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The ultimate photographer's weather planner. The Light Watch will save you countless hours of pulling weather forecasts for upcoming outdoor excursions.

The Light Watch is a weather app designed specifically for the unique demands of the outdoor photographer. You do not need to be a meteorologist to use The Light Watch. In fact, we created 30+ unique weather templates that you can pull from. All you need to do is tell The Light Watch what you want, combining one or more template into a shooting location and let The Light Watch monitor for when the conditions line up to what you are looking for…and when they do; we will let you know!

The Light Watch is now available on the App Store! You can download the app now and start following the light!

What does it do?

•  Get a Photography Friendly Forecast for anypoint on the planet.    
• Creat watches  around the weather by placing one or more weather templates on the map and selecting the time for your shoot.
• Vary the requirements for each template from “Ideal” (most stringent) to completely “Optional” (like an additional pizza topping.. )
• Pull from our pre-created templates which where you can choose from 30+ different weather conditions.
• Use basic templates for cloudy to clear conditions, fresh precipitation to dry, or pull from advanced templates like Rainbows, Crepuscular Rays, Fog, Above the Clouds, and many more. In fact, we have combined meteorology with earth/sun geometry to pull multiple weather forecasts from the shooting location; including the point you place the weather, and the position of the sun to help predict when certain shots can become reality. 
• Setup notifications for each watch based on the days of notice you need, time of day you want to be notified.
• When it's looking good, set an alarm, go to bed. We will check the forecast before we wake you up.

Why use Light Watch?

• Weather is in the DNA of every photograph taken outside. Most photographers spend a great deal of time, planning around the weather. Not just for their own personal comfort, but to try and predict what the light will be like when on location. It can be a time-consuming task to keep an eye on the different conditions across multiple shooting locations and trying to make the best choice. Your choice ultimately shapes the outcome of the investment in effort needed to get to that location, at the desired time, and hopefully under interesting conditions. Many photographers have learned to roll with what is given them, and when successful are able to craft amazing images by being observant and creative. Others rely on the luck of the right place at the right time. We created The Light Watch to provide another tool to photographers to help them plan a shot, around the weather, increasing the likelihood of coming away with something special.

Key Concepts

• Use basic templates for cloudy to clear conditions, fresh precipitation to dry, or pull from advanced templates like Rainbows, Crepuscular Rays, Fog, Above the Clouds, and many more. In fact, we have combined meteorology with earth/sun geometry to pull multiple weather forecasts from the shooting location; including the point you place the weather, and the position of the sun to help predict when certain shots can become reality.
• You can choose the type of notification mode to use between requiring all weather conditions to match, or any conditions matching, giving you flexibiliy in how you setup your watches. Use "All" for that epic shot where everything must line up. Use "Any" to be notified when any form of interesting weather is forecasted.
• Are you a weather nut? If so, create your own Custom Templates and apply them to your palette of possibilities. Each template allows you to define varying degrees of matching from what “Ideal” looks like, down to “OK”. With four different levels, you can dial in the threshold to use before being notified.
•  On any given shot, you can vary the degree of conditions required before being notified. Once you get a shot; tighten up the conditions for that location, or change them all together, ensuing you get a unique experience every time you go.

Get just the right conditions....

Create your shots around the weather by placing one or more weather templates on the map and selecting the time for your shoot.

Define the conditions you want by pulling from the more than 30 weather templates provided from Light Watch, or the custom ones you create for yourself.

Use basic templates for cloudy to clear conditions, fresh precipitation to dry, or pull from advanced templates like Rainbows, Crepuscular Rays, Fog, Above the Clouds, and many more. In fact, we have combined meteorology with earth/sun geometry to pull multiple weather forecasts from the shooting location; including the point you place the weather, and the position of the sun to help predict when certain shots can become reality.

On any given shot, you can vary the degree of conditions required before being notified. As an example, you may indicate that you need “Ideal” cloud light conditions, but “Fresh Snow” is optional. In this way, you will be notified to go when the ideal cloud light conditions are forecasted, but the weight for the shooting location will be elevated when “Fresh Snow” is also forecasted.

Right out of the App Store....

So many choices...

Pull from our pre-created templates which include: Above the Clouds, Aurora, Breezy, Calm Winds, Clear Skies, Cloud Light, Cloudy, Crepuscular Rays, Dark Sky, Dry Conditions, Fog, High/Low Tide, Forest Light, Fresh Rain, Fresh Snow, Frost, Full Moon, Glow, Haze, High Cloud, Light Breeze, Light Rays, Light and Shadow, Low Cloud, Mostly Cloudy, Open Water, Partly Cloudy, Rainbow, Raining, Snowing, Storm Light, and Strong Wind.

Are you a weather nut? If so, create your own Custom Templates and apply them to your palette of possibilities. Each template allows you to define varying degrees of matching from what “Ideal” looks like, down to “OK”. With four different levels, you can dial in the threshold to use before being notified.