Photographing Rain and Lightning in the Badlands

Join professional landscape and nature photographer Ian Plant as he photographs stormy clouds and lightning as a dramatic storm passes over the landscape of Badlands National Park. Ian demonstrates techniques for capturing lightning with your camera, and he discusses how storm clouds can help you create compelling landscape photos. After the storm has passed, Ian photographs a rainbow. Then he searches for interesting foreground features revealed by the heavy rain and waits for sunset light to cast brilliant red color on the clouds overhead.

See all videos in our Photographing the Badlands Course:

• Photographing the Badlands—Course Preview
• Photographing the Badlands: Course Introduction
• The Best Lens for Landscape Photography
• Photo Scouting in Landscape Photography
• Advanced Scouting in the Badlands
• Assessing Your Scene
• Working the Scene to Get the Best Shot
• The Importance of Clouds in Landscape Photography
• Photographing a Sunrise Landscape
• Lighting Direction for Your Photos
• Midday Photography Light
• Photographing a Sunset in the Badlands
• The Art of Exclusion
• Identifying a Visual Anchor for Your Shot
• Photographing Rain and Lightning in the Badlands
• Using Leading Lines to Create Compelling Landscape Compositions
• Photographing the Badlands: Wrap-Up