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Chase the Light,
Not the Luck
Using Weather to Your Creative Advantage
11 lessons with Rick Sammon & Mike Caplan
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Everybody waits for perfect weather.
You'll learn to read it coming.
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Weather isn't something you wait around for and hope it cooperates — it's one of the most powerful creative tools you've got, and most folks never use it. Rick Sammon and meteorologist Mike Caplan team up to fix that. They'll show you how to read the sky, see the light coming before it gets there, and turn fog, storms, snow, and big dramatic clouds into images people stop and stare at. You'll get the whole thing — composition, exposure, staying safe out there, the right gear, and how to finish it all in Lightroom and Photoshop.
See what's inside the course →
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11
Lessons
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40+
Years Behind the Lens
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2
Pros, One Sky
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What You'll Learn
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Read the sky before the light arrives
Decode cloud types to predict the light, with Rick's "one-picture promise" and satellite tricks for timing sunrise and sunset
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The apps that earn a spot on your phone
Windy, radar, NOAA, and PhotoPills — the weather and photo tools worth trusting, plus Rick's full northern-lights settings
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Let the weather tell the story
Compose for fog, snow, and rain instead of fighting them — because "a dry rock is a dead rock"
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Stay safe and keep shooting
Read sneaker waves, tides, and desert heat, then pack the rain covers, cold-weather battery tricks, and layers that keep you in the field
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Bring the weather to life in post
Rescue flat skies with texture and clarity, then transform ordinary shots with sky replacement — real edits, start to finish
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...across all 11 lessons, from reading the forecast to the final edit.
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Why This Course Matters
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Most of us treat weather like a coin flip — show up, cross our fingers, take what we get. This course flips that.
Once you can read a cloud and know what's coming, you stop reacting and start planning. And here's the best part: you'll learn to find the shot hiding inside the storm — because the images you're proudest of almost always come from the conditions everybody else walked away from.
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When you're ready to watch the full course — plus hundreds more from the world's best photographers — Join KelbyOne and unlock it all with a single membership.
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Your Instructors
A photographer & a meteorologist
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Rick Sammon
The Photographer
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| 40+ Years |
Workshop Leader |
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Award-winning photographer Rick Sammon is one of the most active shooters on the planet. With over 40 years of experience, he divides his time between creating images, teaching, leading workshops, and making appearances.
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Mike Caplan
The Meteorologist
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| FOX 32 Chicago |
Meteorologist |
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Mike Caplan is a distinguished American meteorologist and TV personality, best known for his dynamic weather reporting on FOX 32 Chicago — and a seriously talented photographer. Decades in broadcast have made him a trusted, accurate read on the sky.
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