The COVID-19 pandemic taught me that I hate being stuck inside, but I was VERY aware of my Blackness and very nervous about freely exploring outdoors.
It was when one of my best friends invited me to his home in VT - and invited me to love it as much as he did - that it clicked.
Appreciating nature did not come easy for me but photography is an excuse to linger outside and I fall in love every time. It didn’t take long to realize that most people don’t have high-quality, beautiful pictures of themselves. If you avoid pictures until you feel perfect, you won’t document your favorite moments.
There is beauty in every stage of your life; coming out, weight-gain/loss, recovery, graduation, career changes, gender transition, births, and losses.
I’d love to help you capture every era, because you are worth celebrating.