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11-1-10
Small write-up since I haven't done anything for a while. These are just some random pics from 2010 that a.) either didn't warrant an entire account or b.) didn't really think was good enough at the time. That or I was disappointed with pics after I came home and never did anything with them. Anyway, here are some with little captioning.
These were from a shoot that I did for a local distillery. This was the first photo "mission" that I had ever been on. I find it's a little harder to go out and get images when there is an assignment at hand. Still had fun! It was something different anyway. This farmer was extremely helpful in me getting my shot.
Weak anti-crespecular rays at sunset. These were seen on the eastern horizon, with the sun setting on the western (behind me) as they usually are.
June 23rd. A tornadic cell was slowly approaching the Quad Cities with a nice hook on radar. I flew solo on this one, can't remember why. I was actually getting very excited over seeing something on this chase. It was a right mover and showed constant signatures. Of course, by the time I caught up to the southwestern portion, it had gone 100% outflow dominant, as all QC storms usually do. It did, however, carry some very nice winds with it. I finally gave up on it in Orion.
Sheer boredom this night. This sort of shows an idea that I've had in my mind for years now, but has never come to fruition. Imagine that twilight with lightning streaking overhead, over the interstate. Sure enough, when I stormed up the idea, other chasers/photographers beat me to the punch!
My buddy Joel Wright and I went on an early morning fishing excursion here with this foggy sunrise. Just happened to have the camera.
This night was a HUGE dud. I saw storms firing in northern IL, but the tops looks relatively high. Normally I can see them plain as day from my location, cg's and all. Not the case this night. I was pretty disappointed after this. I took about 8 pics and set for home.
August 10th sunset mammatus and lightning later. This night was another not-so-pleasing outing. I remember just not being into it that night. I'm not really sure why. I probably could have pulled off some better shots, but my location along with frequency of lightning put the kabash on it for me.
Wedding rehearsal night! This was August 13th, before heading to the church for my wedding rehearsal. This storm was very weak, but man it had a sweet stacked shelf!
Followed by a nice sunset mammatus show as the storm departed.
New puppy Wrigley. Yes, after Wrigley Field. My wife (in the blurred background) and I walked the LeClaire shoreline as I did some photography for the Distillery and brought our new puppy with. In fact, we had just bought him that SAME day. Weighed 1 lb lol.
Bad year for atmo optics for me. I hardly looked. I just happened to see this coming home from something. Start of a parhelic circle there also.
My wife, being the HUGE spider lover she is, called me and freaked out over this thing on our back door. I will admit, she was huge! I've never seen this type of spider around here. We ended up putting it on a cabbage leaf in the garden and took the pic.
