When I first started photographing my first subjects were my friends. I was big on Tumblr, not in terms of popularity, but you know in terms of how much time I spent on the platform. The majority of my inspiration came from there, the post were so good, so different from anything that was on Facebook or Twitter, the culture was really on Tumblr and I could scroll for days. I was a fan of everything, fashion, interior design, minimalism, initially, but that would have been far to overwhelming, so what I settled for was street styled portraits, much like the ones you see on Hypebeast.com. A I continued to grow I became fonder of photographers like Emily Soto and Laura Jade, I also followed The Sartorialist, his consistency was unmatched. I'm telling you I was full of ideas back then, however when I presented them to my friends they just didn't seem to take them as seriously.

I remember my first shoot, I reached out to my friend Kwamia, I told her to wear a dress and I wanted to do something similar to Emily Soto's style of work. She agreed and a few days later we linked up. She was wearing a tight dress and fishnets, nothing like the idea presented. I appreciate her for helping me out, but it’s safe to say that she wasn’t as passionate as I wasn when it came to the shoot. This pattern continued throughout my early career in photography, in fact, it got worse, my friends not only ignored my request, they just began to stand me up. I'd set a specific date and time and they just took it as "if I have nothing better to do, I'll come".