>> I've been doing photography, sort of obsessed with it probably since about sixth grade.
I never thought of it as a career choice.
I just thought I was going to do, like, journalism and writing,
and turns out I'm a terrible writer.
And, you know, after taking some journalism classes, then I was a history major for a while.
And then I took Photography 101 at the Center City campus with a guy named Steve Berkowitz,
who actually still teaches at Tyler now.
And, you know, to me that was like, "Holy crap, I've never been in a dark room before.
This is amazing."
And he was very encouraging and was like,
"You should think about doing photography, going to Tyler."
Because I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do.
So I submitted my portfolio of photography and I got into Tyler.
And I'd been here for about a year and a half and I just felt
like I didn't really fit in at this campus.
And when I got up there, I was like, "Oh my gosh, who are these people?
These people are crazy.
This is amazing."
And that was -- I sort of felt like I found my crew, you know?