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Massive lightning monsoon thunderstorm with giant lightning bolts that make the Arizona mountains in North Scottsdale look small.  The Famous zip code 85255.  Many giant lightning bolts from high clouds striking the ground with mountains and city lights.  Most lightning strikes average two to three miles long and can carry a current of 10000 Amps at 100 million Volts.

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By Laura Snider (Contact)
Monday, June 22, 2009

James “Bo” Insogna, of Longmont, specializes in lightning photography. Check out more of his lightning-strike photos at www.thelightningman.com.

LONGMONT, Colo. — James “Bo” Insogna had already been a professional photographer for several years before he took the shot that wowed him — the one that would plot out the course of his career over the next 20 years.

He was working in Scottsdale, Ariz., in 1988 when he captured the bright white streaks of lightning cutting the sky behind a silhouette of tall saguaro cacti.

“I was like, ‘Wow.’ It was just the most spectacular shot that I had ever seen,” Insgona remembers thinking when the film was developed. “And then I started my career as a storm chaser.”

Now Insogna, a veteran lightning photographer, has moved back to Boulder County, where he started his first photography studio in 1984. And this spring’s string of storms is keeping him busy.

“My neighbors say, ‘We’re always running inside when you’re always running out,’” said Insogna, who now lives near county open space west of Longmont.

The art of taking a good shot of lightning requires flexibility — being willing and ready to go shoot photos when thunder rumbles overhead in the middle of the night — and an eye for composing a picture that captures more than just electricity moving between land and sky, Insogna said.

“It’s not about getting a picture of lightning,” he said. “It’s about getting an interesting picture of lightning.”

In fact, Insogna has a wish list of sorts — places where he can imagine the powerful image of a statue, a barn or even a cross with lightning striking behind. When a storm goes in, he looks for the strikes and tries to determine if the storm is in just the right place to become the backdrop he’s imagined.

Of course, plenty of times a night of chasing storms doesn’t yield any pictures worth using. But that — and the danger of the lightning — are part of the thrill of the chase.

“I have a rule,” Insogna said. “If every hair on your body starts to stand up, if you can start to smell the ozone in the air, run for cover.”

Source: Boulder Daily Camera

Top left “Tatum “88,” taken, ostensibly, at Tatum in 1988. Top right: “Full Moon Spirit,” depits Jacobo’s wife, Madonna. An Apache friend told the Insogna’s that this moon would help them conceive a much wanted child. Sure enough, the night this picture was taken, the Insognas conceived their first child. left: Kkokopelli Sunset.” Jacobo’s photography isn’t confined to lightning. Jacobo’s Image of a statue, ” Horse World,” in Phoenix, took two years. He has photographed horses professionally, and it was imperative that the outcome match his hopes for the shot. In the resulting photograph, entitled “Lightning at Horse World,” the Arabian, thoroughbred and quarter horse seem startled by the storm. Most of the “striking” photography is done during Arizona’s monsoon season. Jacobo enthusiastically describes the storms like a surfer would extoll the perfect curl or a runner would explain that elusive ‘high.” When conditions are just right, “the storms roll in like clockwork. Right around sunset, the thunderheads hang over the mountains,” Jacobo says. His shots of the storms progression reveal the vast power of clouds that mushroom above the mountains and release bright flashes of lightning beneath churning skies. At times, his experience with lightning has provided glimpses of the seemingly miraculous. “Once, lightning just walked down a mountain at me, “he says, his voice reflecting the memory of that awesome power. It started at the top of the mountain, and as the storm moved, it followed ever-lower peaks, directly in Jacobo’s direction. “I crawled out of the situation,” he says, sheepishly, of the close call. “Troon-C.” part of a three-photo series shot toward the city from Troon. ” Free Bird Sunset,” another gorgeous, nonlightning photo. “Striking 88″ shows the incredible complexity lightning can achieve.

In Jacobo Insogna’s photography, lightning walks, runs, dances and strikes. It’s a reflection of heaven’s instantaneous violence- caught forever in this artists Striking Photography: both the description of his work and the name of his business. A photographer with 20 years experience, Jacobo personifies the West by bringing his love of the Southwest, horses and “doing something new” to photography. To capture the arresting photography, Jacobo has chased seasonal desert storms for 15 years. His favorite shooting locales, including North Scottsdale, Mummy Mountain and Camelback Mountain, are chosen for their views of saguaro cactus, the desert or cityscape. For the shots of multiple lightning bolts, he times his shutter to be open from between five seconds and five minutes. “Lightning at Horse World” (color version), a magnificent photo that was two years in the making. A self-portrait. “Moon in Monsoon” helps Jacobo describe the thunderheads as they roll over the mountains. “Too Close for Comfort.” The only way that Jacobo can describe the shot. His personal rules about storm safety clearly reflect his vocation: a telephoto lens is safe and means he’s at least 10 miles out of the storm’s path: a 50 millimeter lens means he’s probably cutting it too close. “I also don’t pursue a storm unless I’m riding outside it, “he adds. Following his own rules allows him to say that he hasn’t had any “super close calls.” Jacobo’s wife, Madonna, helps him out on occasion by modeling. The Original Idea for “Full Moon Spirit” and “Indian Sunset” was to capture the beautiful sunset, but Madonna insisted that he turn to look at the rising moon. According to an apache friend, that particular moon brings tidings of pregnancy. The Insognas didn’t prove the legend wrong: that was the night they conceived their first child. After 15 years of pursuing inspired photographs of nature’s power, among other subjects, Jacobo still feels there is more to explore – more sculpture, more saguaros, more cityscapes. The desert’s vistas offer a sky that glows in colors ranging from olive to mauve and phenomena that continuously change and surprise. Jacobo Insogna will continue to look to the desert for inspiration. Through his vision, we’ll all be along for his rides into the storm-tossed horizon.

“BO” Insogna

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Welcome to “The Lightning Man”  Web site.

Hello, my name is James Insogna, thank you for stopping by!  Bo is my nickname, I am based in Boulder County, Colorado.  I’ve been chasing lightning storms since the late eighties, over twenty years.  Back then we were shooting film.  It’s amazing how much has changed and also how many people have taken up this exciting Storm Chasing adventure catching lightning storms on camera.  When you see that first image, you can get hooked very easily.  I’ve seen many storm chasers born and it has been fun to coach and watch them grow their skills plus see images from all over the US and all over the world.  When the storms die in the USA they are just starting down under in Australia.

The Lightning Man Prints have been purchased from collectors from all over the world and have been featured on the front page of Fine Art America, Imagekind and Redbubble. Images have also  appeared and been featured on Television, Magazines, Newspapers, Books and licensed for all kinds of media.

Look for some of the TV interviews and media features on the site.

Custom prints are available in all sizes and shipped world wide to your door.  Also canvas art prints, posters, greeting cards and stock images for license.  Gallery

If you are interested in or looking for a good human interest story your readers or audience will love, images are always available.  Please bear this in mind I am a professional photographer is do this for a living, but there are many win win situations to be created.

Also if you would like to use or license one of the images on the site or in a gallery,  please contact me.  1-888- 682-0122

It is my hope that when you see my work you see that my style is a little different and has been considered some of the best lightning images in the world.  There are shots that have been worked on for many years just to get the storm to be in the right place at the right time… and even more … me being in the right place at the right time.   My gear is always ready to go and when the crack thunder sounds, it is my calling to get out and chase a storm.  In other words when everyone is running inside ( and you should) it is out the door into the thick of things for me. It is more than just getting a shot of a lightning bolt… it is about getting an interesting shot of lightning.

Please make no mistake, it is extremely exciting to catch some lightning bolts on camera and is even an incredible rush… but it can be extremely dangerous.  So if you decide  you want to be a “storm chaser” be aware of your surroundings and have the right gear.

There have been a few times all the hair on my body stood up and I knew there was a charge building, there have also been many situations I have crawled out of. When the Budweiser Storm images happened, that was a chase that almost took me from Boulder County to Wyoming.  At the start of the photo shoot: First, the remote on the camera would get hit.  Next,  I would jump in the back of the SUV with my feet off the ground with comfort of four rubber tires for safety. It was the most erratic lightning I’ve ever seen.  Scary stuff. You could not tell where the bolts were going to hit next.  Front of you, behind you or on top of you!  So safety is always number one.

“A Season Of Lightning” by Troy Ruiz May be used for reprint. Download a FREE copy here.

If you click on the gallery button on top it will take you to all the images.  Check out the Lightning gallery.

I still have Images to be added and work being uploaded all the time. Subscribe to my Art feed here:
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Again thanks for taking the time to check out the site and images.

Boulder County Colorado Photographer Bo Insogna " The Lightning Man"

Striking Photography By Bo Insogna – Longmont – Boulder – Photographer

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