As long as no one gets hurt or damages their property. A full-on thunderstorm with thunder and the kind of downpour strong enough to keep the roads clear is beautiful. While most of the photographers I know run for cover to protect their expensive investments. I’ll, at the very least, find a window or a doorway to capture something. (My camera hood when I’m brave enough to venture outside.) Living in Virginia, storms appear at a regular. On Monday, July 1st. Shit got pretty real. The storm lasted long enough to grab my camera and adjust it’s setting in order to capture some shadows without getting struck by lighting. Over the last couple of months. I’ve had a few opportunities to take photos in the rain. Perhaps it will give me the confidence to shoot in other extreme conditions. One can only hope.
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Any time there’s a storm approaching and I’m able to, I find a spot to view it and maybe take some pictures. I would like to be a stormchaser, but my career went in other directions, so I just watch storms for fun.
I haven’t posted many pictures from those times (I ought to, though), but here’s one, in case you’re interested.
lightning photo by me