Adventures into Darkness - Warren Faidley - Page 2

      "I've equated tornado chasing to big game hunting -- with cameras instead of guns. Sometimes you have to overcome the urge to flee an instinctive danger in favor of using
      your creative psyche to compose a good shot. It can be a challenge -- especially when deciding to capture a great image or escape."    (Near Simla, Colorado - June 2015).

      "As a storm chasing photographer, I often have to place myself in positions where I know I'm going to take a hit. Sometimes its large hailstones or airborne debris.
      This time is was a towering wall of choking dust from a "haboob" (dust storm) on Interstate 8, east of Gila Bend, Arizona in July of 2018."

      "My storm chasing team built the first fortified intercept vehicles in the mid-to-late 1990's. Fitted with roll cages, armored door panels and bomb-proof glass, they
      offered some protection from accidents and debris. I donned the western hat after a Japanese film crew dubbed me the "Cyclone Cowboy."    (West Texas - 2004).

      "There are very few images of Hurricane Andrew as it slammed into the Coral Gables, FL in August of 1992. Andrew struck with Category 5 winds of 150 mph and gusts of
      164 mph. I was one of the few photojournalists who remained along the coast when the storm hit. I paid the price by nearly breaking my arm when hit by a severe gust
      of wind. I also bear small scars on the back of my hands as I held my camera against the high winds and flying glass."

      "The headlights of a lone vehicle dares to drive under a towering mass of cumulonimbus clouds on a deserted highway in western
      Oklahoma. These clouds eventually produced a strong tornado, (inset) narrowly missing Laverne, Oklahoma in May of 1991.""

      "In my business, one rule is very important - expect the unexpected! This powerful lightning bolt struck about a quarter mile from my location."
      (Tucson, Arizona - On the University of Arizona Campus - August 2008.).

      "This image provides a haunting illustration of what an EF5 tornado with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour can do. In May of 2011 a violent tornado leveled portions of
       Joplin, Missouri, killing 158 people. The tornado was so strong it structurally compromised the foundation of a nine-story hospital, eventually requiring demolition."

      "I often envision images that I would like to accomplish someday. But unlike other art forms where such visions can be transfered to canvas or stone, weather photography rarely
      offers up the raw materials. I had seen only a few thunderheads explode like this, but I was always in the wrong place. This time I was lucky!"   (Tucson, Arizona - August 1996).

      "This photograph is a great example of how the atmospheric canvas can reward a photographer with little or no warning. I was on my way to meet some fellow storm chasers for
      dinner when boring gray "mammatus" clouds were suddenly illuminated by a golden Texas sunset. The entire scene only lasted a few minutes."   (Amarillo, Texas - June 2009).

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