SOU football @ Carroll College (9/5/15)

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

Last weekend’s loss at Carroll hurt, but it will mean little if the Raiders beat Eastern this weekend and Carroll in October in Ashland. It’s better to win your last game than your first.

Take last season for example. Carroll and SOU split the regular season series (and neither team had lost to any other team at the time), but Carroll was ranked four spots ahead of SOU after winning the game over SOU later in the season.

Tickets to this Saturday’s game in Ashland can be purchased here.

Posted on September 8th, 2015 under people. Tags: football, julius rucker, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Another big game this Saturday

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

I slapped my Raiders Gameday! magnet on this truck before the Ashland 4th of July Parade a couple months ago and haven’t seen it since. I hope it is put to good use. I could use it today, actually, at the tailgate in Helena. Or maybe a Carroll fan would steal it here in Montana. In any event, you want to watch today’s game. You can watch it for free at noon PT here.

Posted on September 5th, 2015 under only in ashland. Tags: July 4, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, parade, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on Raiders Gameday!

Melvin Mason finding a hole vs. Carroll College

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football @Sectionchamp2

I’m off to Helena, Montana today for Saturday’s game. Although it sounds funny to say the opening game is a big one, this one between SOU and Carroll is important. The team that wins will likely be ranked #1 in the country until they lose.

Today’s photo is from last season’s game in Ashland. SOU won that one. In fact, SOU is a perfect 2-0 vs. Carroll when I am present. Hopefully, I can say 3-0 by the end of September 5 and 4-0 after October 17.

Posted on September 3rd, 2015 under people. Tags: football, Nikon 300mm f/4.0D ED-IF AF-S Nikkor Lens, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Hitting the open road

#10 Gannon Schroder and #77 Drew Gibson

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#1 Southern Oregon @ #4 Carroll – September 5, 2015

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.

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Posted on August 31st, 2015 under people. Tags: drew gibson, football, gannon schroder, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments: 2

Clayton Nadon takes to the sky in SOU’s 3-1 victory over Menlo at Notre Dame de Namur University

@SOURaiders @clay__10

I had a free day in the San Francisco Bay Area this past Thursday. Initially I thought I’d catch the Cubs-Giants game. However, only horrible seats remained, and the Giants had jacked up the prices to ridiculous levels.

As it so happened, the brand new Southern Oregon Men’s Soccer team were playing their second ever game in the area so I went to it instead. Turns out that was a great decision as SOU won, and the Cubs lost (I hate the Giants), so I got to drive home happy and with an extra $150 or so in my pocket.

The Raiders have four more games on the road before playing their first game in Ashland on September 18. It’s too early to get too excited, but their currently 2-0 team of mostly freshmen and no seniors may surprise some people.

Posted on August 29th, 2015 under people. Tags: Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on SOU Men’s Soccer

unedited jpg

Until last year I only shot in RAW for difficult lighting conditions. Now I only shoot in RAW, even for outdoor sports. Yesterday I was on the road, without a computer, so I shot in both RAW and jpg. I sent some jpgs in for quick publication, and they showed up in places like here and here.

Back on my computer today I had the chance to process the same RAW files.

edited RAW version of Clayton Nadon’s pass

unedited jpg

edited RAW version of Brendan Allen’s goal celebration

Posted on August 28th, 2015 under people, photography. Tags: brendan allen, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, raw vs. jpg jpeg, soccer, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on RAW vs jpg in outdoor sports photography

Drew Gibson, Laurence Calcagno, and Ryan Retzlaff – National Champions

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Posted on August 25th, 2015 under people. Tags: drew gibson, football, NAIA National Championship Game Daytona Florida, Raider Athletics, Ryan Retzlaff, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on Happy birthday to Laurence Calcagno

Guanajuato MiM group @ Crater Lake

@SOUAshland @UdeGuanajuato

Last summer I taught in Guanajuato, Mexico for SOU’s MiM program. One MiM student from Ashland traveled to Mexico to take the class. The Mexican students got to thinking that they should do what that Ashland student did and take a MiM class in Ashland. So this summer most of my class from last summer came to Ashland and took a class. On their off day we went to Crater Lake.

Posted on August 24th, 2015 under nature, outside of ashland, people. Tags: crater lake, guanajuato mexico, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, Southern Oregon University. Comments Off on UG MiM students @ Crater Lake

SOU volleyball – Laura Morse

@SOURaiders @RaiderVB

The SOU volleyball team ran their record to 4-0, including a defeat of another ranked team today. Previously 3-0 Hastings (ranked #22) was the first team to take the Raiders to five sets, but in the end Southern Oregon prevailed. Laura Morse had 8 digs, 7 kills, and a .462 hitting percentage in the earlier victory over Bellevue.

Posted on August 21st, 2015 under people. Tags: laura morse, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Raiders win two more