"To do what I do, I have to not only be a skilled cinematographer, but I have to understand how to operate in and around storms safely. That's a pretty unique set of skills," Lisius said. Lisius has taken what he's learned about extreme weather and shared it with the public in a book titled, The Ultimate Severe Weather Safety Guide.
Read MoreLast week, it was business as usual as he followed major Hurricane Matthew along the Florida coast, bracing against 90 mph winds, and enduring stinging, horizontal rain. "Yes, the rain actually stings if you aren't completely covered," Lisius said.
Read More"I've only seen a handful of mega-supercells in my 30 years of photographing storms," said Lisius who does his own forecasting. "The Sand Hills storm was rotating hard and was almost fully on the ground at times. It was like a massive vacuum cleaner and a tennis ball size ice machine maker rolled into one...
Read MorePrairie Pictures' StormStock has been selected as a nominee for the 2016 Footage Library of the Year Award by FOCAL International, The Federation of Commercial Audiovisual Libraries International, a professional not-for-profit trade association based in London. The award is presented to a FOCAL member organization which, in the past year, has introduced a new service, initiative or innovation.
Read MoreStormStock provided over 5 minutes of its spectacular imagery including tornadoes, hurricanes, lightning, and blizzards. Much of the material was shot by founder Martin Lisius on Super 35mm and HD, including dramatic views of rotating supercell thunderstorms and twisters racing across the US Great Plains.
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