Brian Emfinger Photography - Storm Chasing, Photography, Weather

About Me

Hey there! I am a 3 time Emmy ® award winning storm chaser and photojournalist. I am a stringer with Live Storms Media. Extreme weather and storm chasing have interested me for as long as I can remember. From tornadoes and severe storms to snow and flooding, my interests include any form of severe or unusual weather. Although I can recall driving my bike into afternoon thunderstorms as early as 1994 (when I was just 13 years old), it wasn't until 1999 that I began serious storm chasing. Along with storm chasing, I love trying to photograph lightning, astronomy and anything with nature. Besides storm chasing the other thing people seem to associate with me is flying drones. I was one of the first people in the country to use drones (or UAS) for newsgathering. Early on, I used it primarily in weather-related news events like flooding and storm damage, but since then I have flown drones around tornadoes and in the eye of multiple major hurricanes. My work has been routinely featured both domestically and internationally.

notable Articles

Weather Channel

Weather Channel

Weather Channel

Deadline to Disaster - March 22, Texas Outbreak

Fox Weather

Weather Channel

Weather Channel

'I was worried': Storm chaser captures massive Louisiana tornado with drone

Fox Weather

Weather Channel

Forbes Magazine

'Pretty intense tornado' moved through Norman, Oklahoma: Storm chaser

Forbes Magazine

New Scientist Magazine Interview

Forbes Magazine

The Arkansas Tornado Footage The FAA Doesn't Want You To See

The Washington Post

New Scientist Magazine Interview

New Scientist Magazine Interview

Drones Could Be Enlisted to Fight Tornados and Other Climate Disasters

New Scientist Magazine Interview

New Scientist Magazine Interview

New Scientist Magazine Interview

Stormchaser, Brian Emfinger used a drone to capture the erupting Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland

My Modern Met

The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Storm Chaser Captures Incredible Footage of Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall Volcano

The New Yorker

The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Chasing the Lava Flow in Iceland

USA Today

The New Yorker

HLN - Morning Express with Robin Meade

A tornado ruined a Texas teen's truck while he was still in it. A dealership gifted him a new one.

HLN - Morning Express with Robin Meade

HLN - Morning Express with Robin Meade

HLN - Morning Express with Robin Meade

Truck Flips over in Tornado, Drives Off

Sinclair Broadcast Group

HLN - Morning Express with Robin Meade

Sinclair Broadcast Group

Blanchard Springs Caverns by Drone

My Modern Met

HLN - Morning Express with Robin Meade

Sinclair Broadcast Group

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