I’ll admit that I didn’t really know anything about photography, but I soon became addicted to that giddy feeling when you know you’ve captured a great shot. I fell into photography through pure serendipity and even though I am now making an effort to understand the technicalities behind cameras and photography, my approach to taking photos still stems from this outlook of inviting happy coincidences into my life. Whilst many great photos, especially in street, landscape, and wildlife photography seem to come simply from being in the right place at the right time, I don’t believe this means you have to be completely passive. Most of my favourite photos have come from when I’ve been open to having conversations with people that led me to beautiful places, or at least gave me an interesting story behind the shot. This excitement to meet new people, tell stories and be open to the weird and wonderful is something that I will always carry with me as I develop my photography.