Photograph the wind

[Brian Moody]

I’m sitting in my Motorhome in the Outer Hebrides. The wind is in excess of twenty miles an hour and rocking this 3.5 ton vehicle. Things are blowing about, especially tents. How do you photograph the wind?

[☠northy]

oh wow... i'm not sure whether to say "cool" or "how scary!" if you google high wind photos you'll prolly get a bunch of ideas... but generally i think it will be about capturing what you are seeing... i'd shoot wide and try to capture the atmosphere whether it's the tents flapping, trees or grasses bending flat, or human elements with their hair flying... stay safe!

[Walks @ 7]

Okay you win the wind award today. Is there a stationary something outside that you can focus on? If so, maybe a series or a burst set when you get a particularly strong gust? Hope you stay safe in spite of Mother Nature's loud voice today.

[Call me Joe]

Emojis?💨🌬💨
Just kidding— please be safe💕

[Allison Williams]

You know what Christina Rossetti wrote — “Who has seen the wind/ Neither you nor I/ but when the trees bow down their heads/ the wind is passing by.”

[kali]

long exposure shots of vegetation moving in the wind are interesting to do

[Carole G]

hmm, I have a friend who tells a good tale about watching sheep being blown over and rolling down the hill on one of the Sscottish islands

[J A Byrdlip]

You could also try a Harris Shutter effect to show the wind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_shutter

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[Brian Moody]

@northy @joysabin @joemuli @allie912 @kali66 @yorkshirekiwi @byrdlip Thank you all for taking the time to comment and offer advice. Here I my first attempt.

[Annie-Sue]

I tried to photograph a rolling can this morning - but it just looked still!

[Brian Moody]

@anniesue I think you need a subject that changes shape in the wind

[Pigeons Farm]

using a tripod and slow exposure will allow you to capture movement.

[Shutterbug]

I like to select a tree that is especially blowing in the wind and photograph it in long exposure. The trunk may stay solid but the leaves become in-motion blurry.

[John Walton]

I would have thought time lapse would be good for showing the wind. Accepted the end product is a video rather than a photograph. Many modern cameras now have an inbuilt facility to take time lapse, so essentially all you need is your camera and either a tripod or something to keep your camera still. Always fun to watch afterwards.