As soon as I pulled up, I saw that the car was burning in the front, flames at least 5 feet high.  But the car was not just out in the open, it was front first into a house just over the bridge.  This definitely sparked my interest and I turned right around to drive home so I could grab my camera and drive back out.  I ended up staying at the accident scene for quite a while and took photographs, spoke with a gentleman named Tim who lives in the house, a University Place Sheriff’s Deputy and also spoke with Rick Price of KIRO 7 TV News and his videographer.

Long story short, the driver ran from the scene and was captured a short while later.  A second passenger was rushed off to the hospital for internal bleeding (as far as I heard).  And a third passenger was left at the scene speaking with University Place Sheriff’s Deputies.  The fire was extinguished before I was able to return to take photographs, but I ended up with a few good shots of the action.

KIRO TV Channel 7 will most likely air today, Thursday the 9th of April, a story about the crash. And as soon as I edit this, it shows up.
One Injured After Car Crashes Into House Then Catches Fire

I decided to stop by Taco Del Mar to visit a friend of mine and noticed a beautiful blue car sitting in front, a Nissan Skyline.  It was in good condition, in need of a bit of TLC, but for the most part, the car was a beauty.

These are some of the photographs I took today, posted on my Flickr Photostream.

*Edit*

I was able to upload the images again to Flickr and this time, I made sure they exported to sRGB before uploading them.  Luckily, the photos that I uploaded to mpix.com for prints were exported correctly (phew…).  I thought I was going to have issues with my prints, even though they probably would have been able to use them in ProPhoto RGB.

She said one of the officers, Robert Kellman, pictured right, was extremely antagonistic towards her and told her son, “since your mother is such a fucking asshole, I’m going to arrest you for trespassing’.”

This is extremely unprofessional and uncalled for.  Under no circumstances should someone, especially with the status of Police Officer, falsify information or threaten an individual.

You can view the whole story at:
http://carlosmiller.com/2009/03/06/south-florida-model-jailed-overnight-for-videotaping-police-officers/

There are more and more incidents of police trampling over our rights as citizens in the United States of America.  Photographers and videographers alike have to fight day to day with police and security guards over the fact that taking photographs in public places is a protected right under the United States Constitution, the 1st Amendment.

The day continually shifted from bright sunlight into shaded spots from the clouds. This was a challenge for me to continually modify my flash power and aperture. Overall I was able to capture some quality photos.

One moment while shooting with the filter on, a flare caught me by surprise.  My flash was reflecting off of the prescription glasses my mom wears.  Two bright green flares coming right out from them.  This bothers me, especially since it is marketed as being a “low flare” model, the S-HMC.  The fact is, placing a flat piece of glass in front of your lens will create it’s own flare, but as protection from drops and moisture, there shouldn’t be a green flare showing up in your pictures.

*Edit*
After doing further test shots with the filter, the “flare” that I saw off my mother’s glasses was not flare so much as it was just glare from the flash. The glasses that she wears combined with the filter caused the flash reflection to become green.

I know the UV filter has its uses, foggy days, shooting pictures at the beach, but when you start getting bright green flares in your pictures, it gets irritating fast. Although the possibility of having lens flare in your images, the filter does a great job at protecting the lens and creating a little better contrast in my images.