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For Sale - Sony HVR-Z7U - Mint ++ LOTS OF EXTRAS!!!

Sony HVR-Z7U - Mint PLUS LOTS OF EXTRAS!!!!!!

See it on Ebay, and contact me at detrichpix@aol.com for details or sale, little use, must sell soon!! 

Thanks,

Allan

SNL Signals Obama Trouble...

Canon 5D Mark II for Sale Soon...

Going to be selling my Canon 5D Mark II and grip and extra batteries soon, let me know if you might be interested, it is MINT. Email me @ detrichpix@aol.com.

For a Point and Shoot, Canon G11 Great in Low Light...

ISO 1600 1/8th at f/2.8

I got a new Canon G11 last night from Cleveland and have been playing with it all day, Canon boasted the the new camera (10 MP) was good up to 3200 ISO, and it seems to be true. I have shot the camera in near dark with great results. The shot above is included in a large size for comparison, just click on it and wait. Here is a LINK to some more snaps from this afternoon.

Fun Fall Fling Wedding Photo...

Here is to Next Years Chase Season...

Photo From Civil Was Reenactment...

Tonight's Harvest Moon Over Ohio...

Canon G7 Plus Extras for Sale...

I have a Canon G7 for sale, (10.0 Mega Pixel) which is like new, in the box with 3 batteries and conversion lens adapter for sale for $325.00 plus shipping, if interested, BID HERE!!

A Few Snaps From a Sunday Church Photoshoot...

Obama, Could it be True or Just Funny...

White House Reveals Obama Is Bipolar, Has Entered Depressive Phase

A Few Snaps From the Fair...

Happy Pig...

Elvis Pig...

Midway Food...

A Gathering of Geese...

Circus, Circus...

Ted Kennedy is Dead from Cancer...

A photo I shot of Liberal Lion, Ted Kennedy at the 2000 Democratic National Convention.

PICTURES Music Video Re-Edit...

"PICTURES" Music Video Re-Edit from Allan Detrich on Vimeo.

PICTURES Music Video shot and directed by me, Song by Chuck Chura, co-written with Michael Coleman. Actors Sean Scarlett and Kelly Dettmer, and Rob Dahm as the cop. Filmed in Femont, Ohio with a Canon 5D Mark II digital camera.

New Puppy in the House...

This week we got a new puppy, Clyde, half Chocolate Lab, half Springer Spaniel, on Google they are calling this a Spanador. This sounds like a fancy word for Mutt to me, but what the heck. We got him for free from a Lab breeder, Clyde (our other dog is a Chocolate Lab named Bonnie) was from an OOPS litter. So far the potty training is going well considering how young Clyde is, and we are crate training him at night.

Goodbye Friend...

Yesterday a longtime friend, Bill Kennedy, died of cancer. Bill will be missed by every person he pointed his camera at, and every person he worked with in the news business through the years. Bill worked at the Fremont News Messenger starting in 1980, and then moved up to the Lewiston, Maine Sun Journal with me in 1986. He then later came back to Ohio working at the Cleveland Plain Dealer until his death. Bill was a happy go lucky guy who loved his kids, music and the art of photography, he will be missed greatly.

Click HERE to read his obit and see some of his work.

The ABC's of Weather Now Available...

The ABC's of Weather book is now available for purchase HERE. The book is aimed towards kids and weather nuts alike. It contains many cool weather photos and definitions of weather terms. This is a good book for that weather enthusiast or donate one to your local school. The price is just $34.95 for the softcover version and $47.95 for the hardcover imagewrap version. A preview of the book is online HERE. Visit my bookstore and feel free to brouse all of my books for sale HERE.

Some Fun Photos From Noah's 9th B-day Party...

Every July 3rd, we head to the beach and have a birthday and fireworks at my wife's Aunt and Uncle's beach off of Cedar Point Road in Sandusky. Here are some photos from last night. We also had a round of putt-putt golf in Port Clinton to start the night off.

Another Beautiful Cathedral Wedding...

A wedding I shot at Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio last week.

Funny Moment From This Weekends Wedding...

My New, Yes He Can, Music Video...

My newest music video, Yes He Can, featuring Terry Davis, song written by Michael Coleman and Terry Davis. Video and editing by Allan Detrich. Directed by Michael Coleman and Allan Detrich.

Yes He Can! from Allan Detrich on Vimeo.

Tasty Bones for Nine Bones...

Al McKinstry cooks some ribs along State Street in Fremont, Ohio getting his tasty treats ready for the lunch hour. McKinstry is selling his rib dinners for $9.00 near Paisan's bar.

Cool Wedding Photos From the Weekend...

Another Year of Storm Chasing in the Books...

Well MESO completed another two weeks of storm chasing in the plains last Friday, and though it has taken me a few days to catch-up at home, I smile as I look back at the trip. We had two weeks of great friendship, BBQ, and fun with the crew this year as always. We caught one tornado in Fort Scot, KS and a couple of close-call gustnadoes a few days before that. Even though our chase just ended, we are counting down the days until next year, our 13th year chasing together in the plains. I will have some chase days here in Ohio this summer and it will not be quite the same without the rest of the MESO crew along for support and laughs.

Last Day of the Chase...

MESO and I are heading for our first stop in Emporia, KS for our first target for today and a 10% tornado probability, here is hoping we pull out another tornado today.

Tree Damage in Fort Scott, KS...

Ed Colter cleans up a tree limb a foot in diameter from last nights storm.

Last night we got a brief rain wrapped tornado in Fort Scott, KS, and we went back today and got some clean-up of tree damage, which leads us to believe that it was a weak tornado. We are overnighting it in Wichita, KS to get in position for tomorrow's storms.

Tornado Last Night in Fort Scott, KS...

A rain wrapped tornado appears in Fort Scott, KS last night at 7:55 p.m.

The day began like so many others.  We (MESO) were up early after NOT getting enough sleep the night before, when we had gotten in to Norman, OK at about 1 a.m.  We’re not early morning people to begin with, but realizing that we needed to go into central Missouri from where we were, we steeled ourselves for what was ahead.

Once again, all the elements were there, but as the afternoon wore on, initiation of the storms was not forthcoming.  We sat in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart somewhere in Missouri, thinking we had gotten skunked again.  Then the storms started to appear, popping up in a line that extended from NE to SW.  They were about two hours from our location, but we reasoned that if they were moving east and we moved west, we might have a shot at them before dark.  Off we went, our target being Nevada, Missouri.

We went beyond Nevada, and caught the storm just outside of Fort Scott, viewing it from a small road out where visibility was good, but not great.  At this point we were VERY close to the core, which was about 5 miles away.  The storm was huge, and showing on our computers to have 130 mph sheer.  It was showing us magnificent lightning, and a bit of wind.  It was also showing us a very robust rain shaft that about to catch up with us, so we decided to move a bit south.  Moving South, we decided, heck we’re this far and we only have a half hour before we lose sun completely…let’s move a bit closer and go east.  We got to a place of fairly good visibility, but then thought; well…maybe the next hill has even BETTER visibility.  What ended up happening is that we landed ourselves right smack dab in the middle of Fort Scott, Missouri on residential tree lined streets with ZERO visibility…and sirens sounding, wind blowing, and a growing sense that maybe we had talked ourselves into a predicament.  

We found ourselves in heavy precip, which is relative safety when you’re that close to a tornado.  A few times in the past, we’ve ducked in to the precipitation of a storm as the tornado cannot exist in there.  Of course, the rain started to turn into hail, presenting another problem.  We found a good solid bank and pulled under the overhang for the drive up teller, happy that for at least a few moments, we were out of rain, hail, and debris. See the rest of the night's photos CLICK HERE.

May 12th Texas Panhandle Photos...

We did not get a tornado, but we got most everything else, a gustnado, wall clouds, mammatus, and a rainbow to beat all rainbows, on our way to Missouri today, CLICK HERE to see photos.

DOWs and VORTEX 2 in Clinton County OK...

As we went West in I-40 today in Oklahoma despite SPC dropping their slight risk in the Western OK, TX, panhandles, we thought it still looked like a good target. We had had a feeling that the SPC did this on purpose to keep chasers away from the area they were going. Our initial target was Woodward, OK, but EVERY hotel room in the town was booked, we ended up staying in Perryton, TX, in the Baymont Motel, a nice place, with not so nice internet. It seems funny to me that the whole VORTEX 2 team would go to an area that did not warrant a slight risk anymore. But some of our forecasters think they will re-post the slight risk at 1:00 a.m., just in 15 minutes, we will see. Things are looking good, on day 2 and three, so we are crossing our fingers.

Nice Cell too Close to Dark...

Shot this cell going up right at dusk last night near Ardmore, OK, it did yield a nice rotating wall cloud also, see more photos HERE.