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March 10, 2011 by Schweiger Photo

Shooting Lowriders with Carlos Valencia

Shooting Lowriders with Carlos Valencia, As a kid growing up in Austria during the 70′s almost all American cop shows seemed fascinating to me. I particularly remember begging my mother to stay up to watch reruns of “The Streets of San Francisco”. I was visually struck by the huge buildings, huge palm trees, and all [...]

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March 7, 2011 by Schweiger Photo

1955 Chevy 210 Farewell Photo Shoot

  Last week-end my good friend John treated his four-door 1955 Chevy Model 210, 235 straight six with three-on-the tree to a day at the spa. She got rubbed with clay, then buffed and waxed by hand. John has owned this beauty for a long, long time; I believe over two decades of which 16 [...]

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January 25, 2011 by Schweiger Photo

Portrait of a Stranger

Project 52, Assignment #2 Photograph a Stranger Assignment two at project52.org was to photograph a  stranger. I must say this particular assignment was an eyeopener. I am sure that any photographer, professional or amateur, has suffered from some form of “photography-block” – including me. No inspiration, no motivation and the list goes on and on [...]

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September 21, 2009 by Schweiger Photo

Lightning over Electric Power Lines

Originally I used this image for testing purposes while I was tweaking the design of my blog a little bit but after looking at it I just decided to leave it up… This image was captured September 4th, 2009 west of Buckeye, Arizona somewhere along the I-10 freeway.

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September 9, 2009 by Schweiger Photo

Meeting new People while Storm Chasing in Arizona

Since the wet monsoon season is winding down here in Arizona, I decided to go out again and take the opportunity to get a couple more captures of lightning strikes before the season is over. At first, I did not plan going out, but driving home from a family dinner I saw some good storm [...]

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August 26, 2009 by Schweiger Photo

Highway to Hell

I captured this image on August 23rd, 2009 just east of Quartzsite, Arizona near I-10 and Ave 75 E. That evening there was hardly any cloud to ground lightning at this position despite the size of that storm cell, but the drama unfolding in the sky was just spectacular. “Highway to Hell” was the first [...]

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August 25, 2009 by Schweiger Photo

Lightning over Fountain Hills, Arizona

This image was taken in Fountain Hills, Arizona near the Fountain looking towards Saguaro Blvd. August 21st 2009 was a beautiful day to chase Monsoon Storms in the Valley of the Sun. There were storm cells in every corner of the valley.

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August 1, 2009 by Schweiger Photo

Lighning Strike over Phoenix, Arizona

This image was captured July 20th, 2009 from the look-out at South Mountain Park in Phoenix, Arizona. Chasing after Monsoon Storms all over Arizona and photographing mother nature unleashing its power is one of my favorite things to do.