Photographers who chase storms always seemed to me to be just geeky thrill-seekers, but I'll have to reconsider after reading a portion of an interview with Mitch Dobrowner in which he describes his motivation:
I have always loved just sitting out in nature, hearing the wind blow and watching the light changing. I study the light and see photography as an exercise in painting with light and shadows. In inclement weather, light and shadows are always changing. … When I’m out there I always hear the mantra spoken by Edward Abbey, “Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as it is today.”
(thanks Dish)
