A nice evening for arson

Firefighters asses the situation after arriving at 303 Lowell Ave. just off of Wilkinson Blvd. near McAdenville to find a mobile home fully engulfed in flames on Friday March 23, 2012. McAdenville, Lowell, New Hope and Belmont Fire Departments responded to the blaze, which was brought under control quickly with no injuries. Gaston County Police were called to the residence earlier in the day for a domestic, and the fire marshall is now indicating the blaze may be arson. 

Sometimes preparedness pays off. Friday night I had just gotten into my car to leave work when I heard a structure fire dispatched. The address caught my attention. It's the same address where police were called out to a domestic a few hours earlier.

This could be interesting, I though.  

And, as luck would have it, I pulled up on this fire right behind the first fire engine. I was standing there camera ready as they assessed the situation (above) and began fighting the fire (below). 

It's a good thing too; mobile homes fast. It was probably less than 25 minutes from when the first dispatch about the call came out to when the fire was more or less under control. 

Firefighters begin attacking the blaze.

Art Duckworth gets a Windmill

Art Duckworth's dream of having a functional windmill on his Apple Orchard Farm in Stanley, NC became a reality on Saturday March 21, 2009.

Backyard Time Lapse

This is a short time lapse video I made over two nights in my backyard. Shot with a Canon 1D Mark II and 17-35mm f2.8 lens. 30 second exposures with 2 second intervals in between frames. Played back at approximately 24 fps.

Pedals & Pipes

I love pipe organs; the "king of instruments."

The shear size, power and tonal range of a good pipe organ is matched by no other single instrument, and the craftsmanship invested in their construction is remarkable.

Oh, and the music just blows me away!

I embarked on a personal project to photograph some of the pipe organs in and around Gaston County and the people that play them.

Fortunately for me, but unfortunately for this project, I moved from Gaston County to take a new job, leaving this project unfinished. There are still a few nice photos, though, so here it is in it's incompleteness.