I'm a firm believer in making goals, setting objectives, and following through. In fact, my 9-5 is practically centered around this concept.
So after years of stealing my grandmother's dinosaur of a camera to take pictures around her house, using friends' any chance I got, my grandmother then buying my first DSLR when I graduated high school, and taking the plunge at 21 and finally investing in myself, I sat one day and asked myself the question:
What is your goal?
Sure, tailoring my craft and topping off my bank account are lovely additions to my life, but I'm also a firm believer in getting to the heart of things.
My heart for photography rests in the people and things on the other side of the lens. Visual art generates emotion, it's how we're wired to work. To create and deliver a photo that makes someone smile at their own face, brings them back to a specific moment in time, or reminds them of the uniqueness, value, and sanctity of life--it's great.
I grew up in the heart of Southeastern Massachusetts as a middle-class, homeschooled kid. My days were spent playing in the dirt, learning to socialize like the "normal" kids at homeschool co-ops, traveling around the country with my family, and learning who I was created to be. My faith in Jesus is the core of who I am and I live to learn and build relationships.
As I sat down to write this I thought about what I value in knowing about other people. Sure, I could tell you my favorite color is green and that I have three cats, but