http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog A photoblog by Jason O. Watson Sat, 08 May 2010 23:02:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ A couple of weeks ago, I revisited Pinnacles National Monument - a site that I briefly stopped at in June of 2008. This time, I took the entire day and hiked starting at the Old Pinnacles trail head to the entrance of the Balconies Caves, then back out and around via the Balconies Cliffs, past the Chaparral Ranger Station up to the High Peaks via the Juniper Canyon Trail to the Tunnel Trail. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/01/30/pinnacles-national-monument/ I recently traveled back to the east coast to visit my family and spent some time in Charleston, SC and Savannah, GA. I had been to Charleston just over two years prior, and was pleased to have two very nice days to revisit many of the areas I had previously photographed under better light. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2010/01/22/charleston-south-carolina/ 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/ 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/ Stanford's Toby Gerhart is the real deal. So is Notre Dame's Golden Tate. Last night Gerhart and his Cardinal defeated the Fighting Irish 45-38 at Stanford Stadium in what was a photographer's (and fan's) treat. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/11/29/ncaa-football-notre-dame-at-stanford/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ 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/ Saturday I went to Alcatraz Island (and later Angel Island) with Shannon and hundreds of other tourists on board the ferry from Pier 33 in San Francisco. It was an early morning but an unusually clear and moderately warm day in the Bay Area.]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/08/16/alcatraz-island/ Shannon took me to Monterey over the weekend and we visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Cannery Row, etc was also fun... nice to be shooting again after a hiatus from moving to California.]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/08/09/monterey-bay-aquarium/ So, after two trips across country: one by air, one by land; Sherlock and I finally made it out to California. I took him to Poplar Beach / Bluff Top Coastal Park, near Half Moon Bay, yesterday for a couple of hours. Sherlock met his first California Sea Lion...]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/06/27/sherlock-arrives-on-the-west-coast/