At the time, I also was working a full-time job and the emotional energy I had to expend to “keep up” with all my “competitors” was exhausting. When I was 22, I moved back to Portland and the comparison, the unrealistic competition, was a toxic problem that social media brought to the table. When I started photography there were maybe 10 well-known photographers in the Valley and I was quickly gaining traction in the photography world myself. It also showed how saturated each line of work was- especially photography- which only continued to grow and grow like a snowball. All of a sudden, our world wasn’t so big and our limitations were eliminated you could see across the world with a few swipes of your fingertips. As I jumped around and moved to new places on the west coast, I slowly discovered how Instagram was changing the world. Instagram wasn’t super popular yet and still had some awful filters to match that time. Social media had basically hit the ground running around the time I graduated high school. As my journey took more turns than others, I am grateful that I know exactly what I want out of my work, my business, and my relationship with my clients.
I knew nothing about any of it but I consistently put the work in. I started getting paid for photography my Sophomore year of high school. I believe art is a lifeline and, as I recall these images, I can almost feel that chapter at its core. In the last few years, my work has changed immensely.
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