Born and raised in a small town of Northern Calvert County, Maryland. Being the nosy little one I was, I remember running off with my Mother’s Polaroid camera and just taking pictures of anything and everything I could, even if it didn’t make sense. My Mother and Father both saw that I had a unique perspective when standing behind the camera compared to your average child. Anytime I had taken one of their Point and Shoot Cameras to take some photos, they would be so intrigued by what I captured. I got an immense amount of satisfaction from showcasing my work. It didn’t even matter if it was just my parents, or my older brother, or even just a friend of mine. If I could alter someones emotional expression, strike their inner child that it inspires them to create, or change their perspective, I was happy with what I had captured.

Around 6th or 7th Grade, I heavily got into Skateboarding. So with that of course I filmed every time I went out into the garage or driveway to have a Session. That’s where my love for Cinematography started.

In High School, I took an “Intro to Film Photography” class. At that time, I wasn’t drawn to the aspect of Film, I was more so drawn to Digital Photography since that is what I normally tinkered with in my earlier years.

After graduating High School in 2013, I attended Community College. There I took an Advanced Digital Photography Class. After attending the first 3-4 classes, I noticed that my “Professor” heavily focused on teaching the class about Adobe Photoshop, which was very off-putting to me. I knew that heavily editing your work wasn’t necessary if you knew how to properly operate your camera in the conditions you are shooting in.

Being severely colorblind, my color correction editing was strange to my “Professor.” He then proceeded to advise me that I should “stick to Black and White Photography." Being told that, offended and determined, I continued to shoot in Color and just NOT FOCUS ON PHOTOSHOP.

A good photographer, who captures 100% authenticity, shouldn’t HAVE to edit their Photo. If they do, they might not be as in tune with their Camera as they should be.