Nye Beach, Oregon

I was dispatched to Newport's Nye Beach to for a travel story on the Sylvia Hotel. Here's a link to Lori Tobias' story: http://www.oregonlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2012/03/sylvia_beach_hotel_easy_to_get.html And here's my take:

The One Motorcycle Show

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New Year's Eve 2012 in Los Angeles, California

My Favorite Pictures from the University of Oregon Ducks Regular Season

I went through all the games I shot this year, including the Pac-12 Championship and found 79 images I thought stood out as either an important moment in the season, or a photo I like for being a little different and surprising.[gallery]

500px Page Updated with New Photos

107 Pictures of the Portland Timbers Inaugural Season

I selected 107 of my favorite images from the 2011 inaugural season. I shot 24,521 images on 31 total assignments from January to October.  

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Pickathon 2011

This is my third year shooting Pickathon. I love the energy at this thing and better yet, it's only about a half mile from my house. I ride my motorcycle down there shoot, and hear some every special music. It's now a summer tradition for me. http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-qZ2hHxv/0/L/pickathontbMG1401-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-Vn94vsD/0/L/pickathontbB1C1180-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-gmHkNGM/0/L/pickathontbMG1103-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-RcHdH5X/0/L/pickathontbB1C1192-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-2sNnW6B/0/L/pickathontbMG1137-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-jfgK6pR/0/L/pickathontbMG1176-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-B8CrmH3/0/L/pickathontbMG1255-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-7dfVKBh/0/L/pickathontbMG1333-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-Z5kxs3B/0/L/pickathontbMG1577-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-wJbs6vr/0/L/pickathontbMG1678-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-TMJjk9h/0/L/pickathontbMG1791-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-CVmJ3FM/0/L/pickathontbMG1859-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-fLChHpm/0/L/pickathontbMG1898-L.jpg http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/Portfolio/Pickathon-2011/i-MqdGFR3/0/L/pickathontbMG1913-L.jpg

USA Track and Field Championships

I shot the USA Track and Field Championships over the course of four days in Eugene, Ore. June 23-26, 2011. The first three days I was on my own and on the final and most hectic day, Oregonian intern Tyler Tjomsland joined in. It seems like every other big meet I've shot, the weather has always been extreme. This year, we had perfect weather which makes a long meet much more tolerable and enjoyable. I always like seeing old friends from around the country like Bill Frakes, Laura Heald, Kirby Lee and whole Register-Guard crew. Below are a few of my favorite images.

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Afternoon of Games

My son Cole and I headed out not knowing exactly what we wanted to do and we ended up at Milwaukie Bowl. This place hasn't been updated since the day it was built. It's a total blast from the past...and that's the way I like it.  

It reminded me the way it was when I went with my grandparents on bowling night at North Bend Lanes in the 1970's when the smoke was so thick you could hardly see the pins. Of course, the air in Milwaukie Bowl is as clean as an operating room these days. Other than the Monster drink cooler there aren't many clues that say it's 2011.

From there we went to the nickel arcades and blew some money. Here are a few snaps from my iPhone using the Hipstamatic app.

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Dirt Track Racing at Sunset Speedway

I had a great time shooting dirt track racers at the Sunset Speedway in Banks, Oregon. Everyone was very receptive to me being there and gave me free run of the place. [smugmug url="http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=17398462_9bv9fm&format=rss200" title="Sunset%20Speedway%20Dirt%20Track" imagecount="100" start="1" num="100" thumbsize="Th" link="smugmug" captions="false" sort="false" window="false" smugmug="false" size="X3"]

Timbers vs. Crew

With the win over the Crew, the Timbers become the first MLS expansion side to win its first five matches at home and the first expansion club since 1998 to have a five-game winning streak at home during its inaugural season.

Timbers First Home Opener as an MLS Team

The Timbers Army builds a massive tifo

The Timbers Army allowed reporter Rachel Bachman and I to document their secretive tifo building project as the Portland Timbers play in their first home game as an MLS team. If you don't know what a tifo is, watch the video. The first image is a video, just click on it.

One of my photos is in Sport's Illustrated magazine's Best of Photojournalism photo editing win

Sports Illustrated photo editor Jim Colton submitted one of my photos that ran in the Leading Off section of the magazine to the Best of Photojournalism competition. The category was Photo Editing for Magazine Recurring Feature or Series. He won second place behind National Geographic Magazine. My photo of a high school shot putter was one of 13 images submitted from the year. SI usually runs three Leading Off images per issue. With 52 issues he had about 523 images to choose from for this entry.

Downtown Denver, Colorado

I had a few hours to walk around downtown Denver last Sunday before my flight home from covering the Portland Timbers game. I shot a few snaps as I wandered to the from the Denver Art Museum farther downtown.[smugmug url="http://thomasrboyd.smugmug.com/hack/feed.mg?Type=gallery&Data=16338545_93gxP&format=rss200" title="Downtown%20Denver%2C%20Colorado" description="Street%20photography%20downtown%20Denver." imagecount="100" start="1" num="100" thumbsize="Th" link="smugmug" captions="false" sort="true" window="false" smugmug="false" size="L"]

The Portland Timbers Preseason

I'll be shooting a lot of Portland Timbers Major League Soccer this year. On Saturday in Denver, Colo., I'll be shooting their first game as a MLS team. I thought it would be a decent post to show the work so far in the preseason since I'll be updating regularly as the season progresses.  

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BCS National Championship - Oregon v. Auburn

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Oregon Coast Snow

I started this morning in Seaside, Ore., documenting the rare weather event of snow on the beach. I was at the Seaside turn around well before sunrise thinking I wouldn't see anyone. I was mistaken. The place was crawling with people. Here's what I saw:

Top 25 of 2010

I somehow decided that these 25 images out of the over 95,000 that I shot during the 315 assignments this year are the ones that stuck. In some cases, I was attracted to them because they broke new ground for me creatively. In other cases, I just like the content, or the image resonated on purely artistic level. Looking back, 2010 was a year heavy on sports, travel and music assignments. In end, these images say something about what I've seen, where I've been, and how I see it. I also have a small sense of pride that all but two of these 25 images was shot in my home state of Oregon. The cowboy boots was shot in New York City somewhere in Midtown and the guy with the net was shot on a beach in Louisiana during the BP Gulf oil spill.