Hey there! That’s me crouched down on the beach in the freezing cold wearing just a hoodie, taking a photo of a car. Seems stupid, but it’s images like this that you never get to see. I used this as my “About Me” photo because if we ever do get the chance to encounter one another, this is how I’ll be, oddly dressed with my face tucked behind a camera. In taught myself photography a few years back as a way to express myself (cliche’, huh?), like most, I didn’t think it would take me to where I am today. Some interesting things to know about me, I’m autistic but I’m high functioning so if we meet, please don’t say “You don’t seem like you have autism” or “Are you sure that you’re autistic”. Those are actually the most common reactions that I receive and it’s highly offensive, mainly because you’re looking at someone who has lived with this for 30 years and has learned how to navigate my life without it holding me back… As the saying goes, you don’t know my story. I spent most of my life in the fire and EMS field, most recently becoming an EMS Field Operations Supervisor. I stayed in EMS from the age of 16 to my late twenties before landing my dream job as a train conductor. Photography nowadays has become just something extra I do, I don’t source clients regularly, I don’t really market myself, and I no longer add to my photography equipment. I still have my cameras and I think I might still know how to take a picture. If after all of this and you want to collaborate, as the kids say, slide into my DMs. :-)

Oh! Almost forgot, I also dabble in public speaking about being an adult on the autism spectrum, growing up homeless, coping with PTSD, and simply overcoming! Let’s chat about it.