My photography journey started in February of 2020 when I first created my current Instagram account, however, I've been holding a camera and capturing images for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I was gifted a small point-and-shoot camera for my 5th birthday. As I got older, I picked up stop motion as a hobby and created LEGO motion pictures for years. I remember taking my Kindle Fire to my sister's hockey practices to capture photographs as I trekked through the neighboring woods. In 2017, I was, once again, gifted a camera, only this time, much more fancy: the Kodak Pixpro AZ252. At the time, juvenile me was more concerned with popularity on YouTube rather than making images. However, this all changed in 2020, when, out of nowhere, I decided to take photos in my front yard. Of the photos of my neighbors' cars, creeping ivy, or a Penguins-branded puck in the snow, my favorite photo and one of the first posts on my Instagram was of a rhododendron bud in my front yard. Whether it was the depth-of-field or the golden hour lighting, something told me to keep shooting. And so that's what I did. In the following months, COVID shut the world down. With minimal school and my previous hobbies becoming boring, I kept taking photos. A few months turned into a few years, and now, 5 years later, I have 750 posts, numerous paid gigs, awards, honors, gallery features, and a tally of over 300,000 shutter clicks taken between my two cameras.

Now, as a full time student, I will not only study photography under my minor, but work for my school to capture events, the student body, and our beautiful campus and Selinsgrove, PA location. As of now, I work for Susquehanna University's Marketing and Communications as a student photographer and occasionally with our Athletics Communications department to operate as a sideline cam for football games or shooting photo & video at sporting events. I've had the opportunity to work alongside other students and professionals in the field to capture meaningful moments in real world scenarios. I've photographed:

• the Dion Parson & 21st Century Band jazz performance

• a Venezuelan mayoral candidate and activist's lecture

• nationally acclaimed authors & professors

• and much more.

My work is frequently featured on any of the major Susquehanna University social media platforms, the official Flickr galleries, SU's website, mailing items, official reports, news features, and the list goes on. My work at SU is ever-evolving and the opportunities are only getting better.

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