to park in the stadium parking lot. Walking to the Bob Riehm Arena from there meant walking through this lacrosse match. Things seemed really exciting, and I would have liked to have stayed longer; however, it was 35 degrees outside, and I came prepared with no coat, gloves, or long johns.

Posted on February 10th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: night photography, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Southern Oregon Men's Lacrosse, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments: 1

Austin Lobsinger of Simpson University tangles with SOU’s Hank Turner in the heavyweight bout

The 2nd-ranked Southern Oregon University wrestling team scored a 26-19 victory over Simpson University (Redding, California) last night in Ashland. Tonight at 6 p.m. the Raiders will host rival Pacific University (Forest Grove, Oregon) in the annual Senior Night dual.

Posted on February 9th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, wrestling. Comments Off on SOU wrestling – final home matches

Jeff Bush scores for the SOU Raiders

Last season, Oregon Tech was the #1 NAIA team in the country. This season they were ranked #2 early on, but SOU has beat them three times. Today’s sequence of photos is from the Raider victory this past Saturday night.

Posted on February 5th, 2013 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, jeff bush, Nikon D600, Raider Athletics, sigma 85mm f/1.4, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Jeff Bush drives to the hoop

The Southern Oregon University Raiders football team played great during the second quarter yesterday. This bomb from Austin Dodge to Patrick Donahue got things going. They didn’t dominate in any other quarter, but they did enough during this single quarter to allow for a victory in the end.

Posted on October 28th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: football, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU upsets Carroll in a 52-49 win

I’m not a big Photoshopper. I like my images to look real. Usually the only things I do in Photoshop are crop, photomerge, and do minor work on lighting (to make things look more like they actually did–not less). I’m not a fan of HDR.

However, the original for today’s photo came out sort of strange. The grass near me had a dreamy, out-of-focus quality that I decided to push onto the rest of the image somewhat. I also lightened the shadows on the soccer player. What do you think?

Here is the original .jpg with no alterations:

Posted on August 29th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, photography, Raider Athletics, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Soccer dreaming

The Southern Oregon University Women’s Soccer team won their first game of the season a couple days ago against Trinity Lutheran. Next game is this morning at 11.

Posted on August 25th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: megan mcarthur, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, Raider Athletics, soccer, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on SOU Women’s Soccer

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.

Posted on March 29th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: Jordyn Kurtz, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, nikon d7000, Raider Athletics, softball, Southern Oregon University, sports. Comments Off on SOU softball off to a great start

Taylor Roos of the Southern Oregon University Raiders takes a shot against Eastern Oregon University

Posted on January 29th, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, Nikon 85mm f/1.4 lens, nikon d7000, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, Taylor Roos. Comments Off on SOU Men’s Basketball