A few of my first real photos

My photography passion was ignited in high school. I was in a photo 1 class in 11th grade to fulfill an art requirement, and after a semester of utter confusion, it somehow began to make sense to me. It was so confusing because we had to use old cameras, shoot fully manual, develop our own film, and print our own photos in the darkroom. What a process to be thrown into! Well, a few months later I went on a trip to Kenya with my church, and brought along my Nikon N60-- a basic SLR film camera. My experience in Kenya was so liberating. I love the raw creativity that was in me throughout the trip. I remember being so inspired at every place we went. It seemed like I just saw SO much, and had no other option but to capture it through art. I got back, developed my 20 rolls of film over the next few days (I was so anxious that I ruined a few...), and these are a few of my favorites. It is now four years later (Its hard to believe that I went to Kenya at sixteen years old), and I still love going back to these images- the start of learning how to put to image what I saw with my eyes.