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So this photo was taken back on June 19, 2010 - it had caught my eye when we were doing an aerial photo shoot of Wadena, MN following the June 17 tornado.

I was recently watching Storm Chasers on Discovery and remembered this photo and figured it might have been part of Sean Casey's Tornado Alley IMAX project. After scouring the web, I found this to be the case. I wish I would have been able to meet the crew!

This truck is part of the VORTEX2 project.

From their website:
www.vortex2.org/

"VORTEX2 is by far the largest and most ambitious effort ever made to understand tornadoes.
We expect over 100 scientists and over 40 science and support vehicles to participate in this unique, fully nomadic, field program during its second and last field season, May/June 2010. The National Science Foundation (NSF) foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are contributing over $10 million towards this effort. Participants will again be drawn from over a dozen universities, and several government and private organizations. International participants will be drawn from Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and Australia."

A wonderful engagement shoot with another couple from Minnesota - Nathan and Emily.

Just experimenting – I bought my first strobe and softbox, and this is one of the results of my testing/fooling around. 50D, photo taken with a G12.

600W Strobe + 36x48 Softbox Camera Right
Lastolight Trigrip Reflector (Silver) Camera Left
Fired with CyberSync

My first time shooting the Minneapolis skyline at night!

A wonderful engagement shoot with another couple from Minnesota - Nathan and Emily.

One handheld 580EX II, camera right. Triggered with CyberSync.