One of my favorite things about photography is that you can express almost anything you are feeling in a single image. You can create illusion, give off a wow factor, capture a moment in your family, and lock in memories that you may one day loose details to. For me photography has always been around but it hadn’t been in the family until I was in high school. My dad used to take photos of the galaxies and stars with old school photos that you took through a telescope. Back then it was guess work on where you pointed and shot and you had to wait for long periods of time and hoped and prayed you got a good image. Really it was all luck and intuition that got you the right image. Now we can take a photo with the click of a button and see it in seconds. There is no more waiting hours on end for the result. It’s one, two, three, shoot and there it is. 

Honestly I’m not sure what caught my attention. I think it’s just because I was never all that good at hand drawing landscapes and I couldn’t draw people worth a damn. I loved art and I always wanted to create something for the world to see but it never came my way. I remember how excited I was when I got to play with my Dads camera. I was always stealing it from him and taking hundreds of random photos. I went from the sky to fake plants. I really was just throwing things around and hoping for something to come out right. From then on I became attached to the idea of capturing something I imagined. I wanted to make things with my photos and I wanted to know what I had to do to make the images better. 

From there I ended up expanding with people and took photos of a band that was in town. They really kick started something for me and even though I got no money from them, I enjoyed the practice. Every shot you take means you learn something new and for me it was the beginning of something that I wanted to perfect. I took my camera to school, on walks, to the backyard, around my room, in the car, and so many different stores. I have no idea how many photos I have shot and I am sure its thousands upon thousands in my archives and going through them can take days if not years to see. I was so obsessed but because of that obsession I became decent at what I do and it is now a part of my dream. I love photography and I love being creative and getting closer to the details. I love capturing moments and sharing them for the world to see. 

You never know when your passion will cross your path and I know my dad started something that I will never give up. I love what I do and I love capturing the moments while I am here on Earth.