Weather Photography 101
LOCATION
Virtual - Hosted on Zoom
Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year Launch Event
Find photographic inspiration at the online launch for Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2024, to celebrate the competition opening for entries.
Join broadcast meteorologist Laura Tobin on a guided tour of the science behind our incredible weather, and improve your ability to spot weather features.
Learn how to develop your climate change storytelling, with Alastair Johnstone of Climate Visuals. Hear practical guidance on what makes a truly impactful climate change photograph, based on international social research on what engages audiences.
Storm chaser and tornado researcher Paul Knightley will share his experiences on capturing extreme weather, from elusive tornadoes to lightning and hail. Learn about planning ahead and choosing your position, staying safe, and enjoy Paul’s photographs and stories.
Speakers
Laura Tobin
As a broadcast meteorologist, Laura loves to keep viewers informed about the weather across the UK and around the World. Laura is very passionate about communicating climate change.
In January 2020 she went viral when she challenged Australian MP Craig Kelly about his views on Climate change when talking about the Australian wildfires.
In 2021 Laura visited Svalbard in the Arctic to show the impacts of a warming planet on the landscape, animals, tourism & people. Laura wrote a book called "Everyday Ways to Save our Planet" to help people make small and big changes to make a difference & learn more about why warming matters. Laura visited COP26 in Glasgow and COP27 in Egypt, continuing coverage of the progress being made in tackling the climate emergency.
Alastair Johnstone
Alastair Johnstone is the manager of Climate Visuals, the world's only evidence based climate change photography resource. He has a background in photojournalism and is a former deputy news picture editor at The Times and Sunday Times newspapers. He is particularly interested in how you tell stories through photography, and how viewers interact with photographs.
All too often, climate change imagery is ineffective at driving change – it may be aesthetically pleasing and illustrative but not give viewers a deeper connection to the stories being told. The Climate Visuals evidence base proves that imagery needs to embody people-centred narratives, local impacts and positive solutions, and must resonate with the identity and values of the viewer.
In this talk, Alastair will share practical guidance on what helps to make a truly impactful climate change photograph, based on international social research on what engages audiences. Learn how you can develop your photography of climate change stories.
Paul Knightley
Paul Knightley has had a deep interest in the weather since he was a child, with the January 1987 cold spell and October 1987 Great Storm both formative events in his interest. This interest continued to develop and in May 1998, Paul undertook his first storm chasing trip to the central USA, the first of 19 such visits to date. During that time, he has developed a few skills in photographing extreme weather events.
Paul works at DTN as a Senior Weather Risk Manager. Paul is the Head of the Tornado and Research Organisation, TORRO, and organises, together with the other TORRO staff, twice-yearly conferences. A Chartered Meteorologist, Paul is also a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.
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Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year Launch Event
Find photographic inspiration at the online launch for Standard Chartered Weather Photographer of the Year 2024, to celebrate the competition opening for entries.
Join broadcast meteorologist Laura Tobin on a guided tour of the science behind our incredible weather, and improve your ability to spot weather features.
Learn how to develop your climate change storytelling, with Alastair Johnstone of Climate Visuals. Hear practical guidance on what makes a truly impactful climate change photograph, based on international social research on what engages audiences.
Storm chaser and tornado researcher Paul Knightley will share his experiences on capturing extreme weather, from elusive tornadoes to lightning and hail. Learn about planning ahead and choosing your position, staying safe, and enjoy Paul’s photographs and stories.
Speakers
Laura Tobin
As a broadcast meteorologist, Laura loves to keep viewers informed about the weather across the UK and around the World. Laura is very passionate about communicating climate change.
In January 2020 she went viral when she challenged Australian MP Craig Kelly about his views on Climate change when talking about the Australian wildfires.
In 2021 Laura visited Svalbard in the Arctic to show the impacts of a warming planet on the landscape, animals, tourism & people. Laura wrote a book called "Everyday Ways to Save our Planet" to help people make small and big changes to make a difference & learn more about why warming matters. Laura visited COP26 in Glasgow and COP27 in Egypt, continuing coverage of the progress being made in tackling the climate emergency.
Alastair Johnstone
Alastair Johnstone is the manager of Climate Visuals, the world's only evidence based climate change photography resource. He has a background in photojournalism and is a former deputy news picture editor at The Times and Sunday Times newspapers. He is particularly interested in how you tell stories through photography, and how viewers interact with photographs.
All too often, climate change imagery is ineffective at driving change – it may be aesthetically pleasing and illustrative but not give viewers a deeper connection to the stories being told. The Climate Visuals evidence base proves that imagery needs to embody people-centred narratives, local impacts and positive solutions, and must resonate with the identity and values of the viewer.
In this talk, Alastair will share practical guidance on what helps to make a truly impactful climate change photograph, based on international social research on what engages audiences. Learn how you can develop your photography of climate change stories.
Paul Knightley
Paul Knightley has had a deep interest in the weather since he was a child, with the January 1987 cold spell and October 1987 Great Storm both formative events in his interest. This interest continued to develop and in May 1998, Paul undertook his first storm chasing trip to the central USA, the first of 19 such visits to date. During that time, he has developed a few skills in photographing extreme weather events.
Paul works at DTN as a Senior Weather Risk Manager. Paul is the Head of the Tornado and Research Organisation, TORRO, and organises, together with the other TORRO staff, twice-yearly conferences. A Chartered Meteorologist, Paul is also a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.
Registration
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED
Registration for this event is closed.
If you have any queries with regards to this event or require any further information please contact us at meetings@rmets.org.
We take data privacy seriously. Please read the RMetS privacy policy to find out more.
