While film has been a lifelong interest of mine, I did not settle on it as a career path until college. While I graduated with a history degree, I became interested in pursuing a career in film after taking courses in film history at SUNY Brockport. I began to see the connection between older art forms such as painting and the still relatively new art form of film. While the medium has changed, the same principles of composition, light, and color still apply. As filmmaking technology continues to advance, I sincerely believe we must keep these principles in mind. My goal as a cinematographer is to create work that feels organic and grounded in reality, while at the same time harnessing the power of new and emerging film technology to do so.