http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog A photoblog by Jason O. Watson Mon, 13 Dec 2010 08:44:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/05/08/remembering-yeardley-love/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/05/08/remembering-yeardley-love/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 19:07:21 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=558 Today, May 8, at the 2010 NCAA Women's Golf West Regionals at the Stanford Golf Course, the University of Virginia women's team played with their balls marked with the number 1 and the name "Love" in honor of Yeardley Love,]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/05/08/remembering-yeardley-love/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/05/03/sad-day-in-charlottesville/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/05/03/sad-day-in-charlottesville/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 03:34:09 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=554 Today's news from Charlottesville is very sad indeed. Yeardley Love, a fourth-year on the #4 ranked UVA women's lacrosse team was apparently murdered overnight.]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/05/03/sad-day-in-charlottesville/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/04/20/against-the-wall-baltimore-orioles-at-oakland-as/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/04/20/against-the-wall-baltimore-orioles-at-oakland-as/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:12:52 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=551 The struggling Baltimore Orioles defeated the Oakland A's 8-3 on a nice sunny Sunday afternoon. The shot above is of Rajai Davis seriously leaping up the left-center field wall for a fly ball. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/04/20/against-the-wall-baltimore-orioles-at-oakland-as/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/04/20/playoff-hockey-almost/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/04/20/playoff-hockey-almost/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:53:09 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=547 Last night the Vancouver Canucks came to town to face the San Jose Sharks for the penultimate game of the NHL regular season. The Sharks ending up winning the top seed in the Western Conference.]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/04/20/playoff-hockey-almost/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/01/13/nhl-hockey-st-louis-blues-at-san-jose-sharks/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/01/13/nhl-hockey-st-louis-blues-at-san-jose-sharks/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:09:51 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=538 I'm starting to have a lot of fun with this whole hockey thing. Last week, I shot the St. Louis Blues vs. San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion in San Jose, CA. I shot at the Sharks Head ice-level photographer hole locations for the first and third periods and up top for the second. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/01/13/nhl-hockey-st-louis-blues-at-san-jose-sharks/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/12/20/nfl-washington-redskins-at-oakland-raiders/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/12/20/nfl-washington-redskins-at-oakland-raiders/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:15:15 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=534 December 13, 2009; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders running back Justin Fargas (25) leaps over Washington Redskins defensive tackle Cornelius Griffin (96) for a touchdown during the second quarter at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Washington defeated Oakland 34-13.]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/12/20/nfl-washington-redskins-at-oakland-raiders/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/11/29/coach-al-groh/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/11/29/coach-al-groh/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:46:01 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=522 Today, my alma mater, the University of Virginia, dismissed Al Groh as the football coach after a 3-9 season. As a sports photographer, I've covered Coach Groh over the last five years -- compiling a wide range of images. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/11/29/coach-al-groh/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/31/a-good-football-game-in-the-wac/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/31/a-good-football-game-in-the-wac/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:01:05 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=518 I was assigned to shoot the Idaho Vandals at the San Jose State Spartans on October 10th. US Presswire wanted me to shoot Nathan Enderle, Idaho's quarterback (pictured above) who was the WAC offensive player of the year in 2008. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/31/a-good-football-game-in-the-wac/feed/ 1 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/31/san-jose-sharks-nhl-home-opener-vs-the-columbus-blue-jackets/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/31/san-jose-sharks-nhl-home-opener-vs-the-columbus-blue-jackets/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:16:00 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=515 The San Jose Sharks hosted the Columbus Blue Jackets at HP Pavilion in San Jose, California on October 8th. This was my first NHL game shooting, and the first since I watched the NY Islanders play the Pittsburgh Penguins at Nassau Coliseum over a decade ago. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/31/san-jose-sharks-nhl-home-opener-vs-the-columbus-blue-jackets/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/21/washington-at-stanford-ncaa-football/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/21/washington-at-stanford-ncaa-football/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:23:58 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=512 In my short time shooting PAC10 and WAC football, I've noticed a couple of key differences from the ACC, Big East, etc. The first, the weather -- it's almost always 70 degrees and awesome outside in Palo Alto. Second, there's a ton of offense -- or put another way, there often is lot less defense (i.e. no 7-5 UVa v UNC games). ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/21/washington-at-stanford-ncaa-football/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/21/texas-rangers-at-oakland-athletics-major-league-baseball/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/21/texas-rangers-at-oakland-athletics-major-league-baseball/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:41:01 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=505 The above image is of Oakland Athletics infielder Daric Barton (10) sliding into home plate during the second inning against against the Texas Rangers at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on September 22, 2009. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/21/texas-rangers-at-oakland-athletics-major-league-baseball/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/20/san-jose-state-at-stanford-ncaa-football/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/20/san-jose-state-at-stanford-ncaa-football/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:38:02 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=499 The nice thing about early season evening / twilight games is that there are often a few select spots in the stadium where late afternoon sunlight sneaks through the stands and on to the field. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/20/san-jose-state-at-stanford-ncaa-football/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/04/boise-state-at-fresno-state-ncaa-football/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/04/boise-state-at-fresno-state-ncaa-football/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:46:24 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=489 The #10 ranked Boise State Broncos came to Fresno State for a Friday night NCAA football game under the lights. This was my first game since moving west, and I drove the three hours from the Bay Area for this game. Really glad I wore shorts because it was over 100 degrees at kick off (6pm). ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/10/04/boise-state-at-fresno-state-ncaa-football/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/08/23/a-day-at-the-races-infineon-raceway-sonoma-ca/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/08/23/a-day-at-the-races-infineon-raceway-sonoma-ca/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:21:28 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=482 A co-worker of mine generously gave me her ticket to today's Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma at Infineon Raceway. This was my first Indy Car race and I had an absolute blast!]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/08/23/a-day-at-the-races-infineon-raceway-sonoma-ca/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/26/2009-foxfield-spring-races/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/26/2009-foxfield-spring-races/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:11:01 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=433 The weather treated the thousands of party-goers in the infield pretty well -- it was 90+ degrees and sunny. The racing was fun and also sad when a horse had to be put down for breaking his leg. Toughkenamon jockeyed by Carl Rafter]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/26/2009-foxfield-spring-races/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/08/a-not-so-friendly-spring-ncaa-soccer-game/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/08/a-not-so-friendly-spring-ncaa-soccer-game/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:07:22 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=424 This past weekend, NC State scrimmaged Virginia in a spring "friendly". In the first half, there was a scuffle where Chrystel Bakong (8) from NCSU got into a mix up with UVA's Jonathan Villaneuva (10). ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/08/a-not-so-friendly-spring-ncaa-soccer-game/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/01/tony-bennett-introduced-as-uvas-new-basketball-coach/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/01/tony-bennett-introduced-as-uvas-new-basketball-coach/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:40:02 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=422 Today was UVA's unveiling of it's new men's basketball coach, Tony Bennett. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/01/tony-bennett-introduced-as-uvas-new-basketball-coach/feed/ 1 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/31/2009-jefferson-cup-charlottesvilles-premier-cycling-road-race/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/31/2009-jefferson-cup-charlottesvilles-premier-cycling-road-race/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:45:09 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=418 This past Sunday, was the annual Jeff Cup bike races run on the rural roads of Albemarle County south of Charlottesville, VA. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/31/2009-jefferson-cup-charlottesvilles-premier-cycling-road-race/feed/ 3 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/29/the-longest-lacrosse-game-ever-uva-defeats-umd-10-9-in-7ot/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/29/the-longest-lacrosse-game-ever-uva-defeats-umd-10-9-in-7ot/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:47:58 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=413 Yesterday's NCAA Men's Lacrosse game between UVA and Maryland was epic. Not because these two rivals were playing or because UVA is undefeated and ranked number 1 and Maryland is #9... but because the game went on forever. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/29/the-longest-lacrosse-game-ever-uva-defeats-umd-10-9-in-7ot/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/09/cavs-crush-big-red-sweet-save-by-ghitelman/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/09/cavs-crush-big-red-sweet-save-by-ghitelman/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:39:32 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=409 Adam Ghitelman made this ridiculous save in the fourth quarter as the #1 ranked UVA men's lacrosse team dominated #4 Cornell in the second half]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/09/cavs-crush-big-red-sweet-save-by-ghitelman/feed/ 0