Two photographers, countless storms, and a method of capture we've refined across a decade of night-sky work.
Paackpilot started in a garage darkroom, with one camera and a filing system of storm photographs that mostly taught us what not to do.
The workspace is better equipped now and the gear is professional, but each image is still shot in the field, by photographers who stand behind every frame they take.
We turn down more assignments than we accept. It keeps the work honest and the archive uncompromised.
If a photograph leaves the collection and we would not print it for ourselves, it does not go out at all.
We source our equipment from trusted manufacturers we've tested in the field, and only stock film and print materials we fully trust before season's end.
Failed frames become studies in composition, and every edit is done here from raw sensor data rather than relying on presets.
Positions the equipment and shoots every thunderstorm sequence in our portfolio.
Tracks severe weather and photographs dramatic electrical discharges.
Sequences night storms frame by frame and builds each shot with precision.
We start by tracking weather patterns and positioning for the best vantage.
Everything is captured in the field, by the same eye and equipment.
Each frame is reviewed, color-graded and archived before final delivery.
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