​The earliest moment that I can recall when it came to finding my interest in photography would be the days where me and my family would go on occasional walks. These walks covered many lakes and parks across the east midlands, and I had recently received an iPhone 5s as  a birthday gift. Wanting to get more used to  my phone, I started taking occasional shots during these walks, and at first I wasn't too intrigued by taking photographs, but slowly became more and more obsessive. Before I knew it, I looked into photography as a future career and have never regretted it since.​

 

By 2021, I started college and applied for a Level 2 photography course and was the beginning of mastering the camera. After recommendations from my lecturers, I settled with the Nikon D90, a camera that I still use to this day, and opened a window for many photography practices and techniques that I became accustomed to over that academic year. After several months into the course, I was moved upwards to a Level 3 course, as my lecturers deemed my work as "too good" to be on a Level 2 course. From Level 3 to HND photography, I've learned several camera techniques, practices and formats, with the most recent being analogue photography.​

 

Now that I have studied photography for 4 years now, I have received inspiration from many photographers and artists from each field of photography I have delved into.  When it comes to street photography, my biggest inspiration would be Pogus Caesar. I came across Pogus Caesar when visiting an exhibition at Tate Britain, being 'The 80's, Photographing Britain'. The exhibition showcased the work of Pogus Caesar, more specifically his work on the Handsworth riots in Birmingham, 1985. The captured moments of emotions and conflicts really fascinated me and inspired me to look into photojournalism, focus more on street photography and work on a project, titled 'London, Utopia or Dystopia?' In another project, 'Edges', I was inspired by the work of Courtney Victoria. Her speciality in macro and nature photography became the stepping stones for my own macro and nature work, pushing myself further with each shoot to create the 'Edges' project. This was a fun yet challenging project, as there are many small factors that need to be taken into consideration for macro photography, such as focal distance and focusing, especially in windy conditions, and watching her videos really uplifted me and gave that inspiration I needed.