Maggie Scott serving for the University of Oregon (November 2014)

Posted on March 5th, 2025 under Oregon. Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, eugene, Nikon D750, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Maggie Scott serving for the Ducks

Kayla Ellis (October 2018)

@BeaverVBall

Posted on April 3rd, 2023 under Oregon. Tags: oregon state university, volleyball. Comments Off on Happy birthday, Kayla Ellis!

Topaz DeNoise AI is available through this link for under $50 until 12/31/20. Use the code holiday2020 when you check out for an additional discount. I’ve been using this product for about a year now and love the results. In fact, I’ve gone back and reprocessed many images with Topaz recently that I realized didn’t look so good (having originally used Photoshop’s sharpen and noise removal tools which just aren’t that great).

I’ll post an example below. You’ll see the difference more if you are on a big screen or were to make prints. On a phone or laptop with a smallish screen, you may not notice much.

Without using Topaz

Using Topaz Denoise AI

If you are on a phone, zoom in on the corners and uniforms to see the difference.

I’m trying Topaz Gigapixel AI now to see if I can rescue some of my pre-DSLR photos. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Posted on December 15th, 2020 under Oregon. Tags: reviews, sports photography, topaz denoise, volleyball. Comments Off on Topaz DeNoise AI for under $50

Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament

The World’s Largest Amateur Beach Volleyball tournament didn’t happen this year, but five years ago we were in on the thirtieth-something annual version of it.

Posted on August 15th, 2020 under Oregon. Tags: ellie, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, seaside beach volleyball tournament, sports photography, volleyball. Comments Off on Five years ago…

Posted on September 23rd, 2018 under Other. Tags: ellie, nikon d7000, pacific ocean, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon, volleyball. Comments Off on Six years ago…