Storm Photographers Deftly Set the Stage as Sandy Approaches

Droves of professional photographers put on their rain boots and set out to the front lines of Hurricane Sandy to be the eyes of news outlets, only to find not much going on yet. Aside from significant flooding in smaller towns, it looked like a normal rainy day. Here are some of our favorite creative techniques the pros use to infuse drama into a frame so that their images get picked for event stories, even when there's no news yet.