I did get to follow a cell that had rotation and even managed to generate a funnel but it never got past that stage. Probably a good thing considering the communication issues I was dealing with. So, lets get to some photos:

This is the cell when I started

Heavy precipitation, but still disorganized

Promising

Funnel as it was dying

Let me just take a moment to say that I was annoyed at this point. I had nowhere to pull off and my phone had slid off to the side. The funnel was quite impressive when I first spotted it.

Front of a new cell, cool look

I could have continued chasing but I was tired, mentally and physically. That precipitation in the distance was hard, fast, and as I found out, packed with pea size hail. I just sat on the side of the road and enjoyed the clattering on the roof of my truck till I could see the road again!

The fall colors are starting to come out and I need to get out there and capture some of it. I also need to get out there and do a shoot with Anna, not only of her but with her. She really loves wielding a camera almost as much as she loves being in front of one.

I am thankfully, completely over my bronchitis now and all I can say is good riddance to it! That was one of the major factors in my not getting outside to take any photos, that and the unbearable heat. Now it is cooling off outside and I am feeling pretty much normal for me, I have to get out.

I used to walk around my neighborhood at night because it was so quiet. Now I will only go out in the daylight. Not because I am scared of the dark. no but I am pretty sure I heard the deliverance theme song coming from the pickup of the guy down the road.

I don’t want to have to squeal like a piggy!

Anyway, I am still going on about the fair, it may be over but it is far from forgotten. Usually when I shot at the fair I get several shots of the goats, not sure why guess I just like them. This year wasn’t any different as you can see here:

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Not too baaaaad!

Anyway, this is the back of Becky’s head and Puppy the cat in Puppies favorite sleeping position.

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The Colts Austin Collie catches the one and only touchdown of the night against the Baltimore Ravens.

Not that I think I’m great, just the opposite actually, I think I am pretty mediocre most of the time. I’m just saying to all those who want to shoot great shots, it doesn’t take tons of money. It just takes patience and knowledge of what you are shooting.

Now begins the long arduous task of sorting through the photos and retouching any that need it. Hopefully there won’t be as many in need of help as last time. After all we were in an actual church this time instead of a gymnasium.

Thankfully, I actually knew someone at this wedding. It makes it a whole lot easier when you know who to go to and ask questions.

I will throw you all a bone here. This is one of the groom and his groomsmen. They were acting like mannequins, while it doesn’t play out as well in the actual photo, it was hilarious at the time!

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Back to work now!

One thing I have learned about weddings, always watch the children, they make some of the best shots sometimes!

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Alas, I promised not to use any of them where a child had jammed a finger up their nose, classics!