Me at age 14, shortly after purchasing my own DSLR.
I still use the same camera to this day. |
ABOUT ME
My casual interest in photography began young, inspired by my mother's photography hobby.
We shared a little point-and-shoot camera, photographing mostly bees and flowers in our garden. Eventually, we both upgraded to DSLR cameras, and took them on our adventures to wildlife refuges and conservation lands. To spend hours a day, attentive to the natural world around us, can be incredibly sublime. For my entire adolescence, I dreamt of pursuing careers in various nature-related sciences: marine biology, zoology, wildlife ecology, environmental science, natural resource conservation, etc. However, a history course I took to fulfill a General Education requirement made me realize how much I thrived in the field of History; how I had loved my history classes in high school, but never thought to consider it as an option for my future. Thus, I was suddenly faced with the difficult decision between continuing to pursue Ecology, or switching to pursue History. I graduated college with a degree in History, but wildlife photography has allowed me to engage in both interests. I can observe wildlife and their ecology in a low-pressure setting, which allows my loving interest of it to thrive. The photographs I take are not for commercial or career gain, but to capture a moment in the hope of being able to share the beauty and awe of nature with others. |
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“Listening, standing witness, creates an openness to the world in which the boundaries between us can dissolve in a raindrop.”
“Sometimes I wish I could photosynthesize so that just by being, just by shimmering at the meadow's edge or floating lazily on a pond, I could be doing the work of the world while standing silent in the sun.” “Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass |
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