Growing up, I was the ultimate fangirl, band posters on every inch of my walls and a new obsession every few months. My journey into photography really began when I attended a One Direction show in Toronto in 2015. I got my passport at 16 just for that trip. The energy of that crowd, the sheer thrill of live music, is what started all of this.

I picked up a small Nikon point-and-shoot and started capturing those moments, blurry, raw, imperfect. Those were my first real attempts at photography, and they fueled a desire to freeze the chaos and energy of live shows. As I grew more serious about the craft, I upgraded first to a Canon EOS Rebel T6, and now shoot alongside a Sony Alpha a7 III, immersing myself fully in concert photography and the stories behind every performance.

Today, as Founder and Creative Director of Next Wave Magazine, I combine my love of music and storytelling by championing emerging artists through photography and writing. The fangirl in me is still very much alive. I feel the same rush walking into a venue with a camera in hand that I did at sixteen. For me, photography has always been about capturing the magic of live music and sharing that feeling, the joy and connection music brings, with everyone who sees it.