My Other Love

I think more then any other year I have found myself missing the Great Plains and storm chasing. It makes it even harder as I get to see the videos of tornados and other weather related material come in before it hits the airwaves like CNN,ABC,TWC and many others from our freelancers in the field. I will make it a goal of mine that I wont miss another year of chasing in the Midwest and set aside time to go out and do what I have loved for many years. Even locally it has been slow and by this time of year I usually have a pretty good selection of lightning or other weather related photos. I have posted a few photos that I have taken so far from this year but nothing to write home about so to speak. I have a little down time this month and this is good as I am spending some well needed time with Madison my daughter.virginiabeachlightningblog1virginiabeachlightningblog4virginiabeachlightningblog3virginiabeachlightningblog2

Suzanne And John Make It Look Easy

Suzanne contacted me about getting some photo’s of her and John with their wedding attire on and some more causal type of photos done as well. Both were married May 2, 2009 in Maryland and just wanted more intimate photography taken of the both of them as time was a factor during her wedding. You guys remind me so much of my wife and I and John I feel your pain being tall is good in some ways and sometimes it gets in the way. Suzanne I made sure to show those shoes I am sure your mother will appreciate some of the one’s that show them. Thanks so much for the kind gifts at the end of the day both Chris and I do appreciate them very much.

This shoot gave me the first opportunity to really use off camera lighting with the Radio Poppers and Lastolite Softbox. I have to tell you I had a lot of fun with them. DS, your right, lighting is everything and I hope to use it more when the time permits on my future shoots.
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Stephanie And Donald Tie The Knot In The Sand

Stephanie and Donald took their vows in the sands of Virginia Beach, Virginia. A beautiful setting to have a wedding at with family and friends. After the wedding the reception took place at the Sheraton Virginia Beach Oceanfront hotel. Stephanie and Donald congrats and make sure to take care of that little girl, I mean with a name like Madison Ann she has to be special.
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Kelly And Andy’s Wedding Day

Kelly and Andy were married recently at the Church of the Ascension in Virginia Beach, Virginia. After the wedding ceremony the reception was held at a beautiful beach house in Sandbridge. The rain did not damper the spirits of the wedding party, friends and family. Thanks guys we all had a great time with the both of you. Here are some of my favorites!

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Conclusion To Wallops Island Rocket Launch

After three scrubs of the Minotaur 1 rocket with the TacSat-3 satellite at Wallops Island the fourth time was the ticket. The rocket took off around 7:55pm EST with a loud roar and a quick pace into orbit. I will fill in more details of the launch and video but right now its late and I have so much material to look at and process for this post. Here are a couple of unedited shots from tonight’s launch of the rocket..
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