Storm shots from a cold front

This past Friday, we had a cold front come through the area. With the cold front, we had some storms pop up and it produced a nice light show. I was able to get some video and pictures after it passed the house. Here are some of the still shots I was able to get. The first shot was a double rainbow I was able to catch when I first starting shooting.

We are having a strong cold front come through later on this week. The temperatures are going to be in the 60s for highs and 40s for lows. I’m hoping for storms so I can get more lightning shots.

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Halloween week.

No power and a cold front

For most of the week, we didn’t have power. Hurricane Delta caused wide spread outages all across the state of Louisiana. Most of the schools were out because of no power. In my area, we didn’t get power back on until Wednesday afternoon around 4 o’clock. I received a text from my wife as I was heading out the door from work to head home. We lost power again on Friday, but it didn’t last too long. I waited until yesterday to put the extension cords up for the generator to ensure we were good to go.

Friday night, we had a cold front come through where our temperatures got down into the low 50’s. It lasted a day. The temperature this morning is the low 60’s. Most of the week, I took a picture of the morning sky before heading to work. Here are some the pictures I shot.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week. Shalom.

Storm Chasing Chronicles Part #2 is up

I was able to storm spot or chase from May 23rd to May 28th. The video below are highlights from each day. There was no way I could have put every lightning strike into one video without it being over 20 minutes long. I hope you enjoy it.

If you liked it, please let me know in the comments below. If you haven’t subscribed to my YouTube channel or to my blog, please do so. It would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and have a good one. Peace.

My favorite lightning shots taken - Part 1

By far, my favorite thing to photograph is lightning. When I am able to catch a good bolt or streak, I get excited and I want to photograph more. Here are some of my favorite lightning shots I have been able to catch.

Taken August 21st 2017 during a storm east of my house.

Taken May 01 2016 during a severe thunderstorm right outside my house.

Taken July 11 2014. This was my first and only full moon, stars, and lightning in one shot taken in Branch, La.

Taken September 13 2013 - My first cloud to ground strike shot south of Eunice, La.

Taken August 24 2015. This storm chase lasted around three hours and was shot south of Eunice, La.

I have been trying to capture lightning on and off since 2007 when I was stationed in San Angelo, Texas. I have been an official storm spotter since 2013 when I started storm spotting with Andy Thibodeaux of Cajun Weather Spotters here in southern Louisiana. His Facebook page is right here. If you are in the southern Louisiana area, give Andy a follow. He gives weather updates especially when there is severe weather in the area.

This is the first of many posts of my favorite lightning captures. I hope you like it. If you have any questions, please comment below. If you like my content, please like and subscribe.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend. There is a chance of thunderstorms this weekend. Maybe I can get more lightning. Take care. Peace.

Tornado Warned Storm

Yesterday, we had several tornado warned storms in the area. Down here in southern Louisiana, we don’t get many tornado warned storms and we had quite a few. One of the storms passed by my house and I was able to get some pictures of it.

Another picture of the storm passing by my house.

I hope you enjoy these shots. There was a fatality from this storm not too far from where I live.

There are clear skies today and no chances of rain for next few days. I’m hoping we can dry out before we get more rain.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day and week. Talk to y’all later. Peace.

Lightning Shots - 3 different ways

We had storms come through here in southern Louisiana yesterday and there was lots of lightning. Once my duty day ended at four o’clock, I got into my car and tried to get some lightning shots. I had my phone shooting video and my Samsung Gear 360 was going in the back of my car. The shots below are from three different ways I was able to capture lightning.

This still shot was taken from a video I took on my Samsung Galaxy S10+

This shot was taken with the Lightning Camera app.

This still shot was taken from a video taken with my Samsung Gear 360 camera.

There are different ways to capture lightning if you have the patience. For example, I took over 40 minutes of video with the 360 camera and this was the best lightning strike I got.

I hope you enjoyed the lightning shots as much as I enjoyed being out there and getting them. I love storm photography.

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