Photographing Lightning Storm & Getting Too Close

Summary by Krater

A landscape photographer travels across the US Midwest storm chasing, sharing camera settings and focusing techniques used to capture dramatic lightning storms over rural farmhouses and fields.

From the video

Answers: How do you photograph lightning storms during storm chasing?

• storm chasing photography
• lightning photography techniques
• focus stacking for landscapes
• weather radar interpretation
• ND filters in landscape photography

What it concludes

• Prioritizing composition over lightning bolts often results in missing the lightning strike in the final image.
• Using multiple exposure stacking techniques helps balance high-contrast lightning and ambient landscape lighting.
• A quick shutter speed between one and two seconds paired with a higher ISO is required to capture lightning without a dedicated lightning trigger.