In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.
My latest project has been producing some stack composites for the photo gallery section, assembled from multiple frames of the same scene taken during a single storm. I've been going back through the past several years of photos to find stack-worthy sequences, and some are turning out better than others. So far, here are eight that have made the cut for inclusion in the gallery. There are three more that I'm working on that, so far, haven't been blending together well. If I can figure out the problem, they should turn out nicely - if so, they'll eventually be added.
WVAH tower lightning extreme close-ups at 1300mm, August 4, 2009, St. Albans, WV - 6 frames (This wide angle image of the tower shows the size of the 1300mm frame).
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To my regular readers, I offer my apologies for this heavy-handed notice. Unfortunately it has become necessary, so please bear with me!
Please don't copy/upload this site's content to social media or other web sites. Those copies have been a critical problem for me, seriously harming this site and my photography/storm chasing operation by diverting traffic, viewers, engagement and income. "Credit" and "exposure" does not benefit this site or my operation, rather they threaten my ability to cover my operating expenses. Please read my full explanation for this notice here.
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