Local barn goes up in flames

These are images from a barn fire that was reported around 8pm tonight (9-18-14) on Clow Corner Rd going into Dallas Oregon. 

Yes, this has happened once before at the same property about 10 years ago.

The cause has not been determined as of yet but with a hay barn there is usually only one cause. That cause is usually Internal Spontaneous Combustion from damp hay being stored. 

The heat in the bales of hay builds up over time (1-2 Months) causing the hay to basically smolder until there is enough heat and oxygen. When that happens you then get the fire.

It will be watched and kept very wet for a couple days until it is completely dispersed of all heat and potential for another fire. 

It did scare me pretty good. 

I saw the glow of the fire just to the North of us over a ridge of trees. 

I had to check it out to see what it was because a wildfire right now is not a good thing. 

It is so dry here in NW Oregon and fires can grow 

big very fast with the conditions like we have had.

While going through a bunch of old photos last week I started looking online to all that I have posted.  You might say, I was in awe of some of the work I did but all the work it took to actually organize, process, post and keep the blog up and running.

I have taken about 2 years off from blogging on all of my pages but have been more and more involved in projects and have a rekindled interest to share with others again. I realized I was wasting more time on Facebook and other social media platforms and leaving no valuable content and really I was not receiving any either. I would get a great story here or there but I was not impressed very often.

What am I saying?
Well, I am making a commitment to focus my work and make sure it is shared across the world.  I have shared very little in the last 2 or even 3 years and I need to focus on it again.

All I ask from you is that when you stop in and look around, drop a message and say you were here and what you thought.  Please feel free to post comments, share other sites with me and the rest of the viewers on this page and share this site or specific posts with other people across other platforms.

One thing you don't have to worry about,  I keep it family friendly and it will always be that way.  Better safe than sorry.

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Thanks to the Wild Fires in Oregon and the Willamette Valley, I was able to shoot this Sunset a few days ago.

Thanks for looking and be sure to come back soon.

Remembering to post

Please excuse the mess. I have been working on business, losing weight on a meal replacement shake called ViSalus and love it.  Lost over 30 pounds since January 5th.  I have also been debating closing my office space, and letting one piece of business settle down for a few months.

I hope to continue to post photos, location and share what I see and feel.  With that, here are a few from the last month in Oregon.  Enjoy!!

Welcoming 2013

As you well know, we are on our way into 2013 and hoping for the absolute best.  At Carmichael Photography, we have a lot of projects in the works, a couple events and some amazing specials planned for this new year.

In the coming months I hope to be posting more and more of what we are doing and photos to show the projects as we are working out the details.  I also am planning on shooting for myself at least two days per month.

I found a few months ago that I was so caught up in structured shooting, and was not able to enjoy what I was doing. It felt very mechanical and had very little enjoyment, I was literally working to get "That" shot while I was walking around enjoying the weather.  I was not enjoying what I was doing, I was stressing about getting a photograph of something or someone that could be printed and stand out among all the rest.

With that said, it is time for me to get back to work planning our February marketing schedule and make 2013 a year to remember.

Check back soon to see what we are doing and what I am shooting.


Here are a few frozen fog images, Enjoy!!