About Me.

My photography focuses on connecting with the audience to create a unique story with that viewer. We are all unique in our own ways, which means as the audience, we will bring a new kind of interpretation for the work we are looking at. Our own experiences and preconceived knowledge helps us with our own imagination and connection to something or someone. With a focus in portraiture as well as landscape and lifestyle photography, my gaol is to help connect with those imaginations people may have and to foster that unique connection and help tell a story.

As a filmmaker, my work lies in a different realm. With an emphasis in screenwriting, directing and the occasionally producing, I find myself drawn to the likes of filmmakers such as Rian Johnson, James Wan, Alfred Hitchcock, David Fincher, among many others. I often find myself connected to the genres of horror, action, and mystery thrillers. Through filmmaking I have gained vast experience in overseeing a large number of people at a given time. Weather that managing people in pre-production as a producer or several actors as a director on set. Filmmaking is no easy feat, as someone once told me, “if filmmaking were easy, everyone would do it”. For some reason that’s always stuck with me, why you may ask? Well no matter the final outcome of a film, you learn many valuable lessons along the way. These lessons, translated into experiences, help you navigate the very difficult challenges that may persist in a production, and they also allow you to tighten your skills and give you that preconceived knowledge to help on the next project. (For more about my filmmaking, see my artist statement below).

As a new designer, I find that exploring my interests helps me not only stay creative but also find ways to connect the dots with my photography and filmmaking practices. With experience exploring UI/UX design—mainly with this website, architectural design, and industrial design. These design explorations help me better understand my own self practice but also allow me to gain new skills. Understanding space through architectural design, allows me to better move the camera and a character in a film. Industrial design allowed me to gain a glimpse into a family of products, how does this idea and ideation of a design transform into a brand? How does it carry the themes of a brand message and it’s design attributes?

I currently attend California College of the Arts majoring in film and minoring in writing & literature. This has given me the opportunity to collaborate with many talented filmmakers and artists. As I’m on the final approach i have reflected on my journeys and the next chapters ahead. Everything from a shift in career, to better hone in my skills in marketing, to the pursuit of a PhD in film and media studies as well as literature.