Wind Farms in the Rain for the New York Times
- Aug 16, 2017
- 1 min read
Photojournalists are at the mercy of the timing of the world. We can't control the circumstances we are given. And very often that means we are the mercy of the weather. I was tasked with photographing wind farms near Salina, Ks. for the New York Times on a very raining week in the summer. Rain was in the forecast everyday that I had available. I waited for the clearest patch of time I could find and hit the road. As I arrived, the forecast changed and the rain stayed. I spent two days hoping for a break in the weather and photographed the turbines in the conditions that nature provided.
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I really enjoyed how you captured the patience and adaptability required in photojournalism, it’s a good reminder that we can’t control everything. Back when I was juggling nursing classes and deadlines, I even considered trying to pay someone to take my online nursing exam, but what really helped was learning to work with the time and resources I had. Your story shows that sometimes embracing the conditions we’re given leads to unexpected results.
Reading your account of photographing wind farms in the rain really painted the scene and made me feel the cold drops with you, and your way of tying it to broader work was clear and thoughtful. When I was wrapping up a tough paper about renewable energy I used Scientific journal editing help because it made my complex parts easier to understand after long hours staring at the screen. Your story made me think about patience in hard conditions and how focus can turn tough days into something worth remembering.