I began my photography journey in high school where I took my first photo class. The class was titled “digital intro to Photo” so I learned some basics along with tips and tricks. Since high school, I've always tried to take a photo class and if I couldn't, I kept practicing photography on my own. Through the years I learned how to take different kinds of photos and how to properly use the settings on my camera. Also, I got into editing by using Photoshop, Camera Raw, and Adobe Lightroom. I've learned how to properly edit photos to be the best quality they can be, pixel by pixel. I specialize in headshots, landscape, editing, motion, and architecture.

In High school, 2019, we were required as a class to take a photo of something in motion. I decided since I was a dancer at the time to photograph my fellow peers in pointe ballet class and modern class. I decided to submit these ballet photos over the modern photos because of their simplicity. There is cleanliness in these photos, through the dancers themselves we can see struggle and poise. While the photos only show the best and most still moments. I wanted to capture the class, what it's like to be in class how it's serious but not Juilliard. We see that not everyone has pointe shoes, not everyone is on pointe but they are all learning, and trying. The photos show a room where dancers choose to better themselves and become unified. The photo in the center of this series went on to win a silver key scholastic award in 2019, for standing out among others in a local program where I demonstrated exceptional ability in photography. There is more to this series but in my opinion, these 3 complete a story in themselves.

This was a fun opportunity, especially for a kid! I was 14 years old when these were taken so I know they're not perfect but this was a fun project. Lous Pet Shop was featured in Grosse Pointe City Lifestyle magazine and my mother was the writer for the magazine, since this was just starting up I got to be the photographer. I talked to the owner about what animals get adopted the most and least and if any animals have a special story. Frankie the turtle fearured in the middle panel was the mascot for Lous and every kid knew and loved him so he was the first photo featured as the header photo for their article in the magazine. It was a great experience where I got to learn how to use my camera even more I'm sure we all noticed I couldn't edit yet, but I appreciated that everyone treated me like a little professional and I got to learn what a magazine needs, photos.. all the same size, edited, and to keep exports small.

An in-class / Personal assignment, where we were told to find details in the building. My process for these photos starts with me asking myself what isn't set in a building. Even if not purposeful it's not character. So I decided to look for lines and I found pipes and stairs. I find it easier to take photos when you are looking for something, places you may never look, I looked up. To my surprise, the stairs were weird to me from this angle and I never knew how many pipes were in the ceiling at my college so I captured these weird and new findings and my line vision was born. The B&W was an assignment requirement but I enjoy the photos without the color, it allows me to add to this series and unifies the photos.

This was an in-class project that I fell in LOVE with. The assignment was to go out and find architecture, I didn't want to focus on buildings, and let's just say the metro Detroit tall structures. Or the grosse pointe landmarks, those are things I feel as if people have seen in one way or another. I wanted to capture something different, pretty in its way, This building only to my knowledge has 2 shops open it was having work done, it had issues, and looked like one place was being fixed. I just loved it it was all primary colors, red, yellow, green, and blue shops. I wanted to capture its brokenness and its quirks, it's pretty if you look at it long enough in my opinion. For this series, I started by walking around this building and capturing all the little things or things that stuck out to me, like the ground mailbox and spout on the wall. Then I focused on getting a 360efect around the building trying to capture all its assets, like you walking down the street yourself.

Collage has always been one of my favorite mediums for both personal expression and project work. I disassembled my keys and meticulously photographed each keychain alongside a piece of a magazine ad. For this shoot i took apart my keys and photographed all my keychains and a piece of a magazine ad, seperatly. In Photoshop, I combined, resized, and reconfigured these seven keychains into a chaotic, layered collage that draws the viewer's eye in multiple directions. This overwhelming sense of visual elements give this piece a sense of noise and evokes a feeling of panic, which, interestingly enough, didnt effect the time this piece took, which was only a few times longer compared to working on paper. I love pushing boundaries through experimentation; it not only helps me master the tools at my disposal but also inspires me to incorporate new techniques into my future projects.. and make weird things like this.