As the years go by I am continually astounded by the amazing images photographers are able to capture. This is some epic work.
What is even more astounding is that it was captured by police officer Jeff Boyce during his time off. In his first year of doing time lapse photography.
“This entire timelapse sequence,” Boyce explains, “was recording between May and June of 2015. During this time, I managed to arrange about 5 weeks off from my regular job as a Police Officer in California, and set out in my truck with no particular destination in mind. I had only picked up photography as a hobby within the last couple years, and this was my first year ever recording or producing timelapse videos. Having always been very interested in severe weather, nature, and traveling, I picked up storm chasing during spring of 2014. I spent a few weeks in 2014 traveling and photographing storms, but without a solid goal or understanding of the concepts of photography. My interest in timelapse photography of storms stemmed from seeing Nicolaus Wegner’s “Stormscapes” videos around this time…”
Nicolaus Wegner’s “Stormscapes” referred to in Jeff Boyce’s introduction…
Posted in OCTOBER 2017 / Chuck Green is the principal of Logic Arts, a design and marketing firm, a contributor to numerous magazines and websites, and the author of books published by Random House, Peachpit Press, and Rockport Publishers. Contact.
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