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The Station Fire at this point has burned someplace around 144,000 acres, and destroyed over 60 houses. It really is a tragedy!
I decided yesterday that I would take a drive over to the fire line and get some photos.
I must say, after being close enough to have one of the water dropping helicopters drop half it’s payload on my truck; those firefighters really earn my respect!
As you’ll see in some of these photos, the wall of fire completely dwarfs these men. Though I was standing some 500ft away from it, I could definitely feel the heat and hear the roar of the flames.

This may not be very “photography related” news for my blog.  However, I do find it pretty sad news being that I have personally shot photos of him recently and have been watching his freestyle motocross career take off for quite some time.
This news clip borrowed from the Associated Press:
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — [...]

I think that every blogger should have a first post explaining what the goal of their blog is.
This is mine…
My goal with this blog is to publish for the world, any photography tips, samples, news, ideas, etc, that I find interesting or that have helped me out on my journey as a photographer. My goal [...]