Mike Olbinski
Photographer, Filmmaker, Storm Chaser
Mike Olbinski has loved weather from a very early age, beginning his high school years when he first remembers using a camera to shoot a storm. That passion continued to grow until his mid-30s when he realized his love for photography and chasing weather could be combined… and it’s been a wild ride ever since. Mike’s work has been licensed by clients such as Marvel Studios, Apple, Lamborghini, National Geographic, and BBC just to name a few, and he was even honored to win an Emmy. He chases storms across the central U.S. in the spring and returns to his home in Phoenix, AZ in the summer to capture the stunning monsoon season. He is married to his amazing wife, Jina, and is blessed with three amazing kiddos. In the offseason, Mike shoots weddings and family sessions, and in his free time enjoys watching a lot of Netflix, building Legos, and playing Call of Duty.
Linda van Rosmalen
Photographer, Storm Chaser, Time-lapser
Linda van Rosmalen, known online as CleverDarkElve, is a Dutch immigrant, former USArmy aviator, educator and a PhD level chemical physicist who’s heart just couldn’t stay in the lab. A creative with a scientist’s mind, she loves chasing severe weather and spending vast amounts of time in nature exploring all the beauty the natural world has to offer. Linda also has a strong background as a fine artist but eventually traded pencils and paintbrushes for cameras. She currently works full time as a freelance timelapse photographer.
Camille Seaman
Photographer, Storm Chaser, Speaker
CAMILLE SEAMAN is a photographer whose work focuses on the fragile environments, extreme weather, and stark beauty of the natural world—from the deep greys of supercell storm clouds to the shocking blue of icebergs. As a TED Fellow and speaker, she urges us to connect to our surroundings: “I was taught from a very young age that we are connected to everything, that everything has a life force.”
Camille strongly believes in capturing photographs that articulate that humans are not separate from nature. Her work has been featured globally in publications, including National Geographic and TIME and The New York Times. She has won many awards, is a Senior TED Fellow as well as a Stanford Knight Fellow. Seaman advocates the importance of recognizing the relationship between humans and their natural surroundings.
Dennis Oswald
Photographer, Geographer, Meteorologist
Dennis Oswald is a 41 year old geographer and meteorologist who lives in Neuss, Germany. He chases storms for more than two decades in Europe and since 2008 in Tornado Alley. If the weather is calm, he prefers to immerse himself in the endless expanse of American landscapes. He is particularly fascinated by the deserts of the southwest and the mountains of the northwest. He publishes his photos in books, magazines and calendars as in many exhibitions in Germany.
David DiCello
Photographer
I’ve been into photography since I was a kid, using my dad’s old Pentax camera at Penn State football games. When I graduated college I bought my first DSLR, and I’ve never looked back. I used to be one of those ‘jack of all trades, master of none’ kind of guys. If you needed photography, I was doing it. Product. Wedding. Family. Landscape, Real estate. Wildlife Headshots. But where I found my biggest source of inspiration was my hometown Pittsburgh. I still do the occasional wedding, but now I’m pretty much entirely focused on city and landscape photography.
Nick Drieschman
Photographer, Tour Guide, Storm Chaser
Nick Drieschman is a storm chaser, photographer, and owner of Extreme Tornado Tours, a tornado and storm chasing tourism company based out of Norman, Oklahoma. Having experienced and photographed over 170 tornadoes in the past ten years, Nick is no stranger to these amazing weather events and the dynamic scenes they create. “Although my job is to help people accomplish their dreams of seeing and photographing tornadoes in person, I have never once grown tired of experiencing them firsthand and seeing the look on one of our guests faces when they see their first tornado” Nick’s work has been featured on BBC, CNBC and the Weather Channel among other major networks.