My “why” is something that can change the world. Whether it is the world here on Earth, the world of film, or the world of oneself, my goal is to change it for good through creativity and storytelling in film and photography. My motive is simple; the inevitable change for good. With this motive I have two goals; the first being to grasp the viewer of my work’s heartstrings and emotionally move them. The second, to have them see the sort of flame I have, and maybe even feel it for themself. I want them to feel the burning sensation of the love I have for this world. I want my art to promote change upon the world, I want it to bring a sensation into people unlike no other work has before. With the films I create, with the moments I capture, with the photos I take, I want to promote change; change for the better. Starting in college, maybe even over this summer, I would love to create films with stories highlighting in detail problems with the world. Whether it would be the diffusion of false ideas, the brutality of war, the dismay, disarray, and discord that wreaks havoc upon this world, I want to turn them into stories people can understand through visual storytelling. I want to create things people can see, hear, and connect with. I want people to see the suffering others inflict, to understand depression, to fight oppression—wether that be racism, sexism, or just general noninclusive behaviors. I have a desire—a need—to right the wrongs in this world with my life’s work, even though it isn't political. Even though some stories may be created or even slightly exaggerated. Even though people may ignore it. My concluding thought is one and one only, and it is to turn not just my degree, but my passion into something greater.

Hello! My name is Hunter. As I finish my last year in high school, I have many goals in mind. One goal, though, is my primary passion: Teaching. Through my career path I have chosen at Seminole State College—the ELA Education pathway—I plan on taking what I will learn and adding my own spin to it. This spin is not only to help my students in the future succeed in school, but succeed in their life, too. I don’t see myself as a teacher to them, but a friend. A figure they can look up to and go to for advice. My goal with teaching English is to show my students how to be imaginative. Creative, even! I’d want my students to leave my class each day understanding something they had not learned before. I’d want my students to become successful young adults post-graduation, able to take on the world one step at a time without stress or fear of the worst. Most importantly, though, I want my students to have an impact from me made onto them, so in the future they can use that impact to make their own impact, their own difference, and i want that difference to diffuse into more differences. Good, needed differences. An adversity that I’ve overcame over the last four years of High School is an “I can never do this” mentality. Mental block is a thing that occurs to me whenever I am tasked with something either unexpected or challenging, something difficult or intensive. To overcome these issues, I have to put my mind behind me. I have to think without thinking. I have to force myself even when I succumb to stress and anxiety. It is really difficult at times to find motivation, and thats where the next step comes in. Work, break, repeat. I work out the problems and tasks one at a time, and if it is a bigger task I divide it into smaller tasks. I section them into something that just makes sense to me, and allows the outcome to be extraordinary. Then, while doing the “Work, Break, Repeat.” method, I push myself. I push myself past my limits, because going beyond my mental limit is finding my actual limit at that time. It allows me to grow not only my mental limit, but my true limit as well. In the end, for me to succeed in what I deem impossible, I shatter my mind. I pick up the pieces and reform them into something new, something great, something extraordinary.

I love camera work and post-production. Straight forward and to the point, I love it. I adore what such an amazing tool a camera is. I am amazed by what I can do in post with Adobe’s software. My art medium is TV Production and Photography, and it has enhanced my life greatly. It has given me something to look forward to day by day. TV Production is my main goal in life. All of the behind the scenes stuff that goes into it absolutely amazes me and I love doing it myself. I love creating my own short films, it gives me something to do. With these films I tell fictional stories on the life of people, and how a major event changes their “norm”. Video Script writing grabs me, as it allows me to tell a story I made. It allows me to break down how I am going to tell this story, and it allows me to sketch out how each frame will look. In production, I’m usually solo, working hard to make each camera angle perfect with a tripod, and shooting each shot until it is just right in my mind. Post-Production is a lot of fun, as I can color grade and change the feel of each scene. It allows me to dig deep into the details of how I’d tell the story, from making a clean room dusty, to enhancing the colors and adding sound effects and audio enhancements. Photography caught me just last year, and I’ve progressed greatly in it. With photography, I have been able to capture moments in time that are beautiful, sad, or interesting. I’ve worked hard to start up a small business in which I had been given many opportunities with to build my portfolio. I have done free shoots, I have done paid shoots. With free shoots I’ve built my portfolio, and with paid my free shoots have paid off. The ability to get my own clients has truly changed my life, as it taught me coordinating skills and responsibility. Editing photos is a lot of fun as well, as it teaches me techniques for color grading that I can then transfer over to video production. In the end, both of these mediums have enhanced my life greatly, as the way I look at the world has changed ten fold. I love what I am doing, and couldn’t ask to do anything better.

As a percussionist and photographer, I see art in everything. History, the future, even what you are holding or looking at can be considered art. From an apple to a building, everything is its own form of art. I am a 17-year-old who is passionate about the “now”, the “moment”. Capturing memories is something I love doing, which is why I pursue a career in photography. Every moment is unique and especially valuable, as it is a memory for someone somewhere. I’ve loved music since I was little, first being introduced to KISS and rock n’ roll. Soon I found myself listening to instrumental pieces, and I started to find meaning in lyrics. I joined my high school band and progressed heavily, marching the snare drum for the national memorial day parade in D.C. the same school year I picked up a drumstick and played my first note. The connection to music that I have is one I find unique to me, as each individual note has a meaning on the canvas that is the sheet of music I am reading. Holst, Mozart, Stravinsky, all of these classical artists share in their pieces emotion and feeling. Every musical piece has a meaning to someone, whether it’s a love song, a tragedy, or even an instrumental! No matter what it may be, someone will find a way to jam out to it. I found myself caught in digital design and drawing from a young age. I loved to draw on anything, the limit to my canvas being the sky. I took art all the way until 9th grade, until in my art class they showed us a camera. I began learning about photography in a class I thought would just be drawing. It was different, and it gave me a different feeling than what I am used to. It gave me a whole new perspective and outlook on the world. Thats when I stopped drawing. No matter what though, my love for the arts will never waver. As stated, I am a photographer. I love photographing people on the streets, animals, and families. No matter what it is that I shoot, it is a memory to be cherished by someone. Canon and Sony cameras are what I love using, especially sony. There is just something about a good camera, but some thing even better about a good lens. A lens like a Sigma, Tamron, or Sony/Sony G-Master. They just hit different, they are sharp, sturdy, and made to capture moments the clearest. My goal after high school is to start a photography business. I would love to continue my path of the art form in college, one day getting a masters or even a doctorate if possible in my study. Photography speaks to me in a language I do not know, yet understand as if I’ve spoken it from the time I was born. The arts speak to me in the same language, and I could never be happier with what I choose to do with my life, because I know it will just take me back to square one, art.

Street photography. It is such a beautiful thing, to capture the daily life of people just walking around. To capture moments, smiles, frowns, blank faces even. The biggest thing, though, is what is captured in the end. The first photo shown is a couple in love, holding hands while walking down a boat ramp. The second, a man walking as if downtown Mount Dora was his life style. The third, a woman looking into a shop curious as to what they have to offer as she walks by. The fourth would be a woman walking her dog down the sidewalk of downtown DeLand, and the fifth a couple sitting on a bench. Each moment depicted, from someone just simply walking and minding their own, to couples enjoying life is unique in their own ways. It's beautiful in it's own way. Each moment in my eyes will never happen again, no matter how minor they may be. Nothing will ever align perfectly as it had once. That is my inspiration to take these photos. Capturing "the moment", "the place", "the action", is something truly fascinating. The art of street photography is something truly fascinating. Each photo is a moment in time of people enjoying daily life, and that is fascinating.