I always wanted to have a nice shot of a Kingfisher and lightning. Got it this and last year. And getting some photos into the local newspaper always lifts me up.

I have moments I think I made it, then a few days later I do a shoot, get nothing I really like and question what I’m doing with my life again.

This year I done the album cover for a very well known local rapper and was the Camera Operator for a film that won an award. Two days after coming home after the awards how I went out to do some street photography, then when I got home I realised I had missed the focus for every shot except two 🤦🏾‍♂️

I usually do something that makes me think I’ve made it and straight after I do something that makes me think I should get a “real job”

I made the top 100 in the International Pet Photography Awards.

I do cycling photography so when a big team shares my work I always consider it a big moment

First time someone paid me for a shoot, and asked me back ever since! Its only a side gig but im glad that my years of learning can finally pay off.

Prob not what you’re looking for but I worked in a retail store selling high end cameras for 8yrs. I could never understand someone who would just walk in, play with. Full frame, like it, and then just decide to buy it without planning for months/years and saving. Fast forward to today, I’ve worked my a** off enough to be in a position where I finally bought one myself (except it def wasn’t an impulse purchase)

Either being featured in a regional magazine last year or being asked to photograph the mayor’s State of the City address.

Someone asked for a high res copy of their mk2 escort I took.

I sent it free but it was the first time I was asked for a copy of one of my pictures

Being able to turn down a client just because I didn’t want to work with them. Early on, I had to take on every client I could to stay afloat. Reaching a point where I could say no to a job felt great.

The first time I ever saw my photos published in a magazine. Something I’ll never forget. I was in Kale Me Crazy waiting for a smoothie and was flipping through one of them to pass the time. I remember seeing one of my photos and thinking “that’s looks familiar”. Then I saw my company’s name credited and realized “oh that IS my photo”. I immediately got light headed and grabbed four more copies lol.

I’ve been a professional photographer for over a decade, travelled the world, shot covers for major magazines, international advertising campaigns… Still don’t feel like I’ve made it.

Had a national newspaper use my photos (with credits) a few times.

Easy, enough. The first international magazine cover , and the full center cover pull out. Still have copies of that magazine, somewhere in a box.

My moment was pretty much instantaneous. For a long time, I simple assumed that digital cameras were computerized machines that were programmed to take good photos, and if the photos were bad it was because the camera was bad. After taking a series of important photos that turned out badly, I had the sudden realization that my photos were bad because I was a bad photographer, and that I had to think like an artist to do better.

Years later, I was at a photography exhibit at a major museum: it was an exhibit of photography that was admired by the Impressionists painters. I was with a young lady friend who was struggling to be good at photography, but lacked confidence. As we toured the exhibit, we were commenting on the various photos, figuring out was good, what made them good, and what could be improved, totally being the experts in the room. At one point my friend turned to me with a big smile as she suddenly realized that she had “arrived” and had her moment.

I worked for ESPN yesterday and they said I can use them for references. (I’m a college student graduating in December so applying to Jobs)