When I heard there was a cold front coming through, once of my first thoughts was the imaging potential. Although I don't always get out when there is good light, it is the atmospheric changes that always provide the lighting for your photos. So, a storm or a cold front certainly hold potential for some dramatically lit scenes.
I guess this post is actually concerned with photography planning. Regardless of how much time has gone into planning a photo, it is great to be aware if there is something dramatic happening. At the very least, this means you might take the camera out more often. Photographers always say to take the camera everywhere you go. However, for some of us this is simply not the reality; so, it sometimes requires a little more motivation for keeping the camera handy.
Below is the satellite image from this afternoon's BOM website which I find to be a great resource. As you can see, there's a whole lot of cloud coming in from the west here in Perth which will hopefully bring with it some great photographic opportunities.
I recently stumbled across another planning resource used extensively by photographers across the world is the Photographer's Ephemeris which is essentially a pictorial, map-oriented version of rise and set azimuths of celestial bodies. This is certainly something that I will be quite excited to try out as I have arrived on location numerous times to find the sun setting at just the wrong point. With this tool, it should make the precise azimuths much more predictable. Although long-term weather predictions are quite unreliable, it is certainly helpful to know the climatic conditions of your shooting location.
Key Tip: Be aware of what's happening or going to happen to future light conditions!
I guess this post is actually concerned with photography planning. Regardless of how much time has gone into planning a photo, it is great to be aware if there is something dramatic happening. At the very least, this means you might take the camera out more often. Photographers always say to take the camera everywhere you go. However, for some of us this is simply not the reality; so, it sometimes requires a little more motivation for keeping the camera handy.
Below is the satellite image from this afternoon's BOM website which I find to be a great resource. As you can see, there's a whole lot of cloud coming in from the west here in Perth which will hopefully bring with it some great photographic opportunities.
I recently stumbled across another planning resource used extensively by photographers across the world is the Photographer's Ephemeris which is essentially a pictorial, map-oriented version of rise and set azimuths of celestial bodies. This is certainly something that I will be quite excited to try out as I have arrived on location numerous times to find the sun setting at just the wrong point. With this tool, it should make the precise azimuths much more predictable. Although long-term weather predictions are quite unreliable, it is certainly helpful to know the climatic conditions of your shooting location.
Key Tip: Be aware of what's happening or going to happen to future light conditions!
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