Since around 2008, I've been playing around in photoshop and
have become pretty efficient with the Adobe Suite. In 2011 I bought my first real
camera with a few lenses and have been doing a lot of landscape photography and
occasionally portrait and family pictures. Since around 2016 I've been teaching
myself web development and have become proficient with php, html and css. More
recently I've been trying to learn React and dive deeper into javascript.
Skillset
Web Development
I've been building websites here and there since 2016,
but have recently been driven to try and dive back into the feild again. I
love both development and design, but what I love most is the finished
product and knowing anyone, anywhere can see what I've had the pleasure of
creating.
Graphic Design
Ever since I discovered Photoshop, I've loved the idea that I
can create anything I want with a little time and effort. I've most recently
invested in a vinyl cutter and printer and have been designing my own stickers,
shirts, and anything else that I find interesting, such as an artsy spin on bottle
openers I make out of reclaimed wood.
Photography
I will always love the fact that I bought a camera all those
years ago and for the time I spent in a darkroom in my younger years. Photography
has been a godsend in both development and design because I will always have the
ability to take a photo of mine and change it into a different work of art. Whether
it be a background image for a webpage, or snapping pictures of snowboarders and
having the ability to make that photo into a sticker. I will always try and use my
own photos before I'll start browsing around for stock images.
SEO and Marketing
As soon as I started learning web development, I started
looking into search engine optimization and marketing. Marketing came first when I
was working for a small garage door company and I have learned a lot from trying to
boost business so that I could stay busy with work. That's actually what got me
started with web development because his site was outdated and I knew with my drive
of always wanting to learn something new, that I could make something better and
help myself in the long run. This is the reason I've learned things such as schema
markup and my love for graphic design has led me to create various marketing
materials.
