I hope that applies to a blog! Here are some of the first photos I captured on my DSLR camera! My 2016 trip to Hawaii, the Big Island!

  Onomea Bay Volcanoes National Park Punalu’u Black Sand BeachPunalu’u Black Sand Beach

What does photographer mean to me? We all have very different views on this subject, but for me, it’s capturing memories. Going through high school I didn’t have a DSLR, nor did I know what that was, but I was the one taking pictures. At family functions, on vacations, at sailing, etc, I was the one documenting it. To boot, I even print out my pictures. I have four large, heavy, filled photo albums that I cherish with all my heart. They chronicle my life, the people in it, and the places I’ve been. It was only last year, at the end of my third year of university, that my parents bought me a Canon Rebel T5i for my birthday, a real camera! I’m still learning it’s ways, but what I’m concerned on is capturing memories, people, and places. Sure I can be artsy in my content or perspective, but that’s not the priority. I hope to continue to improve in skill, build a collection of lenses that I actually know how to use, and to capture all the beautiful and ugly moments that we all go through in life. To me, that is being a photographer.

As a side note, all the pictures on this blog are either taken by myself, or taken of me by the people that I’m with at the time. If you wish to use any of them for your own needs, please contact me!