Growth

I recently started redecorating the new room and put up a lot of my old film prints from my high school days.  I came across a whole set of them and was looking at how much my work has changed.  One of my best examples of that have been a portrait I took of a friend back in 2007.  Morgan had just bought his Yamaha guitar and had taken it with him to a kendo tournament.  I asked him if he could model for me for a photo series I was doing about love.  The end result made me incredibly happy and it was exactly what I wanted.  Then in April 2010 I took some more pictures and was also extremely happy with the result.  Putting them together side by side it’s awesome to see the transformation of my work.  Both of them are nicely styled and have a unique feel to them, but they have the same element of the guitar and Morgan with 3 years difference in between. 

I feel amazed at the growth I’ve made with my photography, and looking back I see where it all started.  I still remember the first print I ever did in the darkroom.  It was an action shot of a kendo practice.  My junior year I loved doing abstract things, taking the everyday and making it look unique and artsy.  And I stuck with that for most of my high school career, and then in 2007, the 6 months before graduating high school, I fell in love with photographing people.  Ever since then I’ve been doing photo shoots with people and enjoying the versatility I can get.  I am so open to the future prospects of other photography genres, but for now, people are my thing.  I’m excited to see the further growth of my photography and the happiness it brings people.  Thank you to my family and friends who have been supporting me and my love for photography all this time.  Thank you thank you thank you.