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This was one of the last images I shot this past Wednesday east of Turkey, TX, my final day chasing the plains this year. Over the span of two months, I chased for 18 total days and if you toss in travel days, I was away from home for more than that. Also put roughly 21,000 miles on Vera II across 9 states, not including Arizona.
It’s sorta hard to see it gone already after waiting so long for spring to get here. My first day out was April 15th and the last was June 15th. And now the monsoon will keep me busy until fall but then it will be waiting for April to return once more.

Highlight of my year was the Wynnewood tornado for sure. Never seen one that close and powerful before, it was astounding to behold. I figured that would be it for me this year, but all told I saw over 12 tornadoes, five of which I actually caught on time-lapse and can’t wait to share soon 🙂

I will forget names, but while I tend to chase solo, I get loads of input from guys like Andy Hoeland, Brandon Sullivan, Jeremy Degenhart, James Langford, Brett Wright, John Sirlin, Max Olson and Mike Mezeul II. Heck, Jenny Brown saved my ass from driving all the way to Montana last week instead of sticking to Texas and getting this final shot 🙂 I appreciate the help and I learned so much this spring but I feel like I still known nothing haha.
Excited to once again have gotten to hang with guys like Willoughby Owen, Marko Korošec, Brad Hannon, Dean Gill, Daniel Shaw, Niccolò Ubalducci, Valentina Abinanti, and others. Finally meeting Dennis Oswald randomly in Stratford, TX. And Justin Terveen wherever we were. I respect you all so much and you are all so inspiring to me!

Of course running into the AZ crew, Tori, Christian, Trey, Corbin, Chris, Jerrod, Kevin, and John was fantastic. So proud of our little group out here and what everyone saw this spring! Tons of others I ran into…Jay, Matt, Blake, James, Jack, David, Wesley, Paul, Paul, Jeremy, Jack, Clyve, Jane, Shane (thanks for meeting us man!) and a bunch of other new faces and names. And I’m horrible with names, sorry about that!

Nick Drieschman and Joseph Barton Comstock…you guys made me laugh every time I ran into you, thank you for that 🙂 Hope you guys are proud of what you are doing, I could tell by the people with you that you were killing it!

Truly appreciate Sarah Al Sayegh, Brad Girard, Mike DeVos and Daniel for coming along for our little private tour! Appreciate your trust and support, I had an amazing time with you all! See you next year 🙂

Apologies for the length and wordiness of this post 🙂 I have tons of photos to work on, but I’ve been so focused on my next time-lapse film that I haven’t done much else. It’s actually nearly complete, but with family in town and the monsoon ramping up soon hopefully, not sure how soon I can finish. Bummed I missed Dodge City and that epic week but I’m pumped for what I captured this year! More tornadoes than I thought and some pretty gorgeous storms and scenery.

Thanks again to everyone for their support and kind words, and to everyone watching the live stream on Youtube this spring! Already looking forward to next year!

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