My name is Dimitri Rosel and I live in France in the Massif Central district (42). I have been chasing French Storms for over 5 years, mostly in the regions surrounding me, in order to capture Lightning strikes on film and video. For this purpose, I have been using 3 traditional cameras as well as a digital camcorder to which I have recently added an HDV camera.

My passion for weather phenomena started in my childhood, when I could sit for hours in my room looking at the sky through the window instead of doing my homework ! I was fascinated by both Snow and Lightning, although I was terrified by the latter.

It was only much later, as I was watching a documentary on a "Storm Chaser" on television, that I got really serious about Thunderstorms. I felt so fulfilled while watching the program that I understood straight away I would dedicate my life to Storms. Nothing has changed since that time, except that I am even more in awe of Storms.