6/16/21 - Synopsis

Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been fascinated by nearly all art forms, visual and auditory. This lead me down many paths, from starting with the clarinet in middle school band, to majoring in vocal music performance in college. Now, nearly 7 years after, I’m building up my work and my business as a professional photographer.

I got my first non-disposable camera at 14, a 4MP Kodak. It’s crazy to think what would have been considered a relatively nice point and shoot for its day wouldn’t even have a place next to the modern computers we carry around in our pockets, isn’t it? I was obsessed with taking pictures, filling and reformatting my tiny SD card over and over again, setting up situations that I thought would look the best, and of course, the Social Media Selfie.

And along came the Smartphone.

With the advent of the Smartphone, everyone had the opportunity to take photos; photos that would only get better as technology progressed. In 2016 the Google Pixel came out. Sporting the best ranked smartphone camera, it was the one I wanted; and, eventually, it’s what I got. I was taking photos constantly of anything I could think of. Most of these would never see the light of day, but that didn’t matter; all I wanted to do was to take better and better photos. While it filled the spot for my photo cravings, I still wasn’t satisfied. There had to be something better, right?

A few years later, that’s what I got.

July 1, 2020

The day that would change my life forever. The birth of Adelaide.

As parents, we know what it’s like to want the best for our children. The love that surrounds each of us from the moment they come out crying, to the moment they leave, watching us do the same.

That’s when I decided to invest in a DSLR. Something I’ve always wanted, and now something I felt I needed to be able to give Addy the visual documentary she deserved.

That was all this was ever supposed to be. I didn’t expect to make a career out of this; to start a business. I didn’t even know where to start. I was a Burlington area transplant and haven’t met many people while I’ve been here, and being an introverted guy really doesn’t help with that. I didn’t have the confidence or the skillset I thought; but as more and more people started noticing what I was doing, my confidence grew. My skills grew. My collection of camera equipment grew too, but that’s not as important. I was reached out to by people who saw and enjoyed my work across social media, and one of them gave me enough confidence to start my journey as a professional photographer.