Monday evening I was relaxing in my office backing up images from Lindsey and Tony Walker’s wedding when a thunderstorm rolled through fast and furious. Once the stormed moved to the north end of town I figured there was no better time than the present to shoot some lightning shots.

Word of caution, when shooting lightning, IT IS DANGEROUS!!!! AND YOU MUST BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AT ALL TIMES – A STORM CAN TURN QUICKLY. LEAVE YOURSELF A WAY OUT. I do not advise anyone to attempt lightning shots due to the inherent danger it poses, but for me – I always make sure I am on the trailing edge of the storm (IE: Behind it, where it just came from and ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS leave myself a way to get into a vehicle, or out of the open quickly).

After about fifteen minutes, the lightning backtracked and was heading south, so I called it a night – no sense in getting stupid.

Here is an image from the effort!