Blown Away: A Year Through the Lens of the Tornado Hunter
- ISBN-10
- 0987810510
- ISBN-13
- 9780987810519
- Series
- Blown Away
- Category
- Storms
- Pages
- 158
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indie Ink Publishing
- Author
- Greg Johnson
Description
The drama, beauty, terror and aftermath of Tornado Alley...One man's journey into and through one of the most horrific and awe-inspiring storm seasons on record. Join Canada's Tornado Hunter, Greg Johnson, on this deeply personal journey and you too will be Blown Away. In his own words and stunning color photographs, Johnson criss-crosses the 49th Parallel to bring a fresh and intimate perspective to the life of the storm chaser on both sides of the US-Canada border. Travel with Johnson through twelve American states and two Canadian provinces (Saskatchewan and Manitoba) in his quest to not only intercept but document some of the season's most powerful storms on record, like the EF5 tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri on May 22, 2011. Blown Away is also a look inside the world of severe weather photography. Johnson provides tantalizing detail of his equipment and shot strategies that will satisfy the amateur and professional photographer alike. Through his active social media presence with real-time blogging and chase video postings, Johnson invited amateur photographers to submit their own photos, some of which are included in the pages of Blown Away. Blown Away highlights Johnson's artistic eye and technical precision in photographically capturing a difficult subject...Mother Nature at her most tempestuous.
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