Immortal @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011

I would really like to get away to the 2014 Getaway Rock Festival this summer. Unfortunately, I will be nowhere near Gavle, Sweden in early August. Bands I would love to see who are playing the festival this year include Opeth, Volbeat, Dimmu Borgir, Arch Enemy, and Watain. Most bands haven’t been announced yet, but I bet there will be many more when all is said and done.

Volbeat will be playing in Medford soon so I will likely be seeing them.

Posted on February 11th, 2014 under Other. Tags: concert photography, getaway rock festival, immortal, metal, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Immortal @ Getaway Rock Festival

Vincent Damon Furnier (AKA Alice Cooper) at the Getaway Rock Festival 2011

Posted on February 4th, 2014 under Other. Tags: alice cooper, concert photography, getaway rock festival, nikon 50mm f/1.8, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Happy birthday to Vincent Damon Furnier today

Ted Aguilar of Death Angel @ Getaway Rock Festival 2011

Death Angel isn’t coming to Southern Oregon so I’m thinking I may drive down (3+ hours) to Chico to see them. Crazy? Probably, but I’ve gone much farther to see them before (12+ hours each way in 1987, from Copenhagen, Denmark to Gavle, Sweden in 2011, and almost 5 hours each way in 2012). To not go see them when they are “only” less than 4 hours away seems almost wrong.

Posted on February 3rd, 2014 under Other. Tags: concert photography, death angel, getaway rock festival, metal, Nikon 18-200mm VR II, nikon d7000. Comments Off on Death Angel @ Lost On Main (Chico) this Thursday evening (2/6/14)

Darnell McDonald of the Boston Red Sox leaps …

… and does he catch it?

The fans and the Blue Jays bullpen know the answer to that question.

It’s February, and that means spring training for MLB will begin soon. Boston will seek to defend their title, but the Yankees have spent a fortune this off season to try and stop them.

The guy who hit the ball that was caught, above, Kelly Johnson, is now a Yankee. I was actually hoping this hit had turned into a home run as Johnson was on my fantasy team at the time.

Posted on February 1st, 2014 under Other. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II, baseball, boston, fenway park, nikon d7000, Nikon TC-17E II 1.7x Teleconverter. Comments Off on Spring Training 2014

Shasta Lake from the air

The last time we drove past Lake Shasta (last month) there wasn’t much water in it. Today’s photo is from late last May when it was near capacity. Hopefully there will be some rain (and snow on Mt. Shasta) soon or California’s largest reservoir will be mostly dry.

Posted on January 31st, 2014 under Other. Tags: aerial photography, california, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Flying over Lake Shasta