And… just in case you didn’t see yourself in the last video…

Just over 900 images comprise this time-lapse video of the transition area at this year’s Woolsports mini-Mussel sprint triathlon at Seneca Lake State Park. The camera was set to photograph every 20 seconds, continuously, for 5 hours. (Starting well before your 750 meter swim – 16.1 mile bike – 3.2 mile run) Did I catch you in transition?

“Flight of the Bumblebee” Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, performed by The US Army Band

I have to admit I’m a bit of a breaking news junkie… I’m often asked what sort of things I cover for the newspaper, and breaking news – accidents, fire, severe weather – is certainly on the list, along with high school, college and minor league sports; portraits; politics; and general event coverage. We’ve had quite the wet spring this year, which means plenty of rain and flooding shots. But tonight was something a little different. The sky let loose just as we were headed home from dinner with some friends, and then LIT UP with such a spectacular display of lightning I was glued to the window with my camera all the way home. The truth is, I’ve often thought it would be cool to be a storm chaser, and tonight I got a tiny little taste of it!

Tried something a little different at the SU/Villanova game this weekend. Four hours of shooting (about 600 photos) condensed into one minute of stop motion video. Let me know what you think! At last year’s Villanova game I used a slightly different technique to make a time-lapse from start to finish, capturing the record breaking attendance of 34,616. You can still view that here on Syracuse.com.

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Five years ago, shortly after Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast, teams of rescuers boated, waded and walked through the streets of New Orleans searching for pets that had been left behind in the rush to evacuate. Dozens of volunteers from Washington-based Pasado’s Safe Haven saw the devastation of the category three storm firsthand as they collected hungry, dehydrated and injured pets from homes and backyards in the abandoned city.

140 miles away in Delcambre, La., a similarly devastating scenario unfolded after Hurricane Rita sent floodwaters through the small town, drowning some 30,000 cattle, destroying fields of sugar cane and other crops while uprooting homes and their inhabitants. Local veterinarian Dr. Eric White led his own rescue effort, sending a truck full of abandoned pets back to Waterloo, N.Y. with volunteers from the Beverly Animal Shelter for eventual adoption.

I met up with both groups in 2005, a few weeks after the storms hit, to document their efforts.