I’ve had a few favorite days chasing…and May 9th has moved right up to the top. I still cannot believe I saw what I did. I mean…turning down this road, and seeing it right in the center, hovering just a few miles away was mind-blowing. Have always seen tornadoes like this one on video or TV…but seeing it in person was so incredibly different, I don’t even have words for it. I can see why chasing them can get so addicting.

This is likely one of my top 3 favorite storm images I’ve ever shot. I do wish I hadn’t been on f4/ and had used a tripod, but hey, a tornado was coming at me!

It also took the life of 76-year old Chester Barnes…who his family called Uncle Mike. They said he wasn’t afraid of anything. His wife had died a year ago…and one of his nephews talked to him three weeks ago about it: “He said I miss her. He said I’m just ready. That’s all he would say. He would just say I’m ready.”

I wonder if he just stood there watching it get closer, saying “I’m ready. I’ll see you soon.”

RIP Chester Barnes

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This is the first photo that I took of the Pont neuf that I like. I wanted to make it look like a painting I did this years ago and I don’t even know how I did that effect, but it is one of my favorite photo ever. I love that bridge and that view on the old buildings of the Ile de la cité.

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