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Stop motion video from I’m from Barcelona Directed by...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:49:16 -0600

Stop motion video from I’m from Barcelona

Directed by Marc Corrigan

via concatenated: Perhaps you’re working too hard.

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication"

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:08:09 -0600

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” - Leonardo da Vinci

Cloud Factory Calgary, AB · February 26, 2012

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:59:00 -0700

Cloud Factory

Calgary, AB · February 26, 2012

"Things are only impossible until they’re not"

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:15:00 -0700

“Things are only impossible until they’re not”

Waiting Balloons Subtle, sweet, and surreal. 3 weather balloons...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:08:00 -0700

Waiting Balloons

Subtle, sweet, and surreal. 3 weather balloons readied for release.

Photo by lacomj.

A bald tree intercepts the city’s skyline on a mild winter...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:41:58 -0700

A bald tree intercepts the city’s skyline on a mild winter afternoon.

Calgary, AB · January 23, 2012

"Creativity takes courage."

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:13:12 -0700

“Creativity takes courage.” - Henri Matisse

The Front This was the calm before the snow storm. Just outside...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:43:00 -0700

The Front

This was the calm before the snow storm. Just outside Calgary, December 4, 2011.

Glimmer From the pages of my sketchbooks.

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:45:00 -0600

Glimmer

From the pages of my sketchbooks.

The cloud On July 25, 2010, driving home from Sylvan Lake,...

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:25:00 -0600

The cloud

On July 25, 2010, driving home from Sylvan Lake, Alberta, the road became wet and visibility was reduced by scattered thunder showers. It was evening, with the sun low in the sky, at times peering out in the distance. It projected brief but gorgeous rainbows that illuminated the gloomy backdrop to the east. At some point the haziness slowly began to dissipate, revealing a dark, unusual but beautiful, wavy cloud outline. My appreciation for clouds was about to change. As the sky cleared, the outline revealed itself to be the edge of something much greater.

What lie ahead was a massive cloud, ominous and commanding, with a clearly visible spinning motion at it’s center. The contrast between this dark cloud, and the soft light of the low sun was breathtaking. I experienced awe, reverence, then fear, as the cloud made it’s way from just off the side of the road, to intersecting our path on the highway.

With drivers unsure and uncertain, the highway quickly became a parking lot, as no one dare cross it’s path. It brought a downpour, followed by what appeared to be golf ball sized hail. We all waited for the unexpected.

The unexpected never happened. As the cloud progressed past the highway, there was a sense of relief. Cautiously the vehicles resumed their journey.

I would later find out I had witnessed the mesocyclone of a low precipitation supercell, which are know to spawn tornados.

I have never since looked at clouds quite the same way…

Above photo © Chris Bellamy

Brandon Brown chased this storm, his account can be found here.

Jaunque’s video Mountain View County, Alberta storm shows the beautifully insidious wavy outline of the initial encounter with the cloud.

After the storm

I always have my iPhone on me, but unfortunately I accidentally submerged it in the lake that day. It would be three days until I could use it again. My DSLR was in the trunk, I couldn’t pull over to get it, traffic was heavy, the highway was slick, and everyone’s eyes were on that cloud! It was also tense in that no one could predict what it would do next. We were forced to stop when we were hit with hail, and allowed it to make it’s way across the highway. Once the storm subsided, their was a sense of relief as I retrieved my camera from the trunk and captured these few shots after it had crossed the highway.

These photos © Jon Pernul // djonstyle

It Was Only a Dream An inadvertent Hipstamatic discovery.

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:48:00 -0600

It Was Only a Dream

An inadvertent Hipstamatic discovery.

Jessica at the Falls An outtake from a photo shoot this week....

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:45:00 -0600

Jessica at the Falls

An outtake from a photo shoot this week. Beautiful day, subject and scenery.

Towers of Power The light between the buildings was incredible...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:10:00 -0600

Towers of Power

The light between the buildings was incredible and begged to be captured.

Beach Pochomil, Nicaragua

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:47:00 -0600

Beach

Pochomil, Nicaragua

Great Plains Somewhere in rural Alberta

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 20:40:00 -0600

Great Plains

Somewhere in rural Alberta

I Want to Fly Away A breathtaking sky beautifully frames a plane...

Tue, 31 May 2011 21:26:00 -0600

I Want to Fly Away

A breathtaking sky beautifully frames a plane departing YYC for an unknown destination. The outline of the Rocky Mountains is faintly visible in the distance.

Spark

Mon, 23 May 2011 20:47:00 -0600

Spark

New Vogue

Sun, 22 May 2011 18:22:00 -0600

New Vogue

Follow Me into the Ocean Pochomil, Nicaragua

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:14:00 -0600

Follow Me into the Ocean

Pochomil, Nicaragua

Welcome Waves Pochomil, Nicaragua

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 16:09:00 -0600

Welcome Waves

Pochomil, Nicaragua