In 2011, I picked up my first D‑SLR camera, a Nikon D70 I borrowed from my stepdad. What started as a casual hobby quickly turned into something much bigger. I fell in love with photography and started learning everything I could, reading, researching, and eventually taking classes at a local school.
       

These days, photojournalism, street photography, and documentary portraiture are still what draw me in most. The works of Robert Capa, Henri Cartier‑Bresson, Richard Avedon, and Vivian Maier, along with so many others, continue to inspire me and challenge how I see the world. They remind me to look for those honest, fleeting moments, the ones that make people and stories come alive.