jen parbs

lover of beer - photographer of things - chaser of storms - seeker of adventure & live music 🤘🏼 - (she/her)

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Took this selfie to show off my newest tattoo 🙂

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I’ve been trying to get a specific night sky photo for 2 years. It is in northeast MN, not far from Canada, with no cell service. Tonight I freaked out when my headlamp reflected off eyes. I’m too city for this!

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We had some excitement at work today!

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Milwaukee WI - Area of 33/Custer - MPD pursuit, suspect bailed in a dead end by a park. Suspect that fled was taken into custody. #Milwaukee #pursuit

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My friend, her dog & I completed our first segment of the Ice Age Trail today. Then grabbed brunch at a local coffee shop that I haven’t been to in years. Great day!

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I made a plan with @photopills (unfortunately I was a day off 🤦‍♀️). Then executed my vision pretty well. I didn’t have the energy for staying up past 3am. So glad it’s Milky Way season again!

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Today I discovered some small dents on my car hood. Do I have hail dents???!!! Does that make me a real life storm chaser??!! 😂

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I might be the storm chaser who is in the most tornado warnings without seeing a tornado. For real, it takes a special skill to be so close & fail. Thankfully the views along the way are great! Today was fun!

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Happy early birthday to me! 😍

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When you walk into the brewery & they are watching Twister…

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I keep trying but the play would have been to just stay at the Kwik Trip in Mount Horeb.

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So ready to be done with work & go look at clouds!

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Everything feels right in my world after a night under the stars! Sandhill cranes were singing to me from the park across the street.

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To me, these little guys are yellow mohawk kings. BUT it’s really a golden-crowned kinglet. Yep, still doing the bird thing.

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I took out the new camera lens today. In less than a year, I have fully embraced that I am a birder.

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@tornadokurtzman Using keywords is another helpful organization option! I use that more than collections.

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@tornadokurtzman Hi! I use Lightroom all of the time. I don’t think I’ve ever merged catalogs though. I will take a look when I get home & report back. I feel like it should be possible.

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Driving to work was an adventure this morning. My Chevy Cruze can be quite the little badass in tough conditions.

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Commitments always getting in the way of storm chasing. Remind me to stop making plans!

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Sitting at a brewery looking at radar… must be storm season!

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Planning events may stress me out but seeing people come together brings me so much joy. Go ahead, try to figure that out.

Today I got roughly 25-30 family member together. Worth every bit of stress. Life is short, sometimes you need to suck it up & show up.