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2-08-13 – Sunset – Extra Images

Bright and colorful sunset in Frisco, Texas on Friday night. Spend a hour sitting in a field watching the sun go down and light up the sky. Ended up with several images I was happy with. Here is the one  I posted as my daily image on the main site:

2-08-13 – Sunset – Frisco, Texas

Here are 2 extra images I thought you might want to see. Hope you enjoy, let me know what you think. Be sure to click to enlarge!

Wide view of sunset, Frisco, Texas – 2-08-13

Close up view of sunset, Frisco, Texas – 2-08-13

Feb 09, 2013 | Categories: Extras, Images | Tags: , , , , | Leave A Comment »

1-29-13 – Extra Storm Chasing Images

A line of storms formed East of Dallas / Ft. Worth yesterday (1-29-13). Several surrounding counties were under a tornado watch starting in the early afternoon. Decided to go east towards Denton and Decatur Texas to take a look. I was not expecting much, but was surprised when the storm was over us.. it was beautiful to watch. There was not much lightning once the storm past, but we were treated to mammatus clouds (below). Had a excellent time chasing with fellow photographers, Mike Mezeul II and Maegan Rachelle. I think we are all ready for spring to come!

I posted 2 images from yesterday that can be found on the main site: http://www.clouds365.com/1-29-13 and http://www.clouds365.com/1-29/1-29-13-part-2. Here are a few of my favorites from yesterday I had to share. Be sure to click on the images to view the larger high resolution images! Let me know what you think.

Storm Over Farm – Decatur, Texas – 1-29-13

Approaching Storm. Scene right when we pull over- Decatur, Texas

View from Lake Lewisville – 1-29-13

1-29-13- Lake Lewisville Storm and High Winds

Airplane flying over Lake Lewisville. The wind was 30-40 mph. No Thank You!

Mammatus forming over stock pond. Back edge of the storm

Mammatus Clouds Up Close – 1-29-13 – Decatur, Texas

Jan 30, 2013 | Categories: Extras, Images, Storm Chasing | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

1-24-13 – Fog Sunrise – Frisco, TX

It was a special morning in Frisco, Texas. I set up at one of my favorite spots to capture the sunrise. The cirrus clouds in the distance were already started to glow, 45 minutes before the sun hit the horizon. As you can see in the first 2 shots below, the color was spectacular. I noticed fog starting to come in, just in time for the sun to come up! I had one camera set up taking wide shots that I ended up putting together for a time lapse video above.

Here are a few of my favorites below. Click to enlarge and let me know what you think :)

Before the sunrise in Frisco, TX. The horses were grazing in in the fog

Beautiful color off the cirrus clouds prior to the sun coming up.

Fog rolling in right before the sun comes up!

Fog starts to glow as the sun rises. I feel I am surround by orange light and fog

Red-tailed Hawk in the tree watching the sunrise!

Jan 24, 2013 | Categories: Extras, Images, Time Lapse | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

1-11-13 – Sunrise – Frisco, Texas

Working on this project for over 3 years, I have seen many sunsets and sunrises, most of them around where I live in North Texas. I have run out of adjectives to describe the really good ones, especially this morning, it was special. Not only was it colorful and beautiful, I got to share it with my daughters. It was “Donuts with Dads” this morning. Instead of going to school first thing, we took donuts and watched the sun come up. The sky was very blue because of the rain we have had the last few days. The conditions were great for a colorful sunrise. The first image was the image I posted on the main site as today’s image (http://www.clouds365.com/1-11-13), it was also the very first shot of the morning. The rest are in order. I love the color progression, just beautiful!

Click on a image view a high resolution version. Please leave me comments below, would love to know what you think!

Jan 11, 2013 | Categories: Extras, Images | Tags: , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

1-02-13 – Sunset – Frisco, Texas

Another version of the beautiful sunset in Frisco, Texas. Used my 70-200mm for this one. This was one beautiful sky! Click to enlarge

Here was the image I posted for my daily shot on the main website. Used a wide 16-35mm for this image. There was so much going on!

Let me know what you think!

Jan 02, 2013 | Categories: Extras, Images | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

12-19-12 – Extra Sunrise Image

Beautiful sunrise in Frisco, Texas this morning. These images were 10 minutes apart during the pre-sunrise glow. There were low, fast moving stratus clouds that were obscuring the color most of the morning. These images were the times the clouds would open up and show the red, then orange glow above. Was a very nice way to start the day!

Click to enlarge

Dec 19, 2012 | Categories: Extras, Images | Tags: , , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

10-13-12 – Supercell Extra Images – Olney, Texas

10-13-12 – Supercell at Twilight, Olney Texas

Conditions were right in North Texas to Southern Oklahoma this past Saturday for isolated supercells and tornadoes. Ended up 3 hours from DFW in Throckmorton, TX chasing a storm into Young county until after sunset. Captured one of my favorite images (above) from the project in Olney, TX (http://www.clouds365.com/10-13-12). We watched it move away from us hitting the perfect light and then gave us a lightning show. Below are a few of the extra images I wanted to share from this beautiful fall storm chase. (more…)

Oct 15, 2012 | Categories: Extras, Images, Storm Chasing | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

9-28-12 – Red Sunrise – Frisco, Texas

Here is a extra image from the incredible pre-sunrise glow this morning in Frisco, TX. This was the scene when I walked outside this morning. The sky was bright red. I drove down the street and within 5 minutes the sky was orange and red. I posted that version here: http://www.clouds365.com/9-28-12

Sep 28, 2012 | Categories: Extras, Images | Tags: , , , | Leave A Comment »

D Magazine “Head in the Clouds” Clouds 365 Project Article

The October issue of D Magazine hit the stands today. There is a nice article and layout about myself and the Clouds 365 Project. Here is the link or click to enlarge the image above

Head in the Clouds
One photographer found a way to make shooting the sky his job. He has done it every day for more than 1,100 days.

Sep 21, 2012 | Categories: Press | Tags: , | Leave A Comment »

8-26-12 – Time Lapse Video

I compiled RAW stills to make this un-edited time lapse. It is very rough, but thought it was interesting. I had a secondary camera set up to try to capture lightning and movement of this beautiful isolated thunderstorm over Frisco, TX on 8-26-12. I watched this storm for about an hour. The sun came out and with it this rainbow. The sun also lit up the rain shaft, which had pea sized hail. very dramatic. Love it when the rainbow appears.

Shot with the Canon 5D Mark III using my Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens. f.22 ISO 100, shutter varied on lighting conditions

Aug 28, 2012 | Categories: Time Lapse, Video | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave A Comment »

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