Storm Photos

[olivermoss]

When the bad weather hits do you stay inside or do you run out into it? I feel like that is a relevant discussion these days!

Only shooting I've done in a week is through my window:

Comments

[leesa_perrie]

Oh wow, that is icy!! I tend to stay indoors when the weather is really bad, and when it's that bad, I wouldn't even open a window for a clearer shot!!! Brr!

[olivermoss]

I sometimes go out in storms, sometimes not. I am pretty weather-hearty but this city isn't. I just don't feel motivated to get storm shots anymore, since my focus is on shooting Typical Portland, not Atypical Portland.

[abalynealien]

Woah, very pretty!

For me it depends on what sort of bad weather. I'm happy to go out in rain but without my camera as I don't want to give it water damage. If it's very stormy, and I don't need to go somewhere, I'll stay in, but alas without a car I get exposed to the elements quite a lot.

With snow, it depends if it's cold enough such that it's compacted into something thick and lumpy, or if it's melted and frozen again into a sheet of black ice or slush. I'm alright with the former but the latter I try to avoid.

[olivermoss]

Fortunately my camera gear is pretty weather-proof, which is good as I (in typical years) hike a lot. Like I said above, I guess I lack motivation to shoot in storms. I look for Typical Portland, not Atypical Portland.

[abalynealien]

That's fair. I've sometimes caught brilliant light just before a storm and that can make shots look very dramatic and pretty! I tend to go for both typical and atypical photographs of my area, depending on when the mood and light strikes.

[olivermoss]

Storm lighting is magical! Here we have such bad storm tracking that when one is coming in I am usually inside wondering if it's going to be 0 inches or 85 inches and if it's going to hit now or two days from now.