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I'm a photographer. I wouldn't call myself a professional one, but I have been working hard at improving my skills. Photography has been a passion of mine since the beginning of high school. If you ask me one thing I could not be without, I would definitely have to say my camera. I'm not exactly a "people photographer" (however, I have shot friends in the past, and I want to photograph more people); I mostly photograph nature and my surroundings.

This was probably the first photograph I took (from middle school) and had critiqued.

People joke around with me to stop taking pictures like a tourist, but sometimes when you take photos, you can have amazing shots with no intention of making it photographic at all. I've had a couple of these cases, and your best work can be an unintentional piece.

I'm not a photographer who likes to show off their work. I'm someone who's very personal and likes to keep my work to myself. However, many years ago I created a deviantART account (a website where aritsts, whether amateur, expert, or novice, can have a "gallery" of their work of art while receiving critiques from other artists). I haven't been on my account in about a year now... to be honest, I am so busy in college, it's hard for me to put as much effort as I did in high school on my hobbies.

The school offers a photography class, which I am determined to get into. I don't care if I can't take it because it's not part of my core or major; I will take the extra three credits if necessary.

My first project; I used a theme of "crayons".

Unfortunately, I'm not the owner of a Canon EOS, Nikon 2300 or any expensive cameras. I use a camera that's worth probably $300, To have some of your best photographs, yes, it usually matters what camera you use. But most of the time, it's how you use the camera--the lighting, the perspective, the distance, etc. People also think that using photoshop means your photos automatically come out amazing, too. Using photoshop takes a lot of time and patience. It's not a simple magic wand button you click and the photo comes out gorgeous. I personally don't use photoshop in my photos--it ruins the originality of the photos. (However, I will use it sometimes for certain tricks).

Here's some of my work that I just pulled up from a few folders I found.