Description
“West Texas Weeds” is a work that came about from a random urge to get out and shoot when an oncoming storm approached outside of Midland one late afternoon in July of 2016. The air was thick with humidity and it clung to the brush and mesquite around me as I hunted for lightning – something photographers look for and try to catch in a bottle.
The problem with catching lightning is you’re never quite sure if you’ve caught it or not and when you do catch it – you never know exactly what the outcome will be.
The lightning, while illuminating in its brilliance and power, was upstaged by the rainbow of colors hidden in the weeds. With each strike, their vibrancy seemed to grow in intensity until I captured the shot that led to this final work.
