25 Amazing Photographs of Storms

By Steven Snell | Published May 6th, 2010 in Inspiration

Photography is a favorite source of inspiration and a hobby of many designers. In this post I’d like to showcase a collection of photos from various photographers that have captured storms.

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Scott Butner

Storm Photography

Photo credit: thefost

Storm Photography

Photo credit: rachel_r

Storm Photography

Photo credit: vgm8383

Storm Photography

Photo credit: TonyVC

Storm Photography

Photo credit: sandman

Storm Photography

Photo credit: foreversoul

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Lee Sie

Storm Photography

Photo credit: CaptPiper

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Liebe Dich

Storm Photography

Photo credit: striking_photography

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Jakob Wagner

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Mark Greenmantle

Storm Photography

Photo credit: dmdzine

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Just Us 3

Storm Photography

Photo credit: jjjohn

Storm Photography

Photo credit: ragnar1984

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Taylor.McBride

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Lee Sie

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Mark Silva

Storm Photography

Photo Credit: Chaval Brasil

Storm Photography

Photo Credit: Boby Dimitrov

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Thundershead

Storm Photography

Photo credit: Deadly Tedly

Storm Photography

Photo credit: striking_photography

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21 Comments
  1. Kimcool on May 6th, 2010

    Awesome weather in the city!

  2. mike lee on May 7th, 2010

    i do like the strom, though the pic is so beautiful. Many people dead in the storm

  3. Cliff on May 7th, 2010

    These photos are very nice! I wonder if it’s difficult to get a shot of lightning?

    I especially like the perfect storm by Lee Sie, and Murano Storm by vgm8383. Stunning photographs!

  4. Cosmin Negoita on May 7th, 2010

    Very impressive photos. They are looking very good, but I think the photographers were a bit scared :D

  5. Anna Green on May 7th, 2010

    These really are amazing! I wonder if the people who took them actually follow weather around. They must do to get such brilliant shots. They only weather i get to follow around is rain! Although im sure there are some great shots of rain also!

  6. Michael on May 7th, 2010

    These guys/girls really know how to take pictures, simply incredible!! The lighting shots are great but my favorite is #10 by Liebe Dich, it looks like a nuclear explosion.

  7. Rachel on May 7th, 2010

    Fantastic collection!!!! very nice…like them very much…

  8. Mike on May 7th, 2010

    Wow, eye openers all.

  9. Logo Design on May 7th, 2010

    I love the third image. The power of mother nature captured is truly impressive.

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  11. Scott Butner on May 8th, 2010

    Anna — in response to your question, I can’t speak for anybody else, but yes, I do sometimes follow storms on the weather underground web site via their doppler radar. With some practice and using landmarks on the radar map, you can predict the track and arrival time of storms reasonably well — and then show up where and when you think the storm will be. We don’t get many storms in southeastern WA State, so it helps me make the best of the ones we do get!

  12. Shaun on May 9th, 2010

    Some of these are outstanding and I am not drooling over all of them though. But I have to say, it takes some good photography skills to capture lighting so well.

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  14. Grün Weiss on May 10th, 2010

    perfect picture for the perfect moment

  15. Hitesh Mehta on May 10th, 2010

    Beautiful captures.

  16. lulu on May 10th, 2010

    Nice storm! I like this “photo credit: Lee Sie”.

  17. Victoria Web on May 11th, 2010

    These shots are beautiful it highlights how different and individual each storm is, these photos capture the drama and force of mother nature.

  18. Luz E Rivera on May 12th, 2010

    Those storms are scary, I hope that this year they don’t come back.

  19. SJL Web Design on May 26th, 2010

    Wow, these are really amazing photos! Impossible to choose a favourite.
    Thanks for sharing.

  20. lv on August 4th, 2010

    perfect picture for the perfect moment