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First Thunderstorm of June

Caleb — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 06:51:00 +0000

June welcomed itself into Midland by rumbling through later in the evening. I spent about an hour taking pictures. I loved this resulting one. You can click on the image for a larger version.

Wednesday’s Thunderstorm

Caleb — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:28:14 +0000

Wednesday night, Midland went under a severe thunderstorm warning around 10:30pm. At about 9:30pm, I had gone out to try and take some pictures of the lightning. I was able to get some pretty good pictures (as shown below), before the wind suddenly kicked up. Any, and all, loose dirt on the ground was blowing everywhere. I had been taking pictures near MCA, and so I drove under the canopy of the pickup area in front of the Grammar school building. After the top-layer of dirt and blown away, the wind stayed strong. The rain then came in about 10:55pm was when the hail started. It was pretty incredible how much came down, as well as the size. Official spotters within the city reported various sizes, including .75″ and even 1″ diameter hail.

Here are the best pictures I got of the lightning:

Here is a video that I captured with my iPhone while taking shelter under a metal shelter. The hail was deafening (as you can hear in the audio), but I was able to capture a sweet lightning strike. I would suggest turning down the volume on your computer before pressing play.

You can view the radar loop from Wednesday and see the storm really get ugly about 10pm.

Places I Want to Photograph

Caleb — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:54:58 +0000

Due to my current location of residence, much of my photography has been done in a rural environment. After my visit to Albuquerque, I’ve been inspired to try and do more in an urban setting. For this reason, I have decided to attempt, in 2010, to spend a day or two photographing the following places:

Albuquerque, NM
Austin, TX
San Antonio, TX

I’ve also never been to Austin nor San Antonio, so it would give me an opportunity to experience those cities–and my experience in Albuquerque was also limited in terms of urban exposure.

Feel free to keep me accountable to this goal.

Midland -> Albuquerque

Caleb — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:28:35 +0000

My friends Charles, Ashley, and myself went to Albuquerque, NM Friday evening through Sunday. Ashley’s family lives there, so we got lots of great (free) food and company. Saturday morning, the three of us, along with Ashley’s parents hiked the La Luz Trail. About halfway up, a park ranger informed us that there was still a lot of snow on the trail farther ahead, and he didn’t recommend we proceed. We didn’t really want to turn back, so on we went. The snow did get pretty bad, and for about two miles, the entire trail was often completely covered in snow (it was hard sometimes to see where the trail was). Some of the switchbacks were so bad, we just chose to scale straight up the hill instead. I owe mad-props to Mr. & Mrs. Britt for climbing that. I can only hope I can do such things when I’m their age. I live in Midland which is 2,800ft above sea level. We started hiking at 7,000ft, and finished at 10,000ft. Needless to say, I could definitely feel the elevation while hiking.

After reaching the top of the trail (about 7 miles), we hiked another mile (over much flatter terrain) to the Sandia Park Tramway where we enjoyed a well deserved lunch at the High Finance Restaurant on top of the mountain. We then rode the tram down the mountain (which is the longest aerial tram in the world).

The rest of the day was spent recovering at home, which included a dip in the hot tub, steak for dinner, and going to sleep early (11pm is early for me, at least).

Sunday morning we attended church at the Albuquerque Campus of Mars Hill Church. I’ve recently started listening to Mark Driscoll’s sermons and really enjoy his teaching. I thoroughly enjoyed being able to experience one of their campuses. After church we said goodbye, grabbed some lunch, and left the mountains and dry air of Albuquerque and returned to hot and windy Midland later that evening. All-in-all, it was an awesome weekend of meeting new people, seeing new places, and enjoying new experiences.

Here are pictures that I took from the trip:

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Pyote Air Force Base

Caleb — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:45:04 +0000

Saturday afternoon, my friend Steven and I drove out to the old, abandoned, Pyote Air Force base. We spent almost 3 hours walking and taking pictures. Here are all my pictures from the day:

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You can view Steven’s pictures on Flickr as well.

Stanton, Texas – Photoshoot

Caleb — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:46:41 +0000

My photography friend, Steven, and I went out Wednesday morning to Stanton, Texas and took some sweet pictures.

View all my pictures.

View Steven’s pictures.