Born and raised in Southern California, I fell in love photography at a young age, guided by my father who took it up as a hobby. He even built a rudimentary darkroom for us to develop and print our own black and white images.
It’s easy to take for granted now the ability to capture special moments with our cell phones in just seconds, but somehow he was able to capture my family’s moments on film throughout my entire life as if it was just as easy.