Storm Photography: Start to Finish
What a loaded topic. Storm photography. It’s complicated, it’s nuanced, it takes years of practice to perfect and even then you don’t truly ever feel like you have it down pat. The best thing you can do it approach a storm armed with as much knowledge and skill as you can. This course covers everything from the basics of using a camera, gear needed, how to photograph storms, lightning, tornadoes, editing and storage/backing up.
Please be sure to check below each course video page for additional links, downloads or information.
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Let’s kick off learning how to photograph storms
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Then and Now
A little talk and inspiration to see where you can get to when you start off as bad as I did!
A little talk and inspiration to see where you can get to when you start off as bad as I did!
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All the gear and equipment I use to capture these storms
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What kind of camera?
A look at what camera started my journey and things you should think about before buying your first one
A look at what camera started my journey and things you should think about before buying your first one
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Should you get a lightning trigger?
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Back Button Focus
Why you should already have back-button set up and if you don’t, it could help solve a lot of your focus problems!
Why you should already have back-button set up and if you don’t, it could help solve a lot of your focus problems!
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Some tips on focusing at night, especially for distant lightning
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Best Settings for Storms
We’ll save lightning for the next lesson, but what are the basic settings you need for storm photography?
We’ll save lightning for the next lesson, but what are the basic settings you need for storm photography?
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Best Settings for Lightning
What settings to use in all kinds of situations when it comes to capturing lightning
What settings to use in all kinds of situations when it comes to capturing lightning
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Lightning: Wide vs 50mm Lenses
A little study into the pros and cons of using wide angle lenses for lightning compared to closer focal lengths, like 50mm +
A little study into the pros and cons of using wide angle lenses for lightning compared to closer focal lengths, like 50mm +
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Composing Your Shots
Let’s talk about making compositions while in the frenetic world that is storm-chasing.
Let’s talk about making compositions while in the frenetic world that is storm-chasing.
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A look at using Lightroom for your images and how to organize them
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Keywording and Metadata
The importance of making it a habit to keyword and enter in metadata for all your finished images
The importance of making it a habit to keyword and enter in metadata for all your finished images
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Talking about being paranoid about backing up your work
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Protect your work using Pixsy! Learn all about it on this lesson.
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The main applications and software I use for editing and processing photos
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The importance of cropping and leveling
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Understanding what luminosity masks are
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A full start to finish editing tutorial
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A full start to finish editing tutorial on a lightning image
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Using Photoshop’s built-in Enhance feature
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Lightning Stacks
Taking a bunch of lightning photos from the same spot and stacking them into a single photo
Taking a bunch of lightning photos from the same spot and stacking them into a single photo
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How you can use Topaz Sharpen AI and Lightroom Denoise to fix images
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half of storm chasing photography is just being there. The other half is knowing what to do when you are there.
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