Avon Two Wildfire

I was out photographing the Avon Two wildfire near Ogden last week. (Not to be confused with the first Avon fire which I watched start a few weeks ago by dumb luck.) You can find more photos, info, and a video here, but a few photo selects are below.

©Standard-Examiner/Benjamin Zack

©Standard-Examiner/Benjamin Zack

©Standard-Examiner/Benjamin Zack

©Standard-Examiner/Benjamin Zack

©Standard-Examiner/Benjamin Zack

Fire Follow-up

After spending the first half of the summer with limited internet connection...I'm back. First up on photos from the last couple months is a quick follow-up on some of the prescribed fire photos from earlier in the year. If you followed the blog in the spring, there were photos from numerous fires around mid-Missouri (Like here, here, and here.) I checked back in on one of those burned areas in the Baskett Wildlife Area near Ashland and shot the photo below. The image was made within a few feet from the photograph that was shot just seconds after the fire passed.

 

This was shot from a slightly different angle, but it gives an idea of the intensity of the fire in the area now covered in wildflowers.

A weekend of fire

Once again this past weekend, I went out to help out with a couple controlled burns in Mid-Missouri. Friday started with the Tiger Fire Crew from the University of Missouri out at Tucker Prairie. Most of the day was spent burning at Tucker, a natural grassland near Kingdom City. Saturday followed with a burn on some private land near Centralia in a formally cedar-covered field. 

I know the blog is pretty fire-heavy right now, but I also have some pretty exciting non-fire shoots planned in the next week. Enjoy these for now.

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Tucker Prairie

Centralia

Centralia

Starting Fires

Life is always better when you get to burn. Today, I went out with the Tiger Fire Crew, a group of fire fighters from the University of Missouri. With the warm weather we've been having this week, we were able to burn two fields that are being managed at the Baskett Research Area near Ashland, Mo. I was out there primarily to work on the fire, but was able to get a few photos in as well. Enjoy.