Expressing myself in creative ways has always been my main form of communication for many years. I would make music that would convey how I feel about my relationship to things and people around me. Hell, I would write massive conceptual stories that parallel my life. Then I would go and write and record soundtracks to them! I still do that. Photography though came into my life in a different way. My mother’s husband had this old Yashica point and shoot camera when I was a teenager. I remember not really understanding how it worked because I didn’t really know where to get film from. I was in England at this time, but I remember being so fascinated by it. I thought it was so cool.

Fast forward years and I’m an adult now. The first camera I ever bought was a Nikon 3400. I had planned to do some sort of content creation and wanted to take my music project ( MAC vs PC eventually renamed to be WEATHER & AGE ) more seriously. I planned to do video and pictures documenting my journey writing and recording the process, but that ended up being too challenging. I just remember being more interested in pointing my camera at other things. This is all before any sort of formal training into photography.

It wasn’t until I took a photography 101 class later on in life. My teacher, Professor Ting, ignited a passion for capturing images that was just incredible. I hated it at first because I wanted to be good right away. The process was very therapeutic for me. Being in the darkroom, with the lights off but the hue of amber, was just right for me.

After that class, I just took off with film photography and never looked back. I started out doing as many portrait photo sessions as I could. I was at as many car events that I could be at. Photowalks..I was walkin and shootin. After about two years of doing that, I realized, and then decided, that was not what I wanted to capture anymore.

What I love to capture are very special moments. Things that make me feel a type of way after experiencing that moment. Alot of the time I won’t know THAT’S THAT MOMENT until after my film is developed, but my eyes, mind, and heart are focused on how everything is moving in relationship to me. The idea of all this is always evolving, but I guess that’s what is so great about art and creative expression. Things change and that can create duality. As much as I enjoy the special moments, I have learned to appreciate the more dark moments, and look for those moments to capture as well.