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SXSW People’s Choice Awards

SXSW 2010 Web Awards Finalist I announced Monday on our Facebook fan page that the Clouds 365 Project is a finalist at the 13th Annual South by Southwest Web Awards, Personal Portfolio category. The award show will be in Austin, Texas on March 14th. Next to the Webby’s, this could not be a bigger deal for me.

The People’s Choice Awards are now open for voting. if you are a first time voter , you have to go through a few steps to vote, but it is a relatively easy process.

I need your help. If you are a fan of the Clouds 365 Project and feel the project is worthy, please go vote! Lets show everyone what a great community we have! I really appreciate your support.

Feb 18, 2010 | Categories: General | Tags: Austin, SXSW, Texas, Vote, Web Awards | 2 Comments »

Snow Day in Frisco, Texas

A foot of snow in Frisco, Texas (Suburb of Dallas) is unheard of. First time it has happened. Trees down, power out in some places, it is a mess around here. I know parts of the East coast was hit bad, but this is unbelievable for us. I had a hard time choosing the image for the day, because I liked them all. I ultimately chose 2-12-10 because it had a little more cloud definition than the others. Thought I would show you the other selects for the day.

Feb 12, 2010 | Categories: Images | Tags: Cold, Extra Images, Frisco, Snow, Week 33 | 2 Comments »

More From Malibu

The last 2 days are the reason why I started this blog, to post images that did not get picked as a daily image. I shot over 500 images yesterday. I was so excited to be in a new place and great clouds. I probably over did it, but it was fun. I am back in Dallas tonight, cleaning up my images from the trip. Wanted to share these 4 images.

Jan 29, 2010 | Categories: Images | Tags: Beach, California, Colorful, Dramatic, Extra Images, Malibu, Ocean | 9 Comments »

Must Be Love

I woke up this morning surprised to find out that my wife and my 3 year old daughter had been out photographing the sunrise. Turns out, my daughter handed the car keys to my wife so they could go “go get a cloud picture” (she hears me say that all of the time) she knew the power lines and trees in our backyard would obstruct the shot! So, off in robes and pajama’s to capture the moment.

My girls are treating this project as something you just do everyday, a part of life… taking pictures of clouds. I was very touched. I thought I would share the picture with you.

Jan 20, 2010 | Categories: General, Images | Tags: Cloudy, Extra Images, Family, Frisco, Sunrise | 5 Comments »

More From 1-16-10

Good day for clouds yesterday. I shot most of the day. I had 3 images I was choosing from later in the day. I chose 1-16-10 – Part 2. Here are the 2 I did not post. I though were very nice to show here

Jan 17, 2010 | Categories: Images | Tags: 60+, Great Shooting Day, Images Not Picked, Week 29 | 2 Comments »

Happy 2010!

The last six months for the Clouds 365 Project have been really exciting. It is only going to get better, although it is hard for me to picture shooting clouds for another six months! Including time-lapse, I have shot over 35,000 images so far, used a Terabyte of hard drive space and made myself a little nuts chasing clouds. I love it though. Gives me a creative outlet that I need. I am very thankful I can share it with you.

In honor of 2009, here is a mosaic I did with selected images posted from July, 1 to Dec 31 2009. Hope you like it.

Jan 04, 2010 | Categories: General | 6 Comments »

Fort Worth Museums

One of the most difficult things about this project is coming up with creative shots when there are no clouds. It is rather stressful. For the last few days we have been in a pattern of no clouds at all. I was very happy to be going to one of my favorite places; The Modern and KImball Museums in Fort Worth, Texas. The grounds and buildings are amazing, so I knew I would have no trouble getting a good “No Clouds” shot if the clouds never came in. So happens, right before we left, a small batch of cirrus clouds moved in and I got the shot I wanted (12-27-09). Here are four of my favorites I would have chosen from.

Dec 28, 2009 | Categories: Images | Tags: Extra Images, Fort Worth, Museums, No Clouds | Leave A Comment »

12-09-09 – What a day!

Today was a great day for shooting clouds! I captured the image below on the way home from work. I was just about to post it when my wife tapped me on the arm and told me to look outside. Tonights sunset was amazing - 12-09-09-part-2. Obviously it beat out this shot. Since it was prepared to post already, I thought I wouldn’t waste it Nice stratocumulus cloud!

Dec 09, 2009 | Categories: Images | Tags: Cold, Extra Image, Late Afternoon, Stratocumulus | 12 Comments »

Thanksgiving in Oklahoma

The 24 hours we were in Oklahoma for Thanksgiving, I took about 300 images. Some of them are keepers, others I trash as soon as I import them into my library. I posted 3 images from the trip (see Thanksgiving Week). I had another 6 images that were strong candidates, but did not make it into the main site. Here they are. Hope you enjoy