Natural Disaster Photography Partner

[Brendon Lindsey]

First off Moderators hopefully I picked the right forum for this topic... Maybe it could go in marketplace =/. Well Sorry if I made the mistake.

Well My name is Brendon Lindsey and I live here in Enid, Ok (North Central)
I have been pursuing my job as a photographer of youth sports. Which does put quite the dough in my pocket. I have wanted to be a photojournalist then scratched that Idea. I want to be able to take pictures of Natural occurring events that portray the emotions of an event so others can say wow. Or really feel the situation.

I recently have had this thought of being a solely natural disaster photographer
Covering:

Hurricanes
EspeciallyTornadoes
Earthquakes
Droughts
Especially Wildfires
Volcanoes
Tsunamis

All around the world.

I googled and cannot find any photographer that shoots the wide variety of disasters in a fine photographic manner. If anyone knows of any just let me know please.

Well if this idea turns into a well self created business, I would need a partner.

Does this intrigue anyone?
Flying to Huge disaster zones to shoot the aftermath, or while its happening. Constantly being around when Nature is at its most Furiatic =) points.

Just a thought though =)

I guess it would be a solely Natural Disaster Stock Photo type deal

Who would be up for it.
I am about to be attending college at North Eastern University Anyone who seriously could see them selves as my partner lets pm one another and plan and really see what it would take to pull this together. (besides plane tickets =/ being a pain.)

 

[Mark Farnik]

Hi Brendon!
Check your PM, I sent you one.

 

[Mikey Gribble]

I know you met Jim Reed. He is one of the bigger ones I can think of in this realm. He's a really nice guy too, so I'm sure he will talk to you.

 

[Scott Weberpal]

Geoff Mackly photographs just about everything natural disaster related.

http://www.geoffmackley.com/

 

[Elinor McLennon]

hey, i sent you a pm....

 

[Aaron Kennedy]

Our very own George Kourounis. http://www.stormchaser.ca/

I'm always jealous of his new adventures

 

[Jayson Prentice]

Brendon, I think you'll find that there are actually quite a few people who photograph only natural disasters/events. Quite a few have weather as one of the many things they photograph, thus most of them probably won't even be known around the ST forums here. It would truly be a great job and life to live, but I'm sure it is quite competitive just like any sort of photgraphy/videography market is.

 

[Brendon Lindsey]

Brandon, I think you'll find that there are actually quite a few people who photograph only natural disasters/events.

Number 1 its Brendon. Number 2 if you say so please let me know their names seeing as there are many supposably. I have seen one. Who solely does disasters and he lives in New Zealand. Kouronis or what not, shoots some of what I am talking about but I think his is more of extreme events period.

 

[George Kourounis]

Hey Brendon.

You are right in that I do photograph a lot of extreme natural events worldwide and that is my speciality, but I also film natural disasters. The two really do overlap quite a bit since these extreme events only become "disasters" once they impact people or property.

I wish you well, it is a tough biz. Being in the right place at the right time is tough and expensive and as soon as you add an international element, then it gets harder still with entry visas and language barriers. If you have specific questions, please feel free to email me privately. [email protected]

As for my latest expeditions, here's the newest entry from my blog:

[SIZE=+1]June 15 2008 - [/SIZE]Upcoming Expeditions - India & Indonesia - I'm barely home after the tornado chase but I'm getting ready to head off on Friday on my latest exotic Angry Planet film shoot. This time I'm Asia bound, specifically to India and then Indonesia.

In India, my mission is to document the monsoon season and its associated extreme rainfalls. Eastern India is the rainiest inhabited place in the world where annual rainfall totals can reach over 20 meters! Some of the places I will be travelling to include: Delhi, Assam in the northeastern region, Mumbai, Goa, Orissa, and Calcutta. The rains have already begun so I'm expecting an active, and soggy trip. I hear that the monsoon rains also tend to disturb the venomous snake population there where upwards of 50,000 people per year are killed by snake bite.

From Calcutta, I'll be flying to Indonesia where I will be involved in a volcano expedition that will span the entire island of Java from the recently active Anak Krakatau to Merapi volcano, then to the sulfur mines at Kawah Ijen volcano and then to Semeru which is the highest point on Java. Semeru is in a state of almost continuous eruption and a trek to the summit is planned. After Java, I then head to Bali and continue on to Flores Island where I'll be catching a boat to Komodo, home of the giant Komodo Dragon lizards.

This will be an epic journey and the adventures will end up becoming the foundation for several Angry Planet episodes that will air this coming Autumn. It will also mark the end of filming for season two of the series.

George Kourounis
www.stormchaser.ca