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More spring flowers
OK, it’s technically not spring yet, but it might as well be here in Portland: another sunny, +14°C day (that’s 57°F).
I took a walk around the neighbourhood this afternoon looking at the flowers. The red flowers are from the camellia japonica in our backyard. Our daffodils aren’t really blooming yet, but other people’s are. [...]
Terrence Jones
I put some pictures of Jefferson senior Terrence Jones up on the Trillium Media Services website the other day. Let me tell you, this kid can play ball. He’s definitely the best player to come out of the Portland area since Kevin Love graduated from Lake Oswego in 2007. (Love is now in his second [...]
Teaching curling in schools
Portland’s Evergreen Curling Club is working actively to introduce the next generation of curlers to the Olympic sport.
ECC members Arnie Iwanick and Joe Petsche recently brought something a little different to the physical education program at Oak Creek and Westridge elementary schools in Lake Oswego. With their brooms and other curling gear—notably four stones and [...]
Tommy Siciliano wins at Reser’s TOC
OK, awhile back I promised more wrestling photos “later this week.” Now, nearly three weeks later here we go.
I’ve been shooting wrestling for a few years now, and at the big tournaments there is always a lot of emotion in the title matches. Despite the fact that they’ve just expended all of their energy over [...]
Spring flowers
You know what they say: January showers bring February flowers. Or something like that.
Here are some shots taken today in our garden. I know what most of them are. Not sure what the last picture is, but we have lots of it. There are also irises and I think some hyacinths. One of our daffodils [...]
Jesse Jackson speaks in Portland
Rev. Jesse Jackson made an appearance in Portland tonight in response to the recent shooting of Aaron Campbell by Portland police. Jackson’s visit to the Rose City brought loads of media attention to the case of the man, who was suicidally distraught after his brother’s death the same day.
The officer who shot the unarmed man [...]
Barge launch
The other day I got a hot news tip that on Friday Zidell Marine would be launching the newest barge built at their shipyards in Portland’s South Waterfront.
The window for the launch was between 11:30 and 12:30, so at 11:15 I headed over to a pre-scouted location across the Willamette to wait. Thankfully the morning [...]
Jesuit beats Westview 81-65
Jesuit beat Westview 81-65 Tuesday night, practically assuring themselves of top spot in the hotly-contested Metro League, and the first-round playoff bye that comes with it.
Midway through the league portion of their schedule, Jesuit is 8-0 (16-1 overall), and has beaten the Wildcats twice. Unless they suffer a catastrophic collapse in the last seven games [...]
Reser’s Tournament of Champions 2010
Shooting for a non-daily newspaper is different than shooting for a daily in many respects. On the positive side, for example, there is plenty of time to make the deadline. One of the disadvantages, though, is that I have to sit on some of my images for a few days until the paper has published [...]
Portfolio/website update
I’ve been going through and updating my web presence over the past couple of months, and I finally got around to updating the site for the photojournalism side of my business. There will probably be a few tweaks over the next couple of weeks, but you’re invited to check it out now and let me [...]
Boys basketball: Oregon City vs. Lake Oswego
Oregon City versus Lake Oswego is a rivalry in just about every high school sport, and especially so in boys basketball. The latest polls ranked Pioneers fourth in the state and Lakers seventh last week when I headed down to Lake Oswego for the for the opening round of this year’s home-and-home series. (Remarkably, unranked [...]
Lincoln girls basketball on the rise
Basketball season in Oregon is well underway now, with most teams about halfway through their league schedules.
Last Friday night I headed back to Lincoln High School, the team I documented two years ago, as the girls’ took on the Schimmels and the rest of the Franklin Quakers.
Most of the girls from the 2008 team are [...]