 My interest in photography grew as a result of traveling the world and having difficulty speaking foreign languages. Since I couldn't speak very well, I began to photograph things that I saw and spent my off hours roaming around finding out what the world was really composed of. For years, I had been taught the classical views of the inside of the world and now I was beginning to experience the outer structure. My early photographs were completely void of people. As the years went by, before my entry into professional photography, people began cropping up in my photographs. The more I learned about communicating with people, the more people appeared in my photographs.
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 At the time, I was completely unaware of this aspect and frankly, only became aware of it after some long time friends began pointing it out to me. I then realized that I was becoming more and more fascinated with people and although I still find great excitement in new views of the world, people have somewhat taken over the plethora of images I photograph month to month. This is sort of how I found myself as a portrait photographer. Although I must admit, it was one of the last things I ever thought I would be doing.
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