The Beginnings...
It is seriously funny to look at my pictures that I had taken when I was almost 14. Organized outfits on Sundays, posing my friends, and mediocre cameras. But little did I know that this would lead into this world that I am in now.
When I graduated high school in 2013, I had no idea what I wanted to go to college for. I was never pushed but I was encouraged to do and pursue what I want. No college, so dad moved us all to Hawaii, family DSLR in my hands, and a beach full of ideas.
I started shooting on Auto (who doesn't), and soon discovered CA. The manual cheater known as Creative Auto. I wish I had the guts to try manual at the time, but I didn't. Photoshoots with myself and my sister, skimboarders and now testing my hand at videos, all started this passion for the art. Although it was not until I moved back to New Mexico that photography started taking off as a paying hobby, I knew that it was a passion still and I wanted to pursue it.
After one video, then two, made on the island of Kauai, my family and I moved to Texas. I immediately became involved with the media department in the job my parents had just accepted. Three, Four, Five plus more videos were made, and the passion still hadn't died. While the jobs did, I saw this area growing. But I still wasn't sure how to pursue it other than it was my fun “side thing”.
One day, after moving back to New Mexico in 2015, my mom came into my room and said she found a program at UNM for those with the interest of film and photography. The IFDM submissions were right around the corner, and I had just enough work to submit. So, I did...
A couple months later, I was accepted and I was officially on my way to a Bachelors in Film and Digital Media. All because of a 14-year-olds silly Sunday shoot day, a camera, and a passion I didn't know what to do with.