Over the last month I have shot 500+ photographs for work, school, and me. While this amount may seem mild to some, it is definitely a large increase for me. That being said, I have had to organize a lot more pictures and have had a harder time finding a moment to put pictures up here.

I am a photographer for Winona State University’s Communication Dept. (PR), and my work entails covering events on campus, taking publicity shots, and fulfilling other various photography needs. I generally take lots of candid pictures for work, so it has been fun developing that skill. For my Photo Communication class, I usually have a project to work on every other week. So I am continually on the lookout for subject matter that fits my assignment. (The ‘Fire’ Hydrant pictures were for a class project).

Because it has been awhile since I uploaded any pictures, I decided to gather some of my best shots from this month. Most of them are portraits and candids, though there are a few landscape photos in there too.

Anyway…I’m going to attempt to upload things more regularly… we shall see. Anyway, Enjoy!

So….here’s what happens when you have flooding of record proportions (16 inches of rain in 24 hours!) and you live next to a flood plain…

These pictures were taken late saturday night and early sunday morning. I was able to get some pretty decent shots by waiting for large flashes of lighting… so that’s why some of them look like daylight… when it’s really midnight-ish.

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These were mostly taken Sunday morning… after everything subsided. As you can see… we are gonna need a bulldozer…






UPDATE: Just FYI, Mazy, our dog, is not dead she’s just laying down looking cute and muddy.(see caption on the picture)

Here is before…

And this is after…

Last, but not least, here is a link to some more pictures of west Goodview/Winona area.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Toby.Schmidt/FlashFlood