For the next three days there is a college basketball tournament at SOU. Southern Oregon University men’s games are at 7:30 Friday and Saturday evenings. The women play at 3:30 on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

I took today’s photos with my new Nikon D600 at the OIT game this past Tuesday evening. I didn’t expect the D600 to function that much better than my D7000 in these conditions but it did. The focusing was faster and more accurate. I was also able to shoot in the ISO 2000-3200 range instead of the 800-1600 range so my shutter speed was faster than normal. I’m really pleased with the results.

Posted on November 23rd, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, kyle tedder, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D600, Southern Oregon University, sports photography. Comments Off on SOU Men’s Basketball – Flagship Inn Tournament

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

Another full day of volleyball action today. Today’s photo is from last week’s tournament. We came in 2nd place out of 16 teams last week. Maybe today mOcean Blitz will finally win a tournament (after knocking on the door the first three tournaments).

Posted on February 26th, 2012 under people. Tags: mOcean VC, Nikon 85mm f/1.4 lens, nikon d7000, sports, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Volleyball tournament action

Jordan Highland with the second of his three slams on the night

Posted on January 2nd, 2012 under only in ashland, people. Tags: basketball, jordan highland, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Raider Athletics, Southern Oregon University, sports, sports photography. Comments Off on Slam dunk