Capturing storms can be a thrilling photography experience. Storm photographers document these dramatic natural spectacles and freeze high energy moments in time! Storm photography takes both safety measures and practice to achieve incredible results. When photographing storms it is important to put safety first. Alway maintain a safe distance from the storm, use long range lenses to shoot from a safe, sheltered location, and make sure to be aware of incoming or worsening weather conditions.
Get inspired by these awesome Sony Alpha Storm Photographers!
First up is Mike Meyers! Mike has captured plenty of awesome images of Chicago cityscapes and this image of a pretty impressive lightning storm is no different! To capture this image, he used a Sony Alpha 1 and Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master II to create a long exposure of lightning over the city skyline.
Jess Santos is known for a signature style when it comes to her landscape and astroscape images. She leverages foreground elements for an out-of-this-world effect and utilizes compositing to create images like the photo below! Jess created this image using the Sony Alpha 7R IV (we recommend the Sony A7R V) and Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 G Master!
Image by Jess Santos
Storm chaser, Stan Moniz takes us all the way to Bolivia with this image, capturing a rare lightning storm on the Salar de Uyuni with his Sony Alpha 7CR!
Image by Stan Moniz
Anthony Castro is a Hawaii based adventure photographer! He captured this image in New Mexico while doing some astrophotography. For a first time storm photographer, we think it turned out great!
Image by Anthony Castro
Texas-based photographer Erin Newman-Mitchell captures landscapes, cityscapes, and astroscapes with her Sony gear! This image was taken in Austin and created by stacking 13 exposures! How does she do it? A kit full of awesome Sony gear!
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Sony Alpha 7R IV (we recommend the Sony A7R V)
Image by Erin Newman-Mitchell
Stefan Liebermann is a professional landscape and astrophotographer, traveling the world and photographing the night sky! He captured this image of lightning in Bolivia with his Sony Alpha 7R V and Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master to create the awesome image below.
Image by Stefan Liebermann
Shauna G. usually photographs wildlife images but she got a taste of storm photography when she photographed these horizontal lightning strikes, capturing perfectly the force and brightness of the strikes as they lit up nearby hills and rock formations.
Image by Shauna G
Shane Ware documents his travel and cityscape adventures with Sony and this incredible storm in Texas is no exception! This image was created with Shane’s Sony Alpha 7R IV using it’s interval shooting function!
Image by Shane Ware
Finally, Rami Dibo, a Dubai-based photographer and videographer, regularly captures lightning above the city skyline resulting in amazing composites like this one with his Sony Alpha 7R IV and Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 G Master!
Image by Rami Dibo
The storm photographers capture incredible images all over the world, documenting weather phenomena at all corners of the world! Grab your camera and head out to your corner of the world for your own storm photography adventure! Stay safe!