Pecos Hank doesn't take himself too seriously, and he's a great storyteller. Plus unlike in so many other storm and tornado chasing videos, the ones Pecos Hank gives us are not yell fests. The focus is on the storm, not the chaser.
Olbinski is a favorite of mine because he is such an artist. He pays the utmost attention to the details in his cinematography.
He's the best at capturing the grandeur of both the storms he captures and the landscape those storms affect.
Olbinski's best video yet, "Shadows In The Sky" has just recently been released. I'm not going to show it in this post, as I want to make sure to direct all the clicks directly to the video. He deserves each and every one of them.
We all expect a sharp crispness to Olbinski's photography, and that's precisely what you get and more. After all, when he's not chasing storms, he's an accomplished Arizona wedding and portrait photographer. His editing technique comes through expertly. He can make lemonade out of lemons
You can tell that some of the storms Olbinski encountered that he used in "Shadows In The Sky" had sub-optimal light and surroundings. You can't expect every storm to do the work for you.
But the photo editing made those problems disappear without compromising the reality of the storms. Nothing looks fake here. That he is Arizona based helps, too, as he captures some awesome desert microbursts and haboobs.
With this video, Olbinski took a chance by using music with vocals. There's a big payoff with this. The song, "The Last Goodbye" by Eric Kinny, featuring haunting vocals by Danica Dora, is the perfect accompaniment to Olbinski's roiling storms.
The music adds to the emotional mix of apprehension, awe, foreboding and excitement Olbinski's time lapses offer. And it builds to a surprisingly satisfying crescendo.
Weather geeks like myself of course will want to watch "Shadows In The Sky" repeatedly. I also encourage people who are not the least bit interested in the weather to check it out. If you like photography and art and fascinating video, this is the required viewing.
I feel sorry for people who never pay attention to the sky, the clouds, the heavens. Olbinski is creating converts to the happy club of people who are in awe of what nature can create when it is in a stormy mood.
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