Why I Became a Photographer

People often ask me why I chose to do what I do.

It’s a fair question. After all, going down the creative path is not easy and often associated with some kind of calling. For me, it’s about how I see the world, how I process it, and how I hold onto the beauty tucked inside the everyday.

Creativity from the very beginning

I grew up in a house that was buzzing with creativity. My mum had a knack for encouraging us to make things. Every school holiday, she’d have us signed up for crafty museum workshops, she taught us how to sew and knit, and our house was always littered with little projects in progress. My siblings and I also learned instruments, so you could say we had no shortage of creative outlets.

Out of all of them, painting was my favourite. I loved spending hours with a brush in hand, but I always felt like I couldn’t quite capture what I wanted. What fascinated me most were the subtle shifts I noticed when light fell differently—how an ordinary bus stop outside our house could suddenly look magical when the afternoon sun hit it just so.

Even then, I was chasing poetry in everyday life.

Behind my analogue largeformat camera

The camera I wasn’t allowed to touch

My dad had an analogue SLR camera (digital photography was not invented yet), which he kept carefully tucked away. Only my older sister was trusted with it, and I remember being so envious of her. I couldn’t wait for the day when I’d finally be allowed to hold it myself.

When that day came, I was instantly hooked. The camera felt like a magic weapon—suddenly I had a way to frame the world exactly as I saw it. Those tiny flickers of light, the quiet beauty of ordinary places and moments—they could all be made visible.

The moment my path was set

In high school, I chose art as my major and created my first photographic series. That was when I knew this wasn’t just a hobby—it was my way forward. The rest, as they say, is history.

But more than history, it became a calling. Photography has always been my way of finding meaning in the world around me.

Why I still do what I do

Even now, all these years later, that’s what drives my work. My focus hasn’t changed—I’m still chasing those luminous moments, the details that often slip by unnoticed, the quiet poetry that exists in the ordinary.

That’s what I love about photography in all its forms. Whether it’s capturing the warmth of family life, the tender beginnings of a newborn story, or the confidence in a professional headshot, it’s always about finding what makes you you and letting that shine through.

That’s why I became a photographer. To give moments—big or small, personal or professional—a frame. To hold onto the poetry before it slips away.

If you’d love to capture the poetry in your own story—whether that’s family, portraits, or professional headshots—I’d be honoured to photograph it for you. Send me a message!

At a family photo session