Fire and a Photography Lesson

I was just finishing up in my classroom when I got a news alert on my phone of a fire in Woodranch. I could see the fire from school and decided to head home to get a closer look.

I went (straight) up the hill, camera in tote. From the top, I could see the helicopters dipping into the reservoir and then flying straight over head to drop it on the fire.

Super fun moment for a wanna-be photographer: a guy up there started talking camera stuff and ended up getting a whole bunch of tips from him about shutter speed and ISO. Now, if I could just remember to clean the dust specks off my lens...

Then I left to go watch the Seahawks play preseason. We won :)