Author: Doug

2/28/2005 Working on the Lightning Video Page. Had to take a break to finish the server switch. I am now operational on my very own high powered computer server backed up by high speed fiber optic lines.

2/27/2005 Out shooting video for The Weather Channel this morning. I did finish up the Hurricane Charley Video and Photography Page. The Northern Lights or Aurora Photography Page Is Back Up. Hurricane Frances Video and Photography Is Back Up. Hurricane Ivan Video And Photography Is Back Up. Hurricane Jeanne Video And Photography Is Back Up.

2/26/2005 Busy moving servers and stuff. You may have noticed a Redirect page. Right now everything is hosted on Lightningboy.net while we move some equipment around. The About Me Page Is Now Back On Line Daylight Lightning Photography Page Is Up All of the Northern Lights Video is now online and ready

2/25/2005 Working on the massive webpage update. I now own a new high powered computer server that is hooked up to an OC3 line for BNVN (mega bandwidth). I’m rebuilding the site from scratch to make it a lot cleaner and organized. Links Pages Are Now Working How Too Photograph Lightning Pages Now Working The Blogs are working for the past 15 months but I’m still working on the photo gallery pages and video pages. I did put up two temp lightning stock photography pages that have a bunch of images in them. Its pretty strange, my past work that I thought was pretty good, is giving me so many idea’s now with the new digital cameras. Before I was limited by the low rez scans and lack of funds but now, I’m just thinking up so many different new tricks to try, its not even funny.

2/24/2005 In Minneapolis Today. Working on a “Major Webpage Update” for the next few days. The links on the left will not work until the pages are updated. I deleted everything and rebuilding the site from the ground up over the next few days before I take off on a storm chase trip to the Cap Rock.

2/21/2005 Back in Minneapolis and working on the webpage update.

2/20/2005 In Punta Gorda Florida At The Celtic Ray Pub. The Party was great and it was a blast to get to hang out with a lot of the people that live in town and getting to hear some of the different hurricane stories. The number one thing I heard was “The Video Showed What We Missed While Hiding Under The Bed Or In The Bathroom.”

Here are some of the images from the party at the Celtic Ray Pub.

2/19/2005 Guess Where? Yes, in Florida, again… This weekend is the Celtic Ray 8th Anniversary party, 6th Month After Charley Party, and the Hurricane Charley Directors Cut DVD Release! Two Hours Of Footage Is On The Directors Cut.

2/18/2005 Chasing Strange Lights In The Sky, Aurora’s Over Minnesota just north of Minneapolis.

I also posted a video of the event up on my YouTube account.

2/14/2005 Home from the film festival and working on web updates and biz stuff in Minneapolis.

2/13/2005 Our film “Hurricane Charley” is on the big screen tonight at the AMC Theater at the Cocco Walk tonight in Miami.

2/12/2005 In Miami and working on major web page update while killing time this weekend.

2/10/2005 In Miami For The Film Festival! Our Hurricane Charley Video Is In The Miami International Ind. Film And Music Festival. www.nyfilmvideo.com

2/6/2005 Well, the warm temps could not last, I was in Owatonna Minnesota today shooting video for The Weather Channel and the local ABC station, KSTP picked it up as well.

2/5/2005 Shooting some warm morning temps video for The Weather Channel.

2/4/2005 Really loving this 50 degree temps in Minneapolis.

1/31/2005 Back in Minneapolis and shooting some snow video for the morning show for The Weather Channel. It’s St. Paul Winter Carnival Time!   I love the St. Paul Winter Carnival!!!!!!

1/29/2005 Back in Florida

1/25/2005 Out shooting way above normal temps video for The Weather Channel.

1/22/2005 Out shooting video for the Weather Channel morning show.

1/20/2005 Out shooting video for the Weather Channel evening show. Snow and stuff.

1/17/2005 Back from Florida and its cold in Minneapolis. I was out trying shoot some northern lights but it was not happening early this morning. It was cold out. The photo below is me in the cold with a image of the temp outside. 29F Below Zero!!!!!

1/16/2005 Out shooting video for The Weather Channel this evening for the evening show.

1/15/2005 Doing P.R. in Fort Pierce for the Septembers Fury DVD.

1/14/2005 Doing some media and public relations stuff for Septembers Fury. We were featured on NBC 5 WPTV in West Palm Beach Florida.

1/13/2005 En Route to Florida today for a weekend media and public relations tour for the new hurricane DVD, September’s Fury.

September’s Fury has some of the best Hurricane Video from Hurricane Frances, Hurricane Ivan, and Hurricane Jeanne.

I will be in Punta Gorda Today to promote the video at the Celtic Ray. Tomorrow and Saturday we will be in Fort Pierce Florida to promote the DVD. The best part about this trip is the weather. In Florida its going to be in the 70s and 80s while in Minneapolis, its going to be -30. That’s Negative 30 outside air temp. Brrrrrr.

1/12/2005 Shooting snow video for The Weather Channel early this morning.

1/11/2005 Shooting video for The Weather Channel this afternoon of the cold and snow.

1/10/2005 Out shooting video for The Weather Channel this afternoon. Shot some sweet footage of airplanes being deiced.

1/05/2005 On Vacation

1/01/2005 Out shooting video of yet another Ice Storm in the Minneapolis MN area for The Weather Channel. Did some car crash aftermath video and then downtown to do some videography outside of Target Center of all the sleet and ice as people headed into for the Timberwolves game.

Ok,Today it was finally snowing out. Its looking a lot more like Christmas. Out shooting B-Roll.

Ok,Today it was finally snowing out. Its looking a lot more like Christmas. Out shooting B-Roll.

12/20/2004 Out playing weather channel photographer again shooting B-Roll for their morning show of the cold and ice storm. It was another wicked morning with ice instead of snow again.

Traffic really sucked this morning due to the storm so I was only covering this on the south side of town.

12/19/2004 Ok, for everyone that thinks my job as a freelance photojournalist for The Weather Channel is cool, no, its cold! The Temperature: -7 F, The Wind Chill – too freaking cold out side!!! Here is a screen cap from this mornings video shoot at Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. The lake is still not frozen over so the above freezing water is hitting the sub zero are and creating fog.

12/17/2004 Getting ready for this weekend big chill and out filming more cold weather video for The Weather Channel

This Afternoon. Hanging out with Mark Rackley and taking a break to eat some fish and chips at the Celtic Ray to help them promote the Hurricane Charlie video.

It would be great being in Florida so much, if the weather really sucked in Minnesota this winter but it does not. I can’t wait to go home and work on the final part of the video collection. Hurricane Charley “Directors Cut”. I’m putting back in the deleted scenes and stuff we did not have time for in the original home video. Hope to have this done by the end of the week. It will be another two disk set.

12/16/2004 Filming cold people this afternoon for The Weather Channel.

Back in Minneapolis and filming some very windy weather. I filmed another TrashNado in downtown Minneapolis for The Weather Channel this morning.