Natural light and non-professional models inspire me most — their unfamiliarity with the camera lets something unfiltered and honest come through. I chase essence over appearance: the quirks, the fleeting expressions, the freckles and stray hairs a light editing touch leaves intact. Natural light does the rest, sculpting warmth from a sunset or drama from afternoon shadows in ways a studio never quite matches. In the end, it's about connection — freezing a fragment of someone's story, and preserving not just a face, but a feeling.