My Inspiration

I have always loved everything about a camera - every little detail I find completely fascinating. There are of course the obvious tools and settings like ISO, shutter speed, or getting a panning just right. But for me it's about the sound that the click of the lenses makes and the feeling when a frame just comes together. I don't mind waiting forever for those moments. It's not really something to think through, it's more like a reflex. I have no idea if my photos are considered "good" by any standard metrics but when I'm shooting I'm in my own zone and hear almost nothing around me. It's that peace - that oneness I find with what I see in my frame. Even the camera has a smell to it - all of my senses are alive. It's that life that I want to share, nothing more, nothing lesser. I just want people to see a photo and pause for that moment, maybe step into another view and become distracted from the everyday.

My Mission

I first started this site with my photos and soon realized there are so many other student photographers taking amazing pictures and those photos long to be seen. Younger photographers are often dismissed as hobbyists. I'd like to challenge that notion. I find some of these student photos remarkable in what they made me feel. I hope you enjoy all of these works.

How Students are Featured

Students send in their photo and their inspiration. As long as the content is rated for high schoolers and under, it is posted. I encourage all students out there to be brave - show your work and celebrate with other student photographers the pleasure of seeing these works on a page. Enjoy the way they make you feel, pause or ponder.