Chad Cowan

Chad Cowan is an award-winning photographer and aspiring filmmaker who has been chasing storms across America's Tornado Alley over the past 10 years and 150,000 miles. His goal is to capture the awe inspiring beauty of nature in the most extreme and violent weather on earth. Cowan's current film project, StormLapse, is a collection of timelapses and footage of these supercells and tornadoes shot in ultra-high resolution. His mantra is "Get Closer, Shoot Wider."

Growing up in Kansas, the epicenter of severe weather on the planet, he quickly became obsessed with thunderstorms. Inspired by a few timely weather-related gifts from his grandfather at a young age, Cowan decided he wanted to chase them once he had his driver's license.

Cowan's photos have been published around the globe and his footage has appeared in major motion pictures, on most national news outlets, and in advertisements for some of the world's largest brands. In 2010, his 'Icemaker' photo of the supercell that dropped the largest hailstone ever recorded on earth came in second place in a National Geographic photo contest.

He has a BS in Economics from Kansas State University.