Another Friday afternoon, another "SmugMug Corner photographer interview. We've got 15 beautiful photographs below, along with an interview with Christina Lawrie - a photographer in the American Southwest.

We had a chance to interview Ben a while back (go ahead and search the archives if you want to compare interviews). Ben has been a member of the Corner almost since the beginning, and we've had the chance to watch him grow from a bay to a man (14-22). Crazy stuff. He is a fantastic storm photographer, so I know you'll enjoy his photographs below (we've got 20 of 'em in this "Corner Member Close-Up."

Have you ever noticed that in digital photography there always seems to be photos of fork lightning that some clever photography enthusiast has mastered? The fact is that digital photography is a challenge and as soon as we develop the interest in digital photography we are challenging ourselves from the start. And a real challenge in digital photography is fast moving subjects. And when it comes to either traditional or digital photography, catching electrifying fork lightning is just too much of an enticement to see if we can “win” the challenge.

So how do we apply our digital photography to sharp, brilliant streaks of colour over our images?

If you’re really active on the forums, you’ve probably already noticed this, but over the course of the day, I’ve added three new resources to the Corner Resource Center.