Weather Photography

One of my very favorite months is nearly over, but another favorite one - June - is nearly here.  June 1 is Wednesday, and that means Hurricane Season will be here.  I've been busy writing a few articles about hurricane season over the past several weeks... One of them, about pictures of severe weather  features art prints and other things with a hurricane or weather theme that you can buy.  Stormy Anastasia by southeastimagery It's amazing how much art and design has been inspired by...Read Full Story

In the 4 years that I have been doing lightning photography I have been using a Point and shoot camera with great success.  The Camera I have been using is a Kodak Easyshare z730.  This point and shoot camera has a 64 second exposure option which will definetely put most or all Point and shoots in the basic range and This camera in the more advanced range.  Nonetheless, lightning photography is pretty easy.  The best times to photograph lightning is at night or early morning before the sun...Read Full Story

The recent cold snap has seen some local ponds freeze over and with temperatures not expected to rise until the weekend a layer of ice is expected to remain on the surfaces - even throughout the day. Although it may look suitable to walk on at times, the ice can become thin very quickly and it's often difficult to judge the thickness of ice which is likely to be thinner in some places. A walk through Sunnyhurst Woods is quite stunning currently with snow lying on the ground and crisp, clear...Read Full Story

I want all of you friends and readers who live in the Midwest or any other place where it is regularly cold and snowy to not laugh. It snowed here today. Honest to God snowed. It is the most snow that I ever saw in Apple Valley. It looks like about seven or so inches of precipitation today. It was crazy. I got up this morning to discover it was very rainy. My mom called and said the pass was closed so there would be no trip to Palm Springs today. We rescheduled for Monday. That way my parents...Read Full Story

Back before my knees began to give me trouble, I would switch from running to walking when the temperature hit -22 C. On Thursday morning when it was -26 C, however, I passed a small covey of very hardy joggers--very lean and rather young--as I trudged along wearing my full metal jacket: long johns, running pants, and sweats plus four layers of sweaters and hoodies on top. Good on them, even though the cold air can do real damage to your lungs if you're not careful. That's one of the adaptive...Read Full Story