Soccer vs. OIT today

Southern Oregon University Women’s Soccer
Serena DeChristofaro
1 p.m. start time at the field off of Iowa Street. Enter through the football stadium.

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Southern Oregon University Women’s Soccer
Serena DeChristofaro
1 p.m. start time at the field off of Iowa Street. Enter through the football stadium.
Today’s photo is from the 3-0 victory over Simpson this past Sunday in Ashland.
The Southern Oregon University Women’s Soccer Team takes on Simpson University today. Game time is 1 p.m. and the venue is the field off of Iowa Street (enter through the football stadium).
The student athletes are all back on campus now even though Southern Oregon University doesn’t begin fall term for more than a month. Unlike regular classes, the sports seasons begin before the end of September. Yesterday was the first game for the soccer team. They easily beat Holy Names University in Ashland 7-0.
A couple weeks ago I was asked to take photos at the first, annual 2013 Black and Red All-Sports Awards Banquet. The event worked sort of like an academy awards show with the athletes in formal dress. Three players from each SOU sports team were part of the voting block. There were nominees for various awards like athlete of the year for each sport, play of the year, coach of the year, etc.
Today’s photo was taken after the event and includes much of the Women’s Soccer Team. The finalists for soccer athlete of the year were Alyssa Bricker and Stephanie Carr. I’ll show you the winner in a future post.
Some more photos today from Saturday’s match against Grants Pass…
After yesterday’s parade, I headed over to Ashland Middle School to watch some Ashland High School Soccer.
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: