SOU softball off to a great start
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.
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Rugby animation
The above is my first attempt to animate a series of images. The color and texture got messed up on conversion. In addition, I made it too large so it doesn’t work at any resolution other than the original. If you are on a big screen, though, click on the above image for the animation.
Here is one of the files used to make the animation sequence.
More SOU Women’s Rugby photos
2012 Southern Oregon University Women's Rugby Team
Southern Oregon University Women's Rugby vs. OIT - March 10, 2012
Southern Oregon University Women’s Rugby
I watched rugby for the first time ever yesterday. I believe this was the first match that SOU Women’s Rugby has ever had in Ashland. The weather was great, and the photography was fun. For sports photography, rugby can’t be beat for tackles, hits, and facial expressions.
I have a few dozen more, but for today I’ll just leave you with these.
NAIA wrestling tournament at SOU
With two matches going at the same time, instead of a buzzer when time expired, one of the SOU volleyball players would tap the referee on the back when the clock ticked down to zero.
Between the wrestling singlet and the numerous crotch grabs, many of my photos aren’t very presentable. This last picture isn’t quite so obscene, but it is a strange one.
Southern Oregon University Wrestling
Bob Riehm Arena in wrestling tournament configuration
I was expecting lighting like the last time I attended a wrestling meet at SOU. I thought a wide angle shot might be pretty cool looking, with the single light over the center of the mat. However, with this many matches (10 a.m. until 8 p.m. non stop) they had two mats out and most of the lights on, not as dramatic, but I took a wide angle shot anyway.
Derek Rottenberg of SOU has Kody Reed by the leg
With one leg bound high in the air and the other coming off the mat courtesy of Derek’s left foot, Reed was not in a great position at this point. Rottenberg went on to win the match.
SOU wrestling team hosted the NAIA West Region Qualifying Tournament
Derek Rottenberg of SOU and Kody Reed of Montana State University Northern (MSU-N) grapple
This past Saturday, Southern Oregon University hosted the NAIA West Region Qualifying Tournament for wrestling. I’ll have a few more photos from the event over the next week.
SOU came out on top to win the West Championship and will be sending a dozen wrestlers (the maximum allowed from a single school) to the NAIA National Championships next weekend.
SOU Women’s Soccer
I’m looking forward to a return to outdoor sports. No, soccer doesn’t resume until the fall, but SOU softball has begun and the team will be playing at home soon.
Matt Sayre, SOU’s Athletic Director, can be seen in the background on the left of today’s photo of Maddy Scott.
Beatriz Abella
Beatriz Abella
One of my students sang for her Junior Recital this past weekend. No, I don’t teach music or give voice lessons. (Those that have heard my voice should be laughing right now.) She is a double major and wants to become a CPA. I teach accounting and tax.
Beatriz has won a number of awards for her voice. She has been a part of several musical theater productions as well. She has also sung in Carnegie Hall–twice!
Today’s photo is a frame I extracted from a video I took at her recital. I didn’t take any stills, but since I was recording at 1080 pixels, the image isn’t too bad.
Here is a short video from her performance which I took on my Nikon D7000, with Nikkor 70-200mm VR II f/2.8 lens, and Sennheiser MKE 400 external mic.
If you’d like to watch and listen to her entire recital (in order) click here.