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My Weight Loss, 510 Pounds to 248 Pounds...

Artsy, Fartsy, Friday...

A shot of my son, Noah's tuba sitting in our living room...

Mother Nature Makes Beauty out of Pollution...

Photo shot in the Key Bank parking lot in Fremont, Ohio.

Cute Video of Zippy Eating...

A Couple of Basketball Shots...

Cool Old Looking Photo Shot Today...

Shot along SR 269 South of Bellevue, Ohio...

Funny Grab Shot from the Other Day...

Hope it tastes as good as it looks like it does...

Couple of New Artsy Photos...

Shot on my nightly walk...

Veggies on deck to be eaten...

Hate Having My Photo Taken, BUT, Here I Am...

I have been a photographer for all of my life, I have taken easily MILLIONS of photos over my career, but my one pet peeve is having a photo taken of me. I might chalk this up to being a big guy all of my life and an even bigger guy in the past few years. Fifteen years ago or so I was big like I was last year and lost a great deal of weight and got down to 250 pounds, yes down to 250.

Over the last fifteen years I have crept back up to my BIG self again. I have always been called "Big Guy", or "Big Al, or Big A" or whatever. To go way back, I weighed 80 pounds in kintergarden, and was hauled into the principals office when in first grade for taking on a sixth grader who called me fatty, I had him on the ground and was sitting on him ready to strike when Mr. Schneider pulled me off and directed me to the office. I got off without too much punisment since it was in "Self Defence".

As I grew up my size became an advantage, I was much taller than most of the kids in my class, bigger and pretty smart. I became sought after for the football team and on the track team, I threw shot-put and discus and was the anchor on the tug-of-war team, (we never lost). I blew a knee while screwing around jumping hurdles my Junior year in High School and had to sit out my senior year of football, pretty much forefiting any scholarship possibilities I had for after I graduated. I decided to wrestle my senior year and in the heavyweight class I weighed between 300-20, I won 40 matches by pins and lost just two.

I credit my love of photography to come out of the loss of a football career in college, so I decided to do something I love instead of playing sports.

Throughout my photography career, my size has been an advantage and a curse. I have used my size to stand my ground in many hairy situations and it has helped me survive many riot-type situations while shooting. But, the weight has held me back and made it hard for me to have the stamina to keep up a 100% pace while shooting something that required alot of physical activity and walking. I sometimes had to give up on shooting some things just because I was physically too big, or it would really hurt my knee. I has an operation in 1996 that removed all of the cartlidge in my right knee.

So since then, I have been less active, gained weight, and the weight gain, made my knee hurt worse, it was a vicious cycle. That kinda brings me to the beginning of this year. What made it click in my brain that I had to loose weight, I have no idea. I was out of breath all of the time, had sleep apnea, would sit on the couch and make my son go get things for me because it was so dificult for me to get up. My vicious cycle was coming to an end quickly if I did not do something, and fast. One night I was on the computer chatting with my friend Chris Howell, who told me he had been dieting and had lost 10 pounds, he was doing great. I told him I would like to join him and began my diet the first of the year (2011). I found an app for my iPhone 4 called Lose It! I started using the app on January 5th, 2011, and have not missed loggong my food one day since then. That was 105 pounds ago! This app has a support website at www.loseit.com and it is free, (the app and website), you can use both or either the app, or the website. 

So as I go into my weigh-in tomorrow, I present you and the world with a photo of me, taken by my lovely wife Mary Bower. I am holding two 50 pound bags of dog food. Their weight just shy of my total weight loss since Jan. 5th. I will be honest with you, I just don't know how I did it. I carried just one bag in and had trouble getting up the back steps, let alone two. Let alone carrying these two bags on our nightly, mile walk. The last few times, I have been jogging the first 1/4 mile of our walk. I am amazed at the energy and stamina I now have just compared to the first of the year. I have lost over 10 inches off my waist and all of my shirts are baggy on me now. With the Lose It! app, I am simply logging all the calories I eat, and the exercise I do. When I first began this process I could not believe the number of calories I WAS eating. This app makes you take a good hard look at the reality of food and how to get the most bang for your buck. You can eat anything you want, but just a certain amount.

My app says I will reach my goal of loosing 125 more pounds next October, so until then, he is to eating healthy...

Me and two 50 Pound bags of dog food, equaling my weight loss total...

Cool "Mistake" Photo...

You know that photo that fires off sometimes when you pick up your camera and usually looks like crap, or is a photo of your feet? Well, I happened to accidently snapped this shot this evening on the way out the door to shoot an assignment, this just proves shit happens...

Hot Time in the Old Town (Fremont, Ohio) Today...

It was a scorcher here in Fremont, Ohio today and this week in general. It topped out at 100 today and felt like 110. We spent most of the day at the pool today and then I took my son Noah to the local ice cream shop for a cool treat but the heat had something to say about that for sure...

MESO Storm Chase 2011 - Multi-Media Piece...

A very cool multi-media piece my brother Matt Detrich of the Indianapolis Star shot of our storm chase group MESO this spring on his first ever storm chase, although we did not score a tornado this year he, and we, got some amazing photos. Also a side note, my blog has gone over the 100,000 unique clicks in the past week, thanks to all of you that have visited in the past and keep coming back...

Some Images from Fremont, OH Memorial Day Parade...

Joplin Death Toll up to 125 People, 1000 Injured...

Most of Joplin had been searched by noon today for survivors, according to the State Emergency Management Agency. Three of the search teams have been dismissed, and a team from St. Louis team will be working with the cadaver dogs which are specially trained to sniff for bodies. The death toll is at least 125, making it the deadliest single twister since the weather service began keeping official records in 1950. St. John’s plans to build a mobile hospital by Sunday at or near the Joplin hospital that was hit by the tornado, officials announced this morning. The mobile hospital will have 60 beds, an emergency room area and will be able to withstand 100 mph winds, said St. John’s spokeswoman Cora Scott. Medical staff will be able to do surgery there and perform imaging tests. The hospital is currently providing some medical services at the nearby Memorial Hall, but the mobile hospital will allow staff to provide more care for the people in Joplin. More than 1,000 people have been treated for injuries stemming from the tornado that struck Joplin at 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Freeman Health System in Joplin treated 467 people in the hours immediately after the tornado struck. More than 396 people sought treatment for injuries Sunday night at hospitals outside of Joplin. That was continuing on Monday.

Some Photos of the St. Louis Tornado Damage...

Members of Disaster Relief Service International clean up the property of the Temple Christian Fellowship Church in Bridgeton, MO.

Today my chase partner Chris Howell and my brother Matt Detrich traveled through the damage path of the 04/22/11 tornado that did significant damage to the town of Bridgeton, MO and the St. Louis Lambert Field airport. Click HERE to see a slideshow of the photos. We are overnighting in Kansas City, MO and will meet up with the rest of the MESO group tomorrow and then head out to Kansas to get into position for some possible weather on Sunday. We are also joined by three Italian storm chasers, (yes from Italy), and will once again enjoy the company of Niccolo Ubalducci and Valentina Abinanti and their friend Michael. We will be picking up Nancy Bose and Joe Falci at the KC airport tomorrow and Matt Kassawara will be driving in from Lawrence, KS.

Chris Howell looks at a twisted I-beam in the damage path of the EF-4 tornado in Bridgeton, MO.

MovingPictures Blog just hit 95,000 Views - THANKS!!!

Thanks to all that have been checking in on my blog for the last few years, I just hit 95,000 views, and hope to hit the 100,000 mark during this years storm chase, keep checking in, THANKS to you all...

12 Years Since May 3, 1999, OKC Tornado Outbreak...

Tweleve years ago, I was in Oklahoma City shooting photos of the aftermath of the May 3rd, 1999 F5 tornado that hit most Norman, Midwest City, OKC, Mulllhull, Bridgecreek and other small towns around the OKC area. The tornado outbreak killed 48 people, and spawned 66 tornadoes that day. If I had looked back at this event a month ago, it was a holy crap event in my mind, but as I look back on it today, I think, what was the big deal when I compare it to the tornado outbreak a week ago in Alabama and the South. Not to diminish 05/03/99, but when you compare numbers, 04/27/11 were more than four times greater, four times!!! Lets all remember the victims for years to come, and may we never forget to pay attention to, and take action when you have a weather warning in your area. Your life depends on it!

Can't Believe how Soon News Organizations Forget...

MSNBC Website

It has just been a few day since the 04/27/11 tornado outbreak in the South and already the story has rolled off the main page of most news organization webpages. Pope John Paul, Gahadfi, Obama joking on Trump at the White House Correspondents dinner; they are all more important than the continued pain that the people in the South are going through as they prepare to bury some of the 347 killed in the rogue storms. It is unfortunate that we forget so quickly, hell, how much do we hear about Japan anymore, 13,000 dead and 14,000 still missing and their whole country is royally screwed for a long time. As a photojournalist, I have found that some of the long term follow-up stories I have done are the most compelling stories you can come up with. Lets not forget the people in Alabama and neighboring states, even if the news outlets have. They deserve better.

Associated Press news Website

Death Toll From 04/27/11 Outbreak up to 347...

The death toll from Wednesday's storms keeps rising. At least 347 people were killed across seven states, including at least 248 in Alabama, as the storm system spawned tornadoes through several states. There were 34 deaths in Mississippi, 34 in Tennessee, 15 in Georgia, five in Virginia, two in Louisiana and one in Kentucky. the 04/27/11 outbreak had largest death toll since March 18, 1925, when 747 people were killed in storms that raged through Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

On the Ground for 450 Miles, Four States, no words...

Image by Brian Tang.

No words can describe the radar montage of the most impressive supercell from 04/27/11 massive tornado outbreak. This cell traveled about 450 miles and lasted over 8 hours, and was on the ground through four states! It also was responsible for the large, violent tornado that caused the destruction in Tuscaloosa, the North side of Birmingham, Alabama and a number of other cities in its destructive. NOAA has put up a special webpage on the April 2011 tornado information page.

An image of the tornado as Tuscaloosa, AL, the big purple dot is the debris ball.

The National Weather Service preliminary tornado track map fro 04/27/11.

04/27/11 Tornado Outbreak Captured from Space...

Sad, Amazing, Devastating, How to Describe Yesterday?

I have seen four major tornado outbreaks that stand out in my mind, 1974 Super Outbreak, where I saw my first tornado, May 3rd 1999, November 10, 2002, and yesterday, April 27th, 2011.

The 1974 Super Outbreak, raised my awareness of tornadoes as I got my first glimpse of the power of Mother Nature as I watched my first tornado. May 3rd, 1999 I drove overnight to Oklahoma City, OK to cover the aftermath of the outbreak for the news agency I was working for at the time. I was one of the first photojournalists let into the Moore and Midwest City area, and the city of Bridge Creek, OK, as I entered with the Pegasus Project, an animal search and rescue team. The F-5 tornado wiped most of those cities off the map, literally. I spent several days shooting the totally destructive force of the twisters that hit the area.

On November 10, 2002, I had the day off from my job, and was celebrating my 40th birthday by watching the weather during the outbreak, we were under a tornado watch here in Ohio. I saw a huge cell heading NE towards Findlay, Ohio. I knew it would track towards, Tiffin, Ohio and I live just 15 miles from Tiffin. I jumped in my truck, and drove through the most intense thunderstorm I have ever witnessed. The rain stopped as I entered Tiffin, but was running into some quarter sized hail, I turned West down Second Street and then South on Nelson St., that is when I saw a white funnel cloud drop from the clouds and immediately turn black, I stopped in the middle of the street and threw my truck into park, threw open the door and fired off several shots with my 20-35mm lens. Little did I know that my photo would be named one of Time/Life Picture of the Year for 2002.

Yesterday I sat at my desk, glued to the TV watching the Weather Channel live coverage as the tornado worked its way from Tuscaloosa through Birmingham LIVE on TV, had Radar Scope running on my iPad, live streaming of chasers on my laptop, and streaming radio from Birmingham on my iPhone. I don't see how people can claim they had "No Warning" of the impending disaster. I could see it in 1974 maybe, but today with 24/7 coverage on TV, FaceBook, Twitter, e-mail, cell phones, iPads, I just can't understand. 

Today reality sets in, the Associated Press reports that at least 307 people are dead, 210 in Alabama. This will no doubt go down in history as one of the largest, if not the largest outbreak in history. There were 32 deaths in Mississippi, 34 in Tennessee, 14 in Georgia, 12 in Arkansas, five in Virginia and one in Kentucky. Hundreds if not thousands of people were injured - 600 in Tuscaloosa alone. All I can say is that people need to be more aware of weather forecasts and maybe sign up for mobile alerts to their cell phones. A simple move like this may save your life.

The storm prediction center received 164 tornado reports around the region, but some tornadoes were probably reported multiple times and it could take days to get a final count.

As I watched the monster tornado move from Tuscaloosa to Birmingham, just a small parcel of it almost 300 mile track, I could not help but to be reminded of the day I watched 911. I had a deep down feeling of dread in my gut knowing hundreds of people might be getting killed, as I watched live on TV. Through all my years of storm chasing, I have seen many bad tornadoes and deaths, but it sure does not get any easier to see things like this happen.

 

1974 Super Outbreak - Xenia, Ohio

The 1974 Xenia tornado that wiped out half of the town in Greene, Co Ohio.

 

May 3rd, 1999 Outbreak - Oklahoma F-5

Sylvia Andrews, a resident of Mulhall, OK, begs a rescue worker to help find her dog which had wandered off. Later the rescuers found her dog and she finished her trip to the post office. Behind her is the water tower which was knocked over by the tornado and washed her home off its base with her inside.

Paula Sanders sifts through the rubble of what used to be her home in Del City, OK. This is the area President Clinton toured on Saturday.

A 2 x 4 is stuck in the windsheild of a truck in Midwest City, OK.

 

November 10th, 2002 Outbreak - Tiffin, Ohio

View of the Tiffin, Ohio tornado looking South down Nelson Street.

A resident of Port Clinton, Ohio in front of whats left of his home.

An inspector for the gas company in Port Clinton looks at a destroyed home.

 

April 27th, 2011 Outbreak - Alabama

SPC Tornado report graphic.

Amazing Photo from Twitter

Yesterday's SPC Tornado Watch graphic.

Photo of the Tuscaloosa tornado by the Dusty Compton via AP.

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ONGOING...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
636 PM CDT WED APR 27 2011

A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION IS CURRENTLY UNFOLDING ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA...AND SUPERCELLS HAVE ERUPTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW TORNADOES HAVE
ALREADY TOUCHED DOWN...AND REPORTS OF MAJOR DAMAGE ARE STARTING TO
COME IN. THE 18Z SPECIAL SOUNDING THAT WAS PERFORMED PRESENTS A
DESTRUCTIVE SETUP...WITH 2700J/KG OF CAPE...EXTREMELY STEEP LAPSE
RATES...AND DRY AIR ALOFT. 0-3 KM HELICITY VALUES ARE ALMOST 700.
THE PARAMETERS WILL ONLY WORSEN AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE TIME FRAME FOR THE WORST SEVERE
WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS FOR
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE STATE...ROUGHLY FROM 2PM TO
8PM...CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE BIRMINGHAM
METRO AREA...FROM 4PM TO 10PM...AND THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS FROM
6PM TO 2AM. I CANNOT STRESS HOW SERIOUS THIS SITUATION IS. DO
WHATEVER YOU CAN TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY NOW...YOUR LIFE
MAY DEPEND ON IT! ALL WEATHER WILL CLEAR THE AREA AFTER 6Z
TONIGHT...SO THE CLEANUP PROCESS CAN BEGIN.

 

4-27-11 Tornado Tuscaloosa, Al from Crimson Tide Productions on Vimeo.

May everyone's thoughts and prayers be with the victims of yesterdays tornado outbreak in the South...

Amazing Images on a Stellar Chase Day in Indiana...

The secret to successful "Storm Chasing" is that you must realize early on that you ARE NOT going to get to see a tornado or get a photo of one every time you go out chasing. Once you realize that, chasing becomes more pleasureable. Last night Chris Howell and I shot over to North central Indiana on the middle of a 5% tornado risk. We got a couple of nice cells that tracked NE right to us near Legonier, Indiana. It made for some nice photos, our equipment was put to its first test, a good practice run for the chase in 9 days in the plains. As we drove home, I noticed some wonderful cells drenched in golden evening light, we quickly stopped and found a pictorial little lake and shot some of the prettiest sunset photos I have seen in a long time. Here is a link to my 04/26/11 Gallery on Flickr. One thing for sure, Mother Nature always gives us something to make us come back one more time...

Extreme Protection for Your iPad...

More Digital Diana Photos...

First "Digital Diana" photos out of the iPhone...

Around six months ago I released an iPhone app called "The Diana". It chronicled the history of the 1950's plastic camera made in Hong Kong. The app also contained a photo of every Diana camera and clone known to exist to date. The app has sold well in the Apple iTunes store. In the next week or so, version 1.2 will be released with the first "Digital Diana" function. Below is one of the first test photos out of the iPhonesphere. This app will allow all of the people that have bought the app in the past to upgrade their app and the new version will have the new features.

Photo of the Day - New York Minute...

 

Weather ABC's Word of the Day - Advection...

Word of the Day - Advection - The horizontal transport of air, moisture or other atmospheric properties. Commonly used with temperatures, i.e., "warm air advection."

Photo of the Day - Favorite Painting...

Security Guard Larry Sawicki and his favorite photo The Scottish Highlands.

Summary: Mag page on some of the security guards at the Toledo Museum of Art about their favorite art.

Photo of the Day - iTunes Screen Shot...

Today's photo of the day is a little self-serving, it is showing off my new iPhone/iPad app Weather ABC's, I am proud of my accomplishment, I did the app myself with a template, but there was alot of hard work. The app includes over 800 weather terms and descriptions, plus over 250 weather photos from my 13 years of storm chasing. I think anyone from age eight to 80 will like it, enjoy. Click HERE to go to the iTunes store to get your today.

Photo of the Day - Keeping the Faith...

Page Snyder looks through the front doors of a church in Cleveland, Ohio as she anticipates getting to see Dr. Nemeh, for the fourth time, she has suffered from cancer most of her short life, and is now in remission, but her parents continue to take her to see Dr. Nemeh as often as possible.

Photo of the Day - Grain Day...

Terry Green, of McClure, Ohio watches as grain is loaded into a trailer at the Deschler Farmers Elevator Co-Op in McClure, Ohio. The elevator serves farmers from many of the rural surrounding communities during the farming season.

Photo of the Day - Blue Angels...

Photo of the Day - Monkey See...

Photo of the Day - Drive-In Theater...

Photo of the Day - Sunset...

Photo of the Day - Kiss from Angie...

From my Children of the Underground series.

Photo of the Day - Fighting Fire...

Toledo Firefighter and acting Captain Jeff Edwards checks his aerial ladders as his force battles a blaze at the corner of 17th and Monroe Streets.

Photo of the Day - Beautiful Sunset...

Photo of the Day - Opening Day...

Eric Zmuda, looks out to his field of dreams, before the first inning at the Opening Day of the Toledo Mud Hens at 5/3 field.

Photo of the Day - Fore...

Photo of the Day - Willie Hobbs...

Willie Hobbs, beryllium victim...

Photo of the Day - Happy Birthday...

Mary Baker watches her great grandson Austin Baker, of Richmond, VA, as he chows down on her 100th birthday cake at the party at the Glendale Assisted living Center.

Photo of the Day - Waiting for Dinner...

A young child heads out to the playground as Ryan Murphy, 12, of Fort Wayne, IN, watches the older kids play a game of basketball in the recreation area of the Jennings Recreation Center Kids Cafe in Fort Wayne, IN. Murphy waits for dinner to be served shortly after five in the evening while he plays pool. "I come here alot because there is nothing to do after school, this place is the only activity. Lots of my friends come here also". The center is a place neighborhood kids can come to play with friends during the day and get extra meals that their families might not be able to afford.

New iPhone in Hand, In and Out in 35 Minutes...

I must say I timed it right today as my son Noah and I ventured to the Crocker Park Apple store in Cleveland. I was one of the luck people to get a reservation on the 15th through the Apple website, just before it crashed and shut down the pre-order business for Apple and ATT. My plan was to head to the store and get there about 11:15 a.m., figuring the 7:00 a.m. morning rush would be gone and the lunch crowd would not be there yet. Well...at least I was right about the noon lunch crowd not being there yet. First, we were lucky and got a parking spot just a few stores down from the Apple store, my parking luck strikes again. As Noah and I walked up to the store, we saw hundreds of people lined up waiting for their turn to enter the store in search of their new phones, congratulations to Steve Jobs for doing it again. 

We asked a store employee where to go if you had a confirmed reservation to pick up a phone, and she pointed in the direction of the line, which wrapped around the building. I asked "that line" and pointed to the multitude of people hovering in the shade. She replied "no" this line and pointed to a little string of six people, to the left of the big line, thankfully this was the reservation line. We quickly took our place in line and started to chat with others expressing their thanks that they too, had reserved a phone over the internet. The two lines merged as we got closer to the front door of the store. We started to chat with some of the people and found that they had gotten in line at about midnight last night, it was now almost 12 hours later. I had promised my old iPhone 3 to my son to use as an iPod touch, he was playing with it in line and was video taped by a local Cleveland TV station. I asked for the phone back and figured I would use the camera for its last official act for me. I snapped a few photos of people in the lines. At this point in time, it was our turn to visit the Disneyland for gadget freaks, the Apple store.

I was greeted by an employee and was given my phone in just a few minutes and then sent to another table for activation, meantime Noah was playing with all the Apple products and was having a good old time. I was done and we left the store, in just about 35 minutes, not a bad day. Now home to sync it and figure out all the new functions.

The line outside the Apple store in Cleveland.

A couple of Apple fans that have waited in line for 12 hours.

Techno Solution to Wedding Ring Photo Problem...

When I shoot a wedding I always shoot a macro detail shot of the couples wedding rings as part of my nights routine during dinner service. Last night dinner was being served and I approached the newly married couple for their rings. I was handed a semi-traditional gold  and diamond wedding ring from the bride, and the groom handed me a black, titanium wedding ring. I had not seen anything like that before and as my shoot progressed, it presented a tricky problem. I usually shoot the rings with the brides flowers or something that is relevant to the couple or wedding ceremony, see a slideshow of my wedding ring photos HERE. The problem I had with this ring was that it was BLACK, and presented no reflections or details at all. It just photographed like a BLACK blob compared to light colored flowers. I tried different things for about a half hour during dinner and was getting very frustrated. I then got a text message from my friend Chris to my iPhone sitting on the table beside me, then it hit me...

I would use the calendar function on the phone and input an entry into the calendar that says Wedding Day for June 19th. I laid the black ring on the screen and then the gold ring leaned up against the other ring, creating a nice light on the diamond and gold band. Solution found, photo created, and the bride and groom loved the photo...

Another satisfied customer...

Below is another photo from last night...

Waiting For Storms in Eastern Iowa...

We got to Eastern Iowa yesterday and have set up for todays storms, which gives us a 10% tornado probability. We spent the night in Davenport, Iowa, had a nice Mexican dinner at a local joint called Papi's. I went to a local casino and won $230.00, this will help finance my trip, ha. When I got back it was time to hit the bed and even though it was close to time for SPC to update their new Day One outlook, we tried to sleep. Minutes later I saw my chase partner Chris Howell checking the outlook on his phone in bed and snapped this shot with my new Canon 1D Mark IV, shot at 1/6th of a second at f/4, at 5000 asa, truly amazing, only the light of his phone was used for this shot...

Ready for Christmas in the Great Plains....

I have made my list, and I have checked it twice. I will soon find out if the weather will be naughty or nice.

If these lines sound a little familiar, you might remember them from Christmas, but why in May?

Well, the next two weeks are like Christmas to me and my fellow storm chasers in MESO, as we head out the Great Plains for our 13th year storm chasing as a team. I have seen many beautiful sights and many horrific ones in my time as a storm chaser. Each year as May rolls around, the excitement builds for our team like little kids the week before Christmas.

Every day in the plains we are handed a little present from Mother Nature, some beautiful, some ugly, but all amazing in out eyes. I will be updating my website at allandetrich.com and my FaceBook page daily as well as this blog to keep people informed on what we are seeing. Please keep checking back daily and even hourly as the current technology lets us update from the road.

Quick Portrait of my Son Noah...

I have had a photo of my son Noah on my computer desktop for a month or so, and today when he came home from school wearing the same red shirt as he did in the desktop photo, I got a brilliant idea. I had him hold my computer and in seconds had a cool photo, let me know what you think!

New Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II, What a Lens...

A shot of my son Noah with my new Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS II lens. The focus is measurably more tack sharp than it predecessor. I shot some photos as slow as 1/4 second shutter speed and the image stabilization is remarkable.