Shot this iPhone image the day before our snow storm hit. We went from spring like weather to winter overnight.

Near Lake Michigan and the Pike River, Kenosha WI

I shot this last evening while on my way to a pet sit. It’s a two image pano of a storm over Lake Michigan at sunset. The image was shot and processed on my iPhone. If it wasn’t for my iPhone I would have missed a beautiful photo because I didn’t have another camera with me. Just goes to show, the best camera is the one you have with you!

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Severe weather didn’t quite materialize for us along Lake Michigan’s shore yesterday. The strongest storms, on the leading edge of the cold front, fell apart as they hit the cooler air along the lake. At the time the storms came in there was an 18 degree difference in temperature from the lake shore to 10 miles inland. That was enough to weaken the storms considerably.

We did get to see a nice shelf cloud as the leading edge of storms came in though. Here is a two image pano I shot from our balcony. Click the image to enlarge.

These storms were moving at 60-70 mph as they came through Kenosha County. I was expecting all hell to break loose after the shelf cloud passed, but it didn’t happen this time. I just missed an awesome lightning photo while shooting this pano. A large tangle of lightning appeared just above the trees and stayed there for about 5-10 seconds. More than enough time to take a picture, but I was moving to a new position and wasn’t ready for it.

We did end up with .55″ of rain last night and another .04″ this morning. Next system moves in on Tuesday night and Wednesday. It’s currently forecast to bring close to an inch of rain.

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Those of you who are friends of mine on Facebook already know of this, but I wanted to share it with all of my SierraVisions friends too. I have recently started a new photo blog called Everyday Beauty. It contains photos from my everyday life that I shoot and process with my iPhone. I originally started posting these photos on Facebook a month or so ago, but as the gallery began to grow, I decided it was time for the images to have their own site where they could be displayed in a nice fashion. Plus, I just don’t quite trust having my photos on Facebook.

I’ve found that having a decent camera with me all of the time, my iPhone camera, has really opened my eyes to a whole new world of photo opportunities. I’m now shooting images of things that I never dreamed of shooting before. Plus, with all of the great photo apps available on the iPhone, my creativity has really blossomed and many of my images have taken on a whole new artistic feel.

Here is a small sample of what you’ll find on Everyday Beauty.

So click on the link below to head on over a check out the new site. I try to update it everyday. I’ve also begun adding quotations to the images and, once in awhile, a little something of my own.

Everyday Beauty: The beauty of our everyday world as seen through the lens of my iPhone.

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