Basics : 

My name is Kayla. I am 22 23 years old. I’m based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. I’m a Graphic Design graduate and a current Photography student.  

How I got here :

4 years ago I walked in to NSCC and started the first of my four years there. I really had no idea what I wanted to do. At all. None. I started out taking a foundation course called Applied Communication Arts. This course gave me a little bit of everything. Graphic Design. Photography. Video. Writing classes. At the end of the year I made the decision to go into Graphic Design instead of Photography. By the end of my Design course I realized that, while I do like Graphic Design, I love Photography. It’s so cliche to say it —but I really do.  

Where I’m going from here :

In a dream world, I would like to be both. I would like to have a Monday - Friday Design job and I would like to be a Photographer when I feel like it. I know that sounds weird, but, I have my reasons. I love Photography and I never want to turn it into a job. I always want it to be something I do, that I love. I never want it to turn into something I do just to make money. I always do my best work when I’m happy, and I think it shows. When I’m shooting a couple I really adore, or shooting scenery that I think is gorgeous it turns out great. And I can always tell when it’s something I haven’t wanted to shoot.  

What am I like?

I love to get to know my clients and talk to them a lot and turn my relationships with them into more of a friendship than a working relationship. I can be pretty shy at first, I have a little shell I have to break through when I meet people for the first time. I’m a pretty big goof. I like laughing and making people laugh. I like making my clients get in silly positions, or into silly places. I tell really, really lame jokes (I’m sorry if you’ve ever had to hear them). I rarely have a filter on what I say. If I want something, I’ll ask for it. If I think something, I’ll say it. I completely believe in being happy. I completely believe in being yourself.