For some people, lightning strikes at a young age and they know exactly what career or passions they want to pursue for the rest of their lives. For most of us, though, our paths are filled with a lot of trial and error. This is the story of a man who tried this and tried that, but nothing satisfied his soul, until he picked up a camera.

Even discovering a talent and path forward wasn’t enough to give his life purpose. Then one day, he snapped his first photograph of a lightning strike bolting across the sky and it immediately brought his life into focus. He was hooked and the Lightning Stalker was born.

Find out how David O. Stillings has combined his passion for photography with poetry into an electrifying life.