Jeff Boyce

After 3 years, it's finally here and it's going to change lightning photography forever. Built by chasers, for chasers...introducing Bolt Hunter. Bolthunter.io/?utm_source=x

Lightning camera triggers? I get asked questions about which ones I use all the time. It's no surprise I got to test a beta version of @Negative_Tilt's Bolt Hunter last year. Jeff shared answers to many of the questions in a recent podcast here: youtu.be/_Vf_FMiMREc?si…

A photo of mine with great lighting (and lightning).

@OkSevereWx I will use @Negative_Tilt 's Bolt Hunter almost exclusively this year. I only got to test the beta version second half of monsoon last year.

2020 didn't entirely suck.

It’s always tough to fight the traffic monster in Sedona but on this day, the parking gods blessed me with an opportunity to scramble up Summit Trail to catch some bolts dropping behind Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte.

@OkSevereWx @NikonUSA Our custom cables for the Z5II and Z50II just arrived and we tested them out yesterday! Here’s a photo of testing the Z50II shutter lag with Bolt Hunter. Not bad, around 55ms.

Can’t wait to use this new @NikonUSA Z5II paired with the Bolt Hunter!

@Intini_WX @swrightCO For me, over 3 stops of ND always gave me washed out bolts. It works if you don’t have a trigger, but the results never compared. Cheaper triggers exist, but I’ve missed SO many bolts with some. Excited you grabbed a Bolt Hunter after all, Sarah! Can't wait to see your shots

@swrightCO Thats what ND filters are for! You can use them to give you a darker image during the day for a longer exposure to capture the bolts. They are also much cheaper then a fancy trigger. I will also say that there are cheaper trigger options out there that are just as good!

can’t wait to get shown up by everyone who could afford to get the bolt hunter since people only ever care about lightning pics lol

@swrightCO Hey Sarah! Send me an email with your Kickstarter username! We'll take care of ya info@bolthunter.io

well, caved (even though I prob shouldn’t have) since I didn’t realize I wasn’t gonna be charged upfront (that would’ve been great to know!) but since it took me so long, I paid way more than everyone else and still have to wait until June while everyone gets to party all spring

@rebilasphoto @lorigracewx @marcusreynold19 🤣 deal

@lorigracewx @marcusreynold19 A money back guarantee if the trigger ever misses a single bolt!

What’s with all the shilling for WeatherFront all of a sudden?

@lorigracewx @SirlinJohn I support this campaign

@SirlinJohn Arizonas Against Pencil Bolts

I got a lot of questions yesterday about the new Bolt Hunter lightning trigger that many of you pre-ordered. I just wanted to show you a quick demonstration of one of the features that make it so unique. Most triggers fire at the first detection of lightning and hope to catch the return stroke “think stick bolts”. The BIG difference with the Bolt Hunter is that it syncs with your camera to capture the initial strike with the branched leaders AND it recalibrates in time to fire again and also capture the return strokes. The end result is that you often get multiple images from a single lightning strike and without fear of multiple center channel return strokes blowing out your image.

@tknep3 @SirlinJohn @marcusreynold19 Healey is an easier target, that man would be asleep in the car and sleep right through it

@SirlinJohn @marcusreynold19 I’m gonna break into your car at night and take one. I’ll silence Aspen with the promise of treats and fresh patches of grass

@SirlinJohn @tknep3 @marcusreynold19 🤣

@tknep3 @marcusreynold19 She’d sell me out for a leftover Cheeto in a heartbeat 😂

@SirlinJohn @MatthewCappucci I second this. Legitimately more afraid of getting bit by rattlers, ticks, and chiggers... than the lightning strikes trying to kill me left and right.

@MatthewCappucci Less time on the ground to get tagged by an angry rattlesnake doesn’t sound like a horrible idea to me lol

Newly-discovered (formerly lost) footage of me frolicking through the fields of West Texas after collecting hail. 🤣 (I hop so I don’t collect spiders and ticks… and so I’m not on the ground long in case lightning strikes. Foolish? Probably.)

@SirlinJohn @T_Heard John no perishing!!! We need you. Let me know if you need anything

Sitting around in the emergency room tonight so I’m gonna give you guys Ord with a landing point in case I perish. 😂

Until now when you can shoot f/13 bolts at f/8 with Bolt Hunter’s “Night Mode” 😏

The latest and greatest lightning trigger is now available on Kickstarter! Bolthunter.io/?utm_source=sp

@Negative_Tilt Let’s go!!!! Out here changing the game forever 🔥

I know it’s not for everyone but I really enjoy chasing in the Sandhills!

@oldscarf1stweek Same tbh

One day, I hope to have half the talent and intuition John Sirlin has