Footage of the rapidly changing fall colors from Northern Minnesota around Lutsen, MN in the Sawtooth Mountain range along the north shore of Lake Superior.
Various footage of wide and very close up from on top of Moose Mountain and along the Temperance River valley.
Clip 1 Shot of the National Forest sign welcoming visitors to the Fall Color Tour in the Sawtooth Mountains.
Clip 2 Fall colors from on top of Moose Mountain
Clip 3 Pan shot on top of Moose Mountain
Clip 4 – 5 Fall colors along the Temperance River valley.
Clip 6 Driving along the Temperance River valley.
Clip 7 Traffic checking out the colors
Clip 8 – 9 Fall colors from on top of Moose Mountain
Clip 10 Tight shot with a fast pull back on top of the mountain.
Clip 11 Medium shot of lots of color
Clip 12 Tight shot of lots of color
Clip 13 – 18 Wide shot of lots of color
Clip 19 – 20 Medium shot of lots of color
Clip 21 – 25 Tight shots of colors
Clip 26 – 27 Wide shot of color and Lake Superior in the distance
Clip 28 Wide shot of colors from on top of the mountain
Clip 29 Medium shot of contrasting colors of Orange and Green showing the 50% color change.
Clip 30 – 31 Tight shots of color
Clip 32 POV driving shots under a canopy of color.
Thunderstorms with high winds and heavy rain impacted the the northern parts of the Twin Cities metro area this morning. Footage shot in the heart of downtown Minneapolis as the southern part of the line of storms moved through the metro area.
Clip 1 POV shot as while driving on Interstate 494 on the west side of town as the line of storms moved in.
Clip 2 Skyline shot of the city in the rain
Clip 3 Two women walking in heavy rain with an Umbrella
Clip 4 A couple walking in the rain along Nicollet Mall. Pull back and pan shot.
Clip 5 Women walking towards the camera with an umbrella
Clip 6 People walking in the rain on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis
Clip 7 Man walking with an umbrella
Clip 8 Two women in the rain waiting to cross the street under an Umbrella
Clip 9 People walking in the rain
Clip 10 Women on a bike waiting for the light to change in the rain
Clip 11 People in the rain with some farmers market booths
Clip 12 Farmers market merchant wearing garbage bags as a rain coat
Clip 13 – 15 Someone walking under an umbrella
Clip 16 Traffic in the rain
Clip 17 Someone walking in the rain under an umbrella
Thunderstorms with high winds and heavy rain impacted the the northern parts of the Twin Cities metro area this morning. Footage shot in the heart of downtown Minneapolis as the southern part of the line of storms moved through the metro area.
Clip 1 POV shot as while driving on Interstate 494 on the west side of town as the line of storms moved in.
Clip 2 Skyline shot of the city in the rain
Clip 3 Two women walking in heavy rain with an Umbrella
Clip 4 A couple walking in the rain along Nicollet Mall. Pull back and pan shot.
Clip 5 Women walking towards the camera with an umbrella
Clip 6 People walking in the rain on Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis
Clip 7 Man walking with an umbrella
Clip 8 Two women in the rain waiting to cross the street under an Umbrella
Clip 9 People walking in the rain
Clip 10 Women on a bike waiting for the light to change in the rain
Clip 11 People in the rain with some farmers market booths
Clip 12 Farmers market merchant wearing garbage bags as a rain coat
Clip 13 – 15 Someone walking under an umbrella
Clip 16 Traffic in the rain
Clip 17 Someone walking in the rain under an umbrella
Severe storm forms as I visit the Twistex Memorial.
Severe storms filled the sky over El Reno, OK today. Footage shot at the location of the makeshift memorial to team Twistex where they car was hit by the tornado on May 31, 2013.
Footage includes various shots of lightning over an open field, with and without the memorial sign in the foreground. Additional shots of lightning and POV shot of driving in the heavy rain to get out a head of the storm.
8/29/2013 Hill City, MN Tornado and Aitkin County, MN hail storm footage.
A large tornado formed on the tornado warned storm just south of Hill City, MN which is in Aitkin County, MN. The tornado can be seen just north of the cameramans position which was just south of Hill City, MN on Highway 169.
Additional storm footage and hail footage from southern Aitkin County, MN.
Clip 01 Large tornado crossing Highway 169
Clip 02 Looking north on 169 at the area of rotation
Clip 03 Looking north on 169 at the area of rotation with other stringers in the shot across the road.
Clip 04 – 05 Just south of Hill City, MN looking to the north at the area of rotation
Clip 06 – 07 Under the meso area just south of Hill City, MN
Clip 08 Storm clouds south of Hill City, MN
Clip 09 – 13 Southern Aitkin County storm clouds approaching.
Clip 14 Time Lapse of the storm clouds approaching with vivid motion.
Clip 15 – 20 POV shot of the storm hitting with high winds and large hail near McGregor, MN.
8/19/2013 Minneapolis, MN Dog Days Of Summer News B-Roll
Who let the dogs out because after an unusually cool and sometimes cold summer in Minneapolis, MN, the Dog days of summer have finally arrived this week.
Footage shot around the south beach of Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, MN
TRT 3:41
Clip 1 People on a paddle boards on Lake
Clip 2 People at South Beach on lake Calhoun in Minneapolis.
Clip 3 People walking their dog (dog days)
Clip 4 Two women running with their dog and run right up to the camera next to the fountain with a dish with water for the dogs.
Clip 5 Low shot of a dog walking by the camera.
Clip 6 Medium shot of people in the water at the beach with the skyline in the background
Clip 7 Medium shot of two women standing in the lake.
Clip 8 – 9 Life guards looking out over the water.
Clip 10 Someone running
Clip 11 People walking and running past the camera
Clip 12 A couple walking past the camera
Clip 13 A man helping a young girl get a drink from the well fountain
Clip 14 Group of people biking on the bike path
Clip 15 People out on the diving platform on the lake.
Ahhh, I know it has been a LONG time since I have updated my personal blog page. The good news is that the real page, StormChasingVideo.com which was my main master project is always being updated with new content.
So what have I been up to for this summer? The northern plains chase season has been pretty much a bust which is ok by me. It has given me time to reflect on life and work more on my company. We (all of us) have been working on some great new exciting stuff for the later half of 2013 Hurricane and Winter seasons and the upcoming 2014 chase season.
Now what have I been doing with my summer? I wish I could say I have been scuba diving a lot more then I have but life happens… The good news is when I did get some diving in, all the working out I have been doing has paid off. Since losing a lot of weight, the amount of weight I need in my dive belt has dropped big time.
Speaking of weight, here is a photo Neva took of me at the gym a while back. Yes I am really lifting 1,200 lbs with my legs. I guess you could say I’m in training for “Round Two”…
Doug Kiesling lifting 1,200 lbs with his legs
So with a lack of severe weather, I have been spending a lot of time at the gym getting back in shape and just overall having fun working out and hope to take on the Timber Dash 5K again this year.
Now back to the chase… Here is what I have been working on for the last few months.
In June, there was a few storms that hit close to home.
6/21/2013 Starbuck, MN Flash Flooding Lightning
6/21/2013 Saint Cloud, MN Storm Damage
6/21/2013 Severe storms hit central Minnesota this evening.
Even the Aurora’s have been pretty slow this summer. I have been able to see them only twice in June and not at all in July. Here is the footage from late June near Alexandria. 6/29/2013 Alexandria, MN Auroras Borealis.
6/29/2013 Alexandria, MN Auroras Borealis
For almost a month, there was no weather happening, just cool and boring up north. I got to the point where it was so cold that in the last week of July, over my birthday weekend, I actually shot some footage for TWC of it looking more like October in July in Minnesota.
7/26/2013 Ely, MN Feels Like October in July
One of the best parts of the trip up north this year to scout out locations was hanging out with Neva and not having to worry about work and the Alpine Slide. Yeah I wiped out on the slide but it was still fun!
Lutsen Mountan Alpine Slide Crash Footage
So for my area, Minnesota pretty much went the whole month of July without any severe weather. The next major severe storm was last week and that was just a hail event that I was able to avoid getting smashed up in and made it around the storm to a gas station just in time.
8/6/2013 Central MN Severe Hail
So what is in store for the next month? More scuba diving where I hope the weather does not blow out the dive trip. More chasing and getting the new full time chase truck up and running before winter.
Yes, I have not updated my blog in a month. I don’t know where to really begin so I will start with what is happening right now. I’m sitting at the 58 Club in Champlin, MN waiting for my Juicy Lucy to cool down while sipping on a Pale Ale for a late dinner.
The proper way to eat a Juicy Lucy is to eat the fries first and to let the burger cool down. If you don’t, you will end up with cheese running down the front of your shirt.
Ok enough about my dinner, this is not a Facebook or Twitter update. I’m not going to talk about the recent tragedy in Oklahoma with my friends. It is personal and hits too close to home for me. This blog is about me and what I have been doing and since I have not updated my blog in over 30 days, lets take a look back over the last month.
On April 30th, after spending the morning at the gym, I drove home and saw smoke on the horizon. Even after the extreme winter, the area was still recovering from the drought last year. The grass from last summer and fall was extremely dry along Interstate 94 and finally caught fire. The smoke was so thick that it caused travel to become to dangerous for travel.
4/30/2013 Saint Cloud, MN I94 WildFire
Footage was shot from the county road 136 bridge or Oak Grove Road SW, over Interstate 94 as the high winds and dry grass made the fire expand quickly along the east bound lanes of Interstate 94 towards the county road 75 exit ramp.
Just when I thought I was done with the winter weather and could transition into spring time chasing, old man winter had one last storm to hit me with. I ended up heading down south, yes south, to cover the winter storm.
5/1/2013 Twin Cities South Metro Snow B-Roll
I spent the evening and overnight documenting the historic winter storm that hit the state.
Just to the south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is a winter storm warning. The heavy snow start falling around 2:30 p.m. this afternoon and is now covering the grass on this first day of May, 2013.
Footage snow in Scott County just south of the metro area along interstate 35.
5/1/2013 Owatonna, MN Winter Storm
A powerful winter storm system is creating a heavy wet nightmare for drivers along Interstate 35 in southern Minnesota this evening.
The winter storm warning remains in effect until 10:00 a.m. Thursday morning.
Footage shot on Interstate 35 around the Owatonna, MN area where several inches of heavy wet snow have already fallen and accumulated on the grassy surfaces. The roadways have also cooled off to where they are also becoming covered in snow when it should be the middle of spring.
TRT: 4:44;19
Clip 01 Shot of main street Owatonna at sunset with the power plant sign and traffic.
Clip 02 Pull back shot of a tight shot of buds on a tree trying to bloom covered in ice and snow then pulls back to show the whole field in the back ground covered in ice and snow.
Clip 03 Tree buds covered in ice and snow
Clip 04 Passing tracking shot of a snow plow on Interstate 35
Clip 05 Long pov shot of a snow plow in front of the camera.
Clip 06 Passing shot of a snow plow
Clip 07 Oncoming passing shot of a snow plow.
Clip 08 Pan shot to the right of tracks in the snow and then the car that slammed into the barbed wire fence along Interstate 35.
Clip 09 Tight shot of the barbed wire on the car then pull back to show the whole car. The barbed wire is holding the car like winter has its grasp on midwest.
Clip 10 Alternate shot of the car with the tracks in the snow where it crashed.
Clip 11 Dash cam after the state patrol showed up. Driver was ok.
Clip 13 Tow truck pulling a car out of the ditch.
Clip 14 State trooper in the snow blocking traffic
Clip 15 – 16 Heavy snow with trees
Clip 17 Snow over an open area with tree’s in the background covered in snow.
Clip 18 Statue covered in snow.
Clip 19 POV Drive by shot of a car in the ditch with State Patrol and crews on the scene.
Clip 20 POV Drive by shot of a car in the ditch with crews on the scene.
Clip 21 POV Drive by with a white pickup truck in the ditch.
Clip 22 White Buick in the ditch.
Clip 23 POV Drive by shot of a car in the ditch with crews on the scene.
Clip 24 POV Driving shot in heavy snow.
While Southern Minnesota was still digging out of the major snow storm, back home in Saint Cloud, the weather was almost picture perfect. But the people driving recklessly in the construction zone on Interstate 94, that is always happening.
5/3/2013 Major crash shuts down Interstate 94 south of Saint Cloud, MN
With the very slow start to the chase season, I had some time to play around with my Aurora projects. I made it up to Northern Minnesota to document the Auroras over a yet still frozen lake.
5/7/2013 Northern Lights over Leech Lake
Now the storm chasing season was heating up down south and I have been getting stuck at the office. I did manage to make it out for the historic ice out event on Lake Milacs.
5/11/2013 Mille Lacs Lake Glacial Ice Aftermath
This was about the time that the severe weather started to go crazy. From the middle of the month of May until today, it has been non stop work for me in the office with my expert crews out in the field chasing. I could not be prouder of the team of freelance professional videographers that I have put together. Between the live streaming setup and the news packages from everyone in the field, I was working at the office every day for the last three weeks. Even my planned chase vacation was put on hold due to the need for me to be in the office.
Things have finally started to calm down but not by choice. The last of the severe weather finalized last Friday with the tornado outbreak in Oklahoma.
On Friday night, after all the tornado footage had come in and I was busy working everything, we were treated to a unexpected show. The auroras filled the sky over central Minnesota.
The strange thing was there was no CME, no source for the auroras, it was a strange rare but beautiful aurora event that nobody knew the source of. Saturday night, we learned the fate of my friends. I would just like to think that this was their way to say goodbyes since they knew I loved watching the auroras just as much as storm chasing the severe weather.
Well, the burger was great, but they are always the best at the 58 Club. Time to make my way back home to Saint Cloud.
