Meet the Experts – A Weather Photo Journey
LOCATION
Virtual - Hosted on Zoom
To celebrate the launch of Weather Photographer of the Year 2023, this live Zoom session was packed full of hints, tips and anecdotes to help you plan your weather photography, take your photo, and get it noticed.
Kirsty McCabe, an experienced broadcaster and qualified forecaster, kicked off the session by sharing insider knowledge on understanding weather patterns and tips on when and where to capture the best shots. Following her talk, the winner of last year's competition, Christopher Ison, shared his winning entry and offered tips for capturing your own magical moments.
Social Media Trainer Jonathan Pollinger rounded out the line-up of speakers by sharing tips for building an online community for your photography and increasing the visibility of your talent. The event was chaired by Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society and head judge of the competition.
After hearing from the speakers, the floor was yours to ask questions.
The Weather Photographer of the Year 2023 competition is open for entries from April 25 to June 27. To learn more and enter the competition, rmets.org/photography.
Don't miss this chance to ask questions and gain insights from leading professionals in the field.
The Panellists
Panel Chair: Prof Liz Bentley - Royal Meteorological Society Chief Executive
Kirsty McCabe, FRMetS
Kirsty McCabe is an experienced broadcaster, Met Office qualified forecaster and Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. She is the Editor of MetMatters, a source of engaging, accessible weather and climate content. Over the years Kirsty has presented the weather across the UK's major television, radio and digital networks, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 5, The Weather Channel and Sky News.
Before she caught the weather bug, Kirsty began her career looking at the ground. A fascination with the environment and how the world works sparked her interest in Geophysics, which she read as an undergraduate at the University in Edinburgh. After graduation she spent a summer as an intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, followed by research on environmental magnetism at the University of Oxford.
Kirsty then switched from academia to science journalism, working as a subeditor for New Scientist magazine before retraining as an aviation forecaster with the Met Office. She began her broadcast career as part of the national BBC Weather Centre team before switching to ITV Breakfast, where she was nominated for a TRIC award in 2011. Nowadays she splits her time between the Royal Meteorological Society, Sky News, MetraWeather UK and BBC Scotland.
When she’s not got her eyes on the skies, family life keeps her pretty busy (she has three young children), and she sings in an award-winning amateur choir.
Chris Ison
Chris Ison is an award-winning, hugely experienced, versatile and trusted commercial photographer, based in Midhurst, West Sussex in the South Downs National Park.
Chris is a photographer through and through - first inspired at the age of 7, turning professional at 18, and enjoying a long and varied career ever since which now spans three decades. He spent 14 years covering some of the world's biggest news and sporting events for the Press Association. And since leaving PA in 2014 he has worked with a wide variety of commercial clients, helping to elevate their marketing and achieve stand-out success in a media-saturated world.
He spends his personal time exploring the landscape looking for weather and locations that elicit emotions from the viewer. This practice, or possibly obsession, lead him to become the current Royal Meteorological Society Weather Photographer of the Year after entering an image taken during Storm Eunice in 2022. An achievement of which he is extremely proud.
Jonathan Pollinger - Social Media Trainer
Jonathan Pollinger has been showing companies, charities and organisations how to make the most of their social networks like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn since 2009, before social media for business was mainstream.
In 2022 he established Boost Social Agency which focuses on creating content and social advertising campaigns for B2B businesses.
He's worked with small busnesses, PR and marketing agencies, charities, Members of Parliament, local government, business owners, authors and other social media professionals.
With over 100 recommendations on LinkedIn, Jonathan is sought after commentator and regularly discusses social media and technology on BBC local radio, at business conferences and in his blog (pollingersocial.co.uk/blog).
Links
Social media training: https://pollingersocial.co.uk
Social media agency: https://boostsocial.agency
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanpollinger/
Registration
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.
Registration for this event is available virtually.
Please note that our registration process has recently changed:
Members
If you are a member of the Society and have an account already, please log in to your account before your register. If you are a member and don’t have an account set up already, you will need to create an account. Your username is the email address that is linked to your membership.
Non-Members
If you are not a member of the Society you will need to create an account in order to register for events.
Once you have created an account, you will be required to log in each time you would like to register for an event. You will also have access to a Dashboard area that will show which events you have registered for and past events you have attended.
Any information you provide to us will only be used by The Royal Meteorological Society and appointed representatives.
This meeting is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate. Free to attend. Non-members are welcome.
A copy of our terms and conditions can be found here
If you have any queries with regards to this event or require any further information please contact us at meetings@rmets.org
To celebrate the launch of Weather Photographer of the Year 2023, this live Zoom session was packed full of hints, tips and anecdotes to help you plan your weather photography, take your photo, and get it noticed.
Kirsty McCabe, an experienced broadcaster and qualified forecaster, kicked off the session by sharing insider knowledge on understanding weather patterns and tips on when and where to capture the best shots. Following her talk, the winner of last year's competition, Christopher Ison, shared his winning entry and offered tips for capturing your own magical moments.
Social Media Trainer Jonathan Pollinger rounded out the line-up of speakers by sharing tips for building an online community for your photography and increasing the visibility of your talent. The event was chaired by Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society and head judge of the competition.
After hearing from the speakers, the floor was yours to ask questions.
The Weather Photographer of the Year 2023 competition is open for entries from April 25 to June 27. To learn more and enter the competition, rmets.org/photography.
Don't miss this chance to ask questions and gain insights from leading professionals in the field.
The Panellists
Panel Chair: Prof Liz Bentley - Royal Meteorological Society Chief Executive
Kirsty McCabe, FRMetS
Kirsty McCabe is an experienced broadcaster, Met Office qualified forecaster and Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. She is the Editor of MetMatters, a source of engaging, accessible weather and climate content. Over the years Kirsty has presented the weather across the UK's major television, radio and digital networks, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 5, The Weather Channel and Sky News.
Before she caught the weather bug, Kirsty began her career looking at the ground. A fascination with the environment and how the world works sparked her interest in Geophysics, which she read as an undergraduate at the University in Edinburgh. After graduation she spent a summer as an intern at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, followed by research on environmental magnetism at the University of Oxford.
Kirsty then switched from academia to science journalism, working as a subeditor for New Scientist magazine before retraining as an aviation forecaster with the Met Office. She began her broadcast career as part of the national BBC Weather Centre team before switching to ITV Breakfast, where she was nominated for a TRIC award in 2011. Nowadays she splits her time between the Royal Meteorological Society, Sky News, MetraWeather UK and BBC Scotland.
When she’s not got her eyes on the skies, family life keeps her pretty busy (she has three young children), and she sings in an award-winning amateur choir.
Chris Ison
Chris Ison is an award-winning, hugely experienced, versatile and trusted commercial photographer, based in Midhurst, West Sussex in the South Downs National Park.
Chris is a photographer through and through - first inspired at the age of 7, turning professional at 18, and enjoying a long and varied career ever since which now spans three decades. He spent 14 years covering some of the world's biggest news and sporting events for the Press Association. And since leaving PA in 2014 he has worked with a wide variety of commercial clients, helping to elevate their marketing and achieve stand-out success in a media-saturated world.
He spends his personal time exploring the landscape looking for weather and locations that elicit emotions from the viewer. This practice, or possibly obsession, lead him to become the current Royal Meteorological Society Weather Photographer of the Year after entering an image taken during Storm Eunice in 2022. An achievement of which he is extremely proud.
Jonathan Pollinger - Social Media Trainer
Jonathan Pollinger has been showing companies, charities and organisations how to make the most of their social networks like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn since 2009, before social media for business was mainstream.
In 2022 he established Boost Social Agency which focuses on creating content and social advertising campaigns for B2B businesses.
He's worked with small busnesses, PR and marketing agencies, charities, Members of Parliament, local government, business owners, authors and other social media professionals.
With over 100 recommendations on LinkedIn, Jonathan is sought after commentator and regularly discusses social media and technology on BBC local radio, at business conferences and in his blog (pollingersocial.co.uk/blog).
Links
Social media training: https://pollingersocial.co.uk
Social media agency: https://boostsocial.agency
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanpollinger/
Registration
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.
Registration for this event is available virtually.
Please note that our registration process has recently changed:
Members
If you are a member of the Society and have an account already, please log in to your account before your register. If you are a member and don’t have an account set up already, you will need to create an account. Your username is the email address that is linked to your membership.
Non-Members
If you are not a member of the Society you will need to create an account in order to register for events.
Once you have created an account, you will be required to log in each time you would like to register for an event. You will also have access to a Dashboard area that will show which events you have registered for and past events you have attended.
Any information you provide to us will only be used by The Royal Meteorological Society and appointed representatives.
This meeting is part of the Royal Meteorological Society Meetings programme, open to all, from expert to enthusiast, for topical discussions on the latest advances in weather and climate. Free to attend. Non-members are welcome.
A copy of our terms and conditions can be found here
If you have any queries with regards to this event or require any further information please contact us at meetings@rmets.org
