The photography industry is growing to be younger and younger, and I happen to be a part of that movement. With the increasing ease of access to more professional equipment and easier ways of sharing art, younger people have become interested in the field. 

I first began my photographic career in seventh grade, when my church photographer handed me her camera to take a few shots. She noted that I was a natural, and I never stopped. I took classes in high school including Digital Photography, Photography 1, Photography 2, and Photography Portfolio and went to shoot with my friends every chance we got. I think the time on our hands and the motivation to capture our shenanigans really pushed us to continue shooting and we all inevitably got better. To this day, my friends Logan Ali, Calvin Dz, Will Falcon, and my now business partner Nguyen Lam still take pictures. 

Not a lot of people enter the industry as young as me and my friend Nguyen did, but we felt there was too much going for us. We were offered the basement of his dad’s nail salon rent-free to put our studio there, and we both have family that have started their own businesses, so to our standards, we had all the necessary tools. I called him one night and said “Hey man, let’s start a media company and put a studio in the DK Nails basement!” and he was on board. Two months later, we had our first day of operations with three shoots back to back to back. At this point in time, we have provided services like studio portraits, out of studio portraits, music videos, web development, product photography, and have worked with multiple companies. In just over a year of business, my friend and I have accomplished a lot and still look to the future in hopes that the only direction from here is up.

Us being young has had a sizable effect on how we run our company, FarSight Media. We try to bring a fresh and youthful outlook on any project we are approached with and stay connected to the industry so we can evolve as it does. We neglect the cookie-cutter approach most professionals take to every shoot making it so no client leaves with the same experience. Of course, people enter our studio or meet with us surprised that we are still both teenagers, and sometimes people don’t take us seriously, but the preparations we have made over the years has and will continue to prove these people wrong.