Happy New Year everyone!
I am so excited to start 2022 off by introducing myself to this amazing community of artists! I'm excited to discover this space, thanks to wonderful photographers such as @tristan.todd, @intrepidphotos and @caseygrimley and others! I look forward to discovering more of you and your art.
My name is Jess and I am a 36-year-old professional photographer, storm chaser, and meteorologist based out of Colorado. I have been chasing and documenting storms for over a decade, capturing atmospheric beauty with my camera and sharing it with the world! Most people think of storms as being ugly and destructive, and they certainly can be. But I hope to show a different side of storms; one that is both breathtakingly beautiful, and powerfully awe-inspiring!
When I embark upon a storm chasing adventure, there is nothing that fills my soul with more excitement and anticipation. Just the very act of driving off toward the barren, vast prairies of the Great Plains of the U.S. lets me know that I am home. I am where my heart and soul are free.
I arrive to my target area after hours of in-depth forecasting, and I'm greeted by blue skies and empty wheat fields. The wind whips my hair and moisture caresses my skin. The blue sky is Mother Nature's blank canvas, and I feel the anticipation build; I can't wait to see what she paints in the skies today.
I began my journey into NFTs this past June, and I have been completely absorbed within this amazing community and space ever since. While sales were slow going initially, in August my career really took off, and I've found myself with a sustainable income driven from selling my storm art! Never in a million years did I imagine this could be possible.
I feel really fortunate to be here. I'm so excited to see where this journey takes me. Web3 is opening a world of possibility where we can all grow and thrive as artists in a way none of us ever could have imagined. I'm glad to be here from the early stages and I can't wait to get more involved with the photography communities here. Thank you all for letting me be a part of this incredible journey!
Cheers to 2022!
~Jess
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Welcome on the Chain and thanks for sharing your Live to the Beauty of Out Planet earth.
Thank you for the kind welcome! Happy to be here!
To see that kind of power and destruction and want to rush towards it must take a special kind of nutty. Welcome to Hive. These photos are simply breathtaking.
Haha! Well, you're not wrong, it takes a certain type of crazy to want to run towards storms rather than away! But it's worth it to me for the beauty, and to experience Mother Nature's raw power! Thank you so much for your kind words!
Jess comes out swinging! I love these photos so much. I've seen some storm clouds in my life but nothing like these. I can only image the energy these storms give off.
So happy you're here Jess!
Thank you so much, Casey! Appreciate all of your insight in helping to show me the ropes! Happy to be here 🙂
Glad to see you here Jess :) Your work and dedication is seriously beautiful!!
Tristan, what a kind comment! Thank you so much my friend and I will definitely say that the same goes for you! I owe a lot to you and the others for helping guide my path here!
Hey @dopplerjess You have some pretty incredible photography! Welcome to Hive and thanks for sharing this here in the community. I have a post i made for new users (and old ones alike) that will help you with some tips on the etiquette and unspoken rules for the platform. You can check out here How to get a great start on Hive
Keep up the great work.
Wow, this is an incredible thread, I'm about a quarter of the way through reading it right now but I'll read the whole thing.. and just really want to say thank you for putting it together, and for the welcome! I'm really very happy to be here, I know I have much to learn but I'm excited to be on this journey! Thank you again, and I especially appreciate your kind words about my photography, it truly means the world to me!!
You are very welcome! I'm glad we have so many awesome photographers joining the platform and posting to the Photography Lovers Community! Super happy to have you on board as well. Take your time reading the post and i am probably going to make a part 2 soon since there were so many great questions in the comment section. Looks like you are going to do very well here... so keep up the great work and i'm truly looking forward to seeing more of your captures of the atmospheric beauty to behold! =)
Thank you once again, truly, and I will look forward to future posts from you! Means so much that you enjoy my art, just really want you to know that. Thank you!
I don't see how anyone could dislike your amazing imagery! =) See you around.
I've always wanted to spend more time doing storm photography... its on my list for sure.
I hope you have the opportunity to do so, it's truly an incredible experience!
This is amazing! I really want to photograph some storms!
Thank you so much, and I hope you have the opportunity one day!
Happy New Year and welcome to Hive! ❤️
Thank you so much, I'm very happy to be here! And Happy New Year to you as well!
Amazing shots.
Welcome to Hive, looking forward to seeing more 😊
Thank you so very much, I appreciate your kind words!
You are so welcome 😊
Happy New Year 🎉🥳🍾🥂
Beautiful pictures!
Thank you so much!
You're more than welcome I love your work!
Welcome to Hive, Jess!
I just know you'll take this place by storm!
P.S. I like terrible puns
Thank you!! And that's perfect because I love terrible puns lol! 🌪
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Hi Jess. Welcome to HIVE.
Thank you!!
Wow! Incredible work! We're happy to have you with the community. Tornados especially growing up in the Midwest have always been simultaneously fascinating and scary.
Thank you so much Zachery, I'm happy to be here! Tornadoes are truly complex and contradictory in their beauty and power! I still get scared chasing them sometimes! But they are incredible to witness.
You're welcome and agreed that they are.
Welcome Jess! I still have no idea what I'm doing!
Thank you James, lol and well, you're not alone in that at all!
Incredible shots Jess, those storm cloud structures are incredible! Welcome to Peakd too!
Thank you so much, I truly appreciate your kind words Dale! I'm happy to be here!
Wow, that remember me of the Twister film. The tones are awesome! "what she paints in the skies today" is a good way to describe it. Great work and welcome to Hive!
Thank you so much! And funny you should mention that, Twister was my favorite movie growing up!
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Are these real images or have you edited them? These are sooo cool!!!!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
These are real images that I have taken while chasing storms, and I've done minimal, natural editing to them to bring them back to life! Thank you so much and I'm happy you enjoy them!
Photographing storms and putting your life at risk, what an extreme hobby you got there, and thank you for the stunning and interesting pictures so that ordinary people like me can see the stunning storms.
It's very extreme, but it's my life's work and passion for sure! Thank you for your kind words!
Love your photos. Definitely going to follow your work.
Thank you so much, I appreciate that and will follow back!
Always wanted to do stuff like that ever since I saw the movie 'Twister' back in the theaters, then not long after experienced a F4 tornado on my family property. They fascinate me and scare the crap out of me at the same time, lol. Same with hurricanes, lost everything to Irma in 2017 from the Florida Keys... Now living in Oregon where we don't get anything like that, lol. Might get adventurous in a couple of years when my daughter graduates.
Welcome to HIVE!!!
Oh my gosh, Twister was genuinely my favorite movie as a kid! I love that! Of course, don't love to hear about the devastation your family has experienced. So awful. Mother Nature, while beautiful, can be unforgiving. Thank you so much for the warm welcome though, I appreciate it!
Love your work Jess and soo excited to see you here
Thank you so much Robert, means the world coming from you and I am so happy to be here!!
Welcome to Hive. I can't wait to see morr of your impressive work.
Thank you so much!! I'm excited to be here!
wow i like such pictures a lot. Unfortunately, here in Germany there is no opportunity for such spectacular motifs. on 500px your pictures would also fit very well
Hi Jess, welcome to Hive! These photos are absolutely stunning. I am guessing that it's pretty exhilarating to be out there in this sort of weather!! :)
Thank you Cath, it truly is the most exhilarating experience ever! I very much appreciate your kind words and I'm happy to be here!
Welcome to Hive, Jess! Super excited seeing your stunning work posted on this platform! :))
Thank you for such a warm welcome, I'm truly excited to be here!!
brilliant!!!!!
Thank you!
Hi Jess Welcome! Great shots. Look forward to seeing more awesome weather photography.
Thank you so much, I appreciate it greatly!
Your storm chasing is badass and makes for wonderful photos!
Thank you so much for that!
So beautiful Jess!
Thank you Steph!
Everything everyone else already said plus one satisfying compliment you really, really want to read. That was easy.
These are some of the nicest photos I've seen on here and I've been around a minute. You can surprise me with an Estes Park photo if you want, I'll act surprised.
Glad you found us, welcome, joint wasn't the same without you.
Lol thank you very kindly for those words, truly they mean a lot to me! I'm very happy to be here and grateful to have found such an amazing community!
Incredible work! Wow, so amazing! You should have no problems with success on hive :) Welcome and look forward to seeing your special shots :)
Such striking weather events you have managed to capture here, thank you for sharing with the group!
Wow es excelente dichas fotografias, te dejo mi voto y te sigo, saludos.