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/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/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/2009/04/17/a-great-night-in-charlottesville-dave-matthews-band/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/17/a-great-night-in-charlottesville-dave-matthews-band/#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:52:03 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=426 Tonight was a night that I was looking forward to for a long time. Putting objective photojournalism aside, I have always wanted to photograph Dave Matthews and his band. I've been a fan since the early 1990's]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/04/17/a-great-night-in-charlottesville-dave-matthews-band/feed/ 2 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/2009/03/02/snow-day-photos-from-around-charlottesville/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/02/snow-day-photos-from-around-charlottesville/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:13:34 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=394 It took until March, but we finally got a significant snow here in Virginia. I spent my morning and parts of my afternoon driving around Charlottesville and surrounding Albemarle County taking photos. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/03/02/snow-day-photos-from-around-charlottesville/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/24/night-lacrosse-in-february-brrrr/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/24/night-lacrosse-in-february-brrrr/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:22:10 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=370 I usually avoid wearing my winter coat to any sporting event -- mainly because it makes switching between camera bodies cumbersome if not down right impossible. This is particularly true for lacrosse which is extremely fast paced. By the end of tonight's NCAA Lacrosse game between #2 Virginia and Mount Saint Mary's]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/24/night-lacrosse-in-february-brrrr/feed/ 2 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/23/uva-wbb-senior-day-vs-boston-college/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/23/uva-wbb-senior-day-vs-boston-college/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:36:25 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=368 This shot is of Carolyn Swords from Boston College -- she dominated the interior with a game-high 31 points]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/23/uva-wbb-senior-day-vs-boston-college/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/19/all-is-well-in-hooville/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/19/all-is-well-in-hooville/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:10:00 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=359 ...at least for right now. It's been a long season for the Wahoo faithful with respect to men's basketball. The last two games, however, have erased some of the bitter feelings with fans, ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/02/19/all-is-well-in-hooville/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/01/04/smoking-in-black-and-white/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/01/04/smoking-in-black-and-white/#comments Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:33:39 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=256 Today has been a get things done in the office day... there are no basketball games so I've been cleaning, organizing, paying bills, keywording and pulling some images from my archive to send to a colleague. I came across this photo that I took back in June 2008 out in Mendocino, California. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/01/04/smoking-in-black-and-white/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/01/03/xaviers-kenny-frease-from-above/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/01/03/xaviers-kenny-frease-from-above/#comments Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:57:07 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=252 The #22 Xavier men's NCAA basketball team came to town to play UVA. Remote camera and Pocketwizard Gremlins appear to have been tamed and things started clicking for the first time in several games. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2009/01/03/xaviers-kenny-frease-from-above/feed/ 1 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/30/holiday-hoops/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/30/holiday-hoops/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:24:40 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=235 My assignment last night had me shooting more high school hoops... the local paper and TV station sponsored a tournament for all of the area high schools and there were several games. The photo above is of Michael Glover from Spotswood HS -- his team beat Charlottesville HS 48-47 in pretty dramatic fashion. Spotswood led 48-46 with 4 seconds left, CHS inbounded to their star Kevin Leatherwood who drove in the lane and was fouled. ]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/30/holiday-hoops/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/28/someones-number-1/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/28/someones-number-1/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:11:41 +0000 thedocwat http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/?p=229 Today was a doubleheader of women's hoops -- the first round of the Marriott Cavalier Classic at UVA. I had to get there 3 hours before the first game to set up my remotes, which was pretty much a worthless endeavor since I was having trouble with my lights / remotes again. I suspect the PocketWizard Multimax that's used to sequence my remote cameras is out of whack and/or needing to run off of batteries instead of wall power.]]> http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/28/someones-number-1/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/24/mike-scott-rebound/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/24/mike-scott-rebound/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:37:28 +0000 thedocwat http://jasonowatson.wordpress.com/?p=137 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/24/mike-scott-rebound/feed/ 0 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/14/australian-pelican/ http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/14/australian-pelican/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:18:03 +0000 thedocwat http://jasonowatson.wordpress.com/?p=53 http://www.jasonowatson.com/blog/2008/12/14/australian-pelican/feed/ 0