30 photo sets in, I’ve learned that progress comes from creating, not waiting. Mastery is earned in motion. Algorithms aren’t the audience, and validation can coexist with intention. Photography may start with still frames, but stories live in movement. Patterns in how others create can guide me—but my voice is what makes it mine. The next 30 sets won’t just be more—they’ll be sharper, bolder, and truer to what I want to say.

Creating out of guilt drains the joy from art. A pause is not failure, it’s how we refuel.

I began by capturing people I knew. Now I find myself chasing moments that belong to no one—sunlight on leaves, waves folding into sand, the kind of beauty that doesn’t need approval.

After years of moving fast, chasing certainty, and clinging to routines, I realized I’d lost touch with the part of me that loved to make things. So I hit reset — returning to my camera, my curiosity, and the creative identity I once built: MKT Studios. This blog is my way of sharing that journey, one story and one set at a time.