About Weatherpix

Weatherpix Stock Images is based in the heart of "Tornado Alley" in Norman, Oklahoma. Our  rights-managed photographic collections consist of extraordinary images of weather taken during many excursions into the Great Plains of the United States. The  philosophy of Weatherpix is to take a low-key professional approach to the often over-hyped world of extreme weather photography by allowing our images to stand on their own accord.  We pride ourselves in providing fast and efficient service to clients in need of high-quality severe and unusual weather images.

About Gene

I carried my initial interest of severe storms in the early to mid 1970s in the DFW metroplex to an actual proactive stance in 1981 when I began pursuing these fascinating storms by automobile. I worked as a student research assistant at NSSL from the late 80s through the early 1990s and became a professional weather photographer after starting WeatherPix Stock Images in the mid 1990s. In 1995 I had the fortunate opportunity to star in a television commercial for Volvo motorcars which involved the worlds largest free-standing man-made vortex machine developed by Reelefx. This commercial entitled "Twister" won top honors by receiving a coveted Gold award at Cannes Film Festival and several Clio awards among others.

I have worked on and contributed to numerous documentaries including several NOVA specials and a National Geographic Society expedition involving instrument deployments in the paths of tornadoes and was also the principal guide for the National Geographic/NSF Imax film "Forces of Nature" which was recently released by Destination Cinema. 

If you would like to know more about me personally, please try my blog Olla Podrida or read news about my upcoming new radio show "High Instability".