We are spending a couple of nights in Corvallis for Monday’s solar eclipse. Today we arrived, headed to the coast (Newport, Oregon), and arrived at the Yaquina Head Lighthouse just as the sun was going down.

Posted on August 19th, 2017 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: newport, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, sunset. Comments Off on Eclipse day -2

Lake Street Dive @ The Gorge (opening for Dave Matthews)

@lakestreetdive #GorgeAmphitheatre @GorgeAmphitheat @brittfestivals

On August 24, Lake Street Dive will be playing at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville. That will likely be my first Britt show of the year. Tickets are still available here.

I saw them last September when they opened for the Dave Matthews Band in Washington three nights in a row.

Posted on August 5th, 2017 under outside of ashland. Tags: concert photography, lake street dive, Nikon D500, sunset, Tokina AT-X 11-20mm f/2.8 PRO DX Lens. Comments Off on Lake Street Dive @ 2017 Britt

“Before the storm” (Ashland, Oregon)

Posted on February 24th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: nikon d7000, sunset. Comments Off on 5 years ago today…

Mt. Shasta sunset from Mt. Ashland on Christmas

@mtashland @whattodoinsoore

We headed up to Mt. Ashland for a walk in the snow on Christmas. Cars were streaming down the mountain as we went up. We hit the parking lot at about 4 which was also when the ski area was closing. It was beautiful, but not as beautiful as it became an hour later when the sun set. Nearly everyone was gone by then. At just 18°, and dropping quickly, I don’t blame them, but they missed the best scene of the day.

Posted on December 26th, 2016 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: mt. ashland, mt. shasta, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, snow, sunset, winter. Comments Off on Mt. Shasta sunset from Mt. Ashland

Mt. Ashland wildflowers

Today’s photo is from a little over five years ago. This was in my pre-RAW days or it could be better.

Posted on September 18th, 2016 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: flowers, mt. ashland, nikon 18-200mm vr ii, nikon d7000, sunset. Comments Off on Mt. Ashland sunset

Took a one-day trip out to our friends’ ranch this past Saturday. Always beautiful, always a good time.

Posted on August 24th, 2016 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: beatty, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, sunset. Comments Off on Beatty @ dusk

Sunset looking away from Crater Lake

Thursday I headed to Crater Lake, and surrounding areas, with two goals. I failed to reach either goal.

My first goal was to snowshoe to Muir Creek Falls from the Claude Lewis Trailhead parking lot. Didn’t quite happen. More on that later.

My second goal was to capture a sunset, for the first time, at Crater Lake. Today’s photo is as close as I got. Those clouds on the right covered the lake and turned into thick fog as well just minutes after I took this photo. I had high hopes too, as Crater Lake looked like this less than an hour before sundown.

Posted on March 26th, 2016 under nature, outside of ashland, photography, places. Tags: crater lake, Nikon D750, Rokinon 14mm Ultra Wide-Angle f/2.8 IF ED UMC Lens For Nikon, snow, sunset, trees, winter. Comments Off on Snowy sunset

smoky sunset

I took today’s photo as the Ashland High School football team was playing a team from the land of the rising sun. The Japanese flag features a sun of a similar color.

Posted on August 4th, 2015 under only in ashland. Tags: Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D750, smoke, sunset. Comments Off on Blood sun

@SOURaiders @SOU_Football

Today is the big travel day. To Daytona we go with a practice once we get there. Today’s photo is of the plane last weekend that took us to Chicago. I took this during our fuel stop in South Dakota.

Posted on December 15th, 2014 under places. Tags: AF-S Nikkor 20mm f/1.8G ED lens, football, Nikon D750, Raider Athletics, sunset. Comments Off on 4 days to Daytona