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Read MoreTraveling at a blazing 264 mph, a Canon Sure Shot camera became the fastest projectile to be fired from the tornado debris canon at Texas Tech University’s Debris Impact Facility(DIF).
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Read MorePrairie Pictures' Aerial department (PPA) has been busy this year providing high views on several productions.
Read MorePrairie Pictures' StormStock, a footage collection specializing in severe weather since 1993, is covering the impact of major category 5 Hurricane Irma as it approaches the US.
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For StormStock cinematographer and founder Martin Lisius, it was a storm like no other he’s witnessed. “Up until now, Hurricane Katrina was the most intense storm I’ve experienced,” he said. “There are three types of hurricanes; surge, wind and rain. Katrina is the record holder for storm surge, while Harvey now leads for flooding rains. Really, two exceptional storms occurring just within the last 12 years, both getting their super powers from the Gulf.”
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Founder and filmmaker Martin Lisius captured a series of tornadoes in southwest Iowa for his StormStock collection earlier this summer.
Read MoreThe first storm photo I took was when I was 12 years old. It was a fat bolt of lightning I captured while shooting from the kitchen window of my parent's home in north Texas. That's when I fell in love with dramatic weather.
Read More“After witnessing so many amazing supercells over the years, all other thunderstorm types become rather uninteresting,” Lisius said. That’s because supercells produce virtually all significant tornadoes and giant hail, in addition to prolific lightning shows. They occur around the world, but are especially common in an area from Texas to the Dakotas.
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“It has been more than 20 years that I began working on the original, and I felt it was time to produce a sequel to reflect on the changes we’ve seen in our discipline” Lisius said.
Read MoreSince 1993, StormStock has been the "go to" footage library for producers and directors who need something special in the weather imagery category. The collection, created by cinematographer Martin Lisius, features hard to find material including the only Super 35mm (to HD) footage in the world of Hurricane Katrina making landfall.
Read MoreCinematographer and StormStock founder Martin Lisius has a very unique job. For nearly three decades, he has tracked and photographed some of the most violent (and beautiful) weather in the world. Last 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.
Read MorePrairie Pictures' collection of ultra high-end weather and climate footage, which is licensed through its StormStock brand, has a fresh look at www.stormstock.com. The new website has been streamlined, edited, and better integrated over its predecessor.
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