Archival Fine Art Photographs by Lightningsmiths Photographers Jeff Smith and A. T. Willett

Severe Weather Fine Art Photographers A. T. Willett and Jeff Smith at Etherton Gallery in Tucson Arizona
A.T. Willett and Jeff Smith at the Etherton Gallery

Opening Night " Out of a Clear Blue Sky" At Etherton Gallery in Tucson Arizona 2007
Our Fine Art Prints were digitally re-mastered in 2007 from the original transparencie printed on the D'Vinci Roland Hi-Fi Jet Printer. With twelve individual archival inks printed on Arches Infinity paper. Prices begin at $800, signed by the artist, limited edition of 50 prints, 10 artists proofs. Prices increase as edition sells. Sizes up to 48 inches.
 
 

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Fine Art Photographs by Jeff Smith

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Fine Art Photographs by A. T. Willett

Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Torch at Empire Mountain Arizona Looking across I-10 east of Vail one of the largest single bolts I have ever photographed dropped down right in the middle of my frame. Moments before this I said aloud "God, give me one good bolt and I'll go home." I closed my camera and went home. 1988 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Million Volt Curtain Arizona The Rincon mountains, east of Tucson, are notorious for its fierce storms. This particular evening storm had the greatest amount of lightning I have ever seen. 1997 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Beyond Organ Pipe Arizona Shot from the Tohono Odam Reservation looking west toward Organ Pipe National Monument. The spectacular orange sunset comes from volcanic ash trapped in the stratosphere from the Mount Pinatubo Volcano. 1990 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Sea Of Cortez Mexico I set my camera up in anticipation of a storm I saw in Puerto Penasco, Sonora. It was exciting to see the lightning dance exactly across my camera's frame. The flashing lightning froze the small waves of water in time. 1998 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Swan Song Arizona I was north of Tucson in Oro Valley for this storm. I headed towards Catalina State Park, set up my cameras and photographed this giant bolt. The separation between cloud and bolt is almost three-dimensional. This is my favorite image in the last couple years. 2006 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Picacho Illumination Arizona Picacho Peak, located 40 miles north of Tucson in route to Phoenix via Interstate 10. This Civil War landmark is known for it's beautiful, rugged terrain. This powerful Monsoon storm ripped down I-10 in a fury of light and dust. I positioned my truck and captured this image with a long lens. 1988 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Into The Storm Tucson, Arizona This lightning photograph, shot from inside of my truck, was on the far east side of Tucson on a lonely desert utility road. 1992 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Cross Arizona This wooden, weathered cross was over 7 feet tall, and was photographed in the Tohono O'odham Nation. The wide-angle lens view of an approaching storm is one of my favorites. 1991 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Close Call in Sells Arizona While out in the Tohono O'odham Nation, AT Willett and I experienced one of the closest bolts that either of us had photographed. We both captured from different perspectives at the same time. 1990 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Window Seat New Mexico Flying into Albuquerque, NM at sunset, I saw lightning in the distance towards the Santa Fe area. I pushed my camera up against the window opened the shutter momentarily and captured this image. 1988 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Bear Canyon Blue At the base of the Santa Catalinas lies Bear Canyon. This was a wonderful display of lightning silhouetting cactus. Summer 1992 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Red Rock Power Station Arizona Located along I-10 near Tucson this sub station offers an interesting dichotomy between the harnessed power of man and the natural power of nature. 2003 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Duality West of Tucson Mountains looking towards 3 points, these 2 large bolts really packed a punch! The road in the foreground is highway 86, on the way to Ajo. 2006 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Rocky Point, Mexico Summer Monsoons in Mexico are amazing. This storm came out of nowhere and pounded the Sonoran city of Puerto Penasco. Immediately after I photographed this image the storm moved into the sea at which point I also shot the image "Sea Of Cortez" 1998 © Jeff Smith
Fine Art Photograph of Lightning Santa Catalina Sunset Arizona Looking west from the center of Tucson, the sky above the Santa Catalina mountains glows. This lightning, colorful sky is just a taste of what the desert has to offer. 2001 © Jeff Smith
Road to Laverne Oklahoma 1991 Ominous Tornado producing Supercell thunderstorm looms over US Highway 270 looking east toward small town of Laverne Oklahoma, located in the Oklahoma Panhandle region. These are Cumulonimbus clouds and are associated with severe dangerous thunderstorms. A tornado of F3 capacity was produced by this storm a few minutes after this photograph was taken. Storm tops on this storm were around 60,000 feet high, edge of the stratosphere. The tornado grazed Lavern Oklahoma causing damage and a few serious injuries, May 15th. 1991 © A. T. Willett
Lightning at Dusk Windy Point 1983 Lightning bolts over the city of Tucson shot from the mountain lookout Windy Point in the Catalina Mountain Range. Two people standing on rocks in front of the photographer show up as silhouettes against the city lights. This storm shows the classic Anvil shape of an isolated thunderstorm cell at dusk. Was my very first impressive severe weather photograph ran on the front page of the Tucson Citizen Newspaper the Next day. September 4th 1983 © A. T. Willett
Gruver Texas Tornado 1995 Large White Tornado 15 miles NE of Gruver Texas over green wheat field shot from the window of a moving truck, windmill and farm house show scale of Tornado Rated F3 on the Fujita scale. This tornado destroyed a large farm in the Oklahoma Panhandle no deaths or serious injuries reported with this storm. May 5th. 1995 this tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes.
Lightning Pusch Ridge 1990 A severe thunderstorm over Pusch Ridge in the Santa Catalina Mountain range Tucson Arizona August 1990 © A. T. Willett
Madera Canyon Sizzler 1994 The road to Madera Canyon this very large and powerful bolt of lightning is striking the ground less than 2500 feet from the camera. Both bolts appear to be striking at the same distance but the one on the left looks like it is a lot more powerful © A. T. Willett
Oranging Sky Sells 1993 Lightning strikes ground 50 feet from camera (the bolt on the left) east of Sells, Arizona at  sunset looking west.  Microscopic  Dust particles from the Volcano Mt Pinatubo two years prior to this picture floating in  the upper atmosphere  makes this sunset and sky extremely orange and glowing. Shot on a Hasselblad Superwide Camera on Fuji Velvia Film. June 23rd. 1993
Daylighter Benson 1995 A rare lightning storm in February 1995 south of Benson Arizona. This very large lightning strike illuminates the ground like daylight, looks like it is striking a telephone pole. This storm headed north and we were caught in core of the storm, it dropped 2 inches of hail on interstate ten as we drove back to Tucson. © A. T. Willett
Tucson XPAN Thunderstorm 2001 This 30 second time exposure shows a large thunderhead over down town Tucson. Shot from the University of Arizona looking toward A Mountain with a Hasselblad Xpan camera © A. T. Willett
Black Saguaro Electric Sky 1988 Saguaro Cacti silhouetted by severe thunderstorm on the Northwest side of Tucson shot from near Silverbell road. This storm top is about 28,000 feet we watched the lightning blow about 8 transformers that night. The one big lightning bolt is estimated to be longer than 20,000 feet © A. T. Willett
Summer Storm Lower Manhattan 1990 Lightning striking the TV antenna of the North Tower of the World Trade Center WTC in summer thunderstorm, Manhattan, New York City New York. Photographed from the seventh floor of New York University’s Hayden dorm. Washington Square Park West and West 4th Avenue in West Greenwich Village. June 18th 1990 © A. T. Willett
Electric Monster 2000 Feet 1996 Very large lightning strikes at a distance of 2000 feet from camera notice the tower in the bottom of the picture it is over 75 feet tall, Highway 87 near Interstate 10 Arizona © A. T. Willett
Blizzard Dawn Seattle 1990 A rare blizzard blankets the City of Seattle in Snow with freighter ships in foreground on the Puget Sound, Washington. Shot from the flight deck of the USS Nimitz as it approaches its home base in Bremerton Washington, the flight deck of the ship was covered with 5 inches of snow. The black cloud is another section of the storm approaching the city at dawn, you can also see the glow of lights inside the working area of the Freighter Ship and the Space Needle.
Megacloud Kansas 1997 Rapidly growing Cumulonimbus clouds in a tornado producing Supercell Thunderstorm near Anthony Kansas. This is a tighter version of #14 and 15 minuets before the other image. Storm tops near 60,000 feet. This Supercell produced a F1 Tornado near Anthony Kansas May 27th 1997. We were about 20 miles west of Anthony and did not have time to catch up to the tornado as the sun had already set.
Tornadic Supercell Anthony Kansas 2001 Rapidly growing Cumulonimbus clouds in a tornado producing Supercell Thunderstorm near Anthony Kansas. Storm tops near 60,000 feet. This Supercell produced a F1 Tornado near Anthony Kansas May 27th 1997. © A. T. Willett
Lightning Titan Missile Silo 1994 Huge lightning bolt strikes within one half mile of camera East of Marana Arizona. Photographed at an abandoned Titan II Missile Silo on a Hasselblad camera this image was used by the Royal Mail Society (United Kingdoms postal service) as a Postage Stamp in 2000, it was part of the Millennium series called “Fire And Light”. © A. T. Willett

 
 

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