I was introduced to photography through my mom. To prevent me from getting into video games, she gave me a simple point-and-shoot camera and took me out to shoot during the weekends. During seventh grade, we would go to the harbor or suburbs to take pictures. It was an opportunity for parent-child time. At first, she just encouraged me to take photos of anything. I don’t remember her criticizing what I had taken (even though it was straight-up garbage, looking back). This encouragement and exposure to photography eventually grew on me. I started to develop preferences for the genre. I guess that’s when I realized that my mom’s play had worked.