Catching You Up!

Hello world! This blog is about 5 years overdue. I apologize for my tardiness. In the next week, I will be posting 11 new posts that will hopefully catch you up about who I am and what I've been up to. The Viewfinder is a photography blog, so I promise that future posts will be less verbose.

So here's the scoop...

My relationship with photography started in December of 2003 when I got my first camera from my family. I had always appreciated the photography giants like Steve McCurry and Henri Cartier Bresson, but never thought of giving the art a shot myself. That changed in January of 2004 when I decided to travel to South Africa to volunteer with some friends at an orphanage in Attridgeville, South Africa, where I found myself for the first time behind the viewfinder.

Since that amazing month in South Africa, my camera has been slung over my shoulder, bearing witness to some of the best experiences of my life. Though I have shared (and will continue to share) many of my most memorable images on my main site, I really wanted to create a space to showcase all of my photographic adventures both big and small. That's the simple story behind The Viewfinder.

In the future, I will be posting photo essays, quick snapshots from weekend trips, and anything else recently shot that I feel has a story to tell. But first, I need to catch you up on what I've already photographed. I've organized my hard drive of images into eleven categories that I'll post in chronological order. Some of these posts capture life changing experiences; others are 'postcardy' shots that remind me that "I was there"; but all have helped me grow as a photographer.

I look forward to hearing from you and thanks for stopping by The Viewfinder.