An early cloudscape photographer,
Belgian photographer
Léonard Misonne (1870–1943), was noted for his
black and white photographs of heavy skies and dark clouds.[1]
In the early to middle 20th century,
American photographer
Alfred Stieglitz (1864–1946) created a series of photographs of clouds, called "equivalents" (1925–1931). According to an essay on the series at the
Phillips Collection website, "A symbolist aesthetic underlies these images, which became increasingly abstract equivalents of his own experiences, thoughts, and emotions".[2] More recently, photographers such as
Ralph Steiner, Robert Davies and
Tzeli Hadjidimitriou have been noted for producing such images.
Set up the camera for
long exposure. This can be done by setting the ISO value (typically 100 is daylight and 800 is night), as well as the
aperture value (usually f/11 for darker days or if the day is really bright, up to f/16).[3]
Hadjidimitriou, Tzeli. Time fading into clouds | O χρόνος χάθηκε στα σύννεφα. Texts from: N. Vatopoulos, N. Chronas, Tz. Hadjidimitriou, Metaichmio, 2003,
ISBN960-375-634-2