Ezra Ozaeta
Hey!
I am an artist of all sorts. I have a passion for communicating feelings and emotions through my art. As well as a desire to express myself through all avenues of art and life as we all know it.
I have always made art, ever since I was a wee lad. However I never saw it as a viable career or long term option, simply a hobby I would find myself interested in until I grew up and moved on. At an early age I was heavily inspired by movies such as Speed Racer, Cars, and The Fast and The Furious. This was the direct cause of me only drawing cool cars with flames, guns, and spiky tires. As my love for movies grew so did my ability to understand my own creativity and the importance of staying creative.
Wanting to keep fueling the creative fire within me, I started to consume anything I took interest in. Spending my free time learning on YouTube and trying anything new that peaked my curiosity. This eventually led to me learning a multitude of skills along with developing an advance understanding for the principle of art. Which to anyone looking to be an artist or even just to living a good life. My BIGGEST piece of advice to you would be to stay open minded, try anything and everything that you even find remotely interesting. I don’t want to get into too much of this idea here, but if you want to read more (or even watch about it), click HERE.
Continuing on, it wasn't until my Sophomore year, that I realized I can continue making art even after graduating, it didn’t have to stop there. The creative desire began to consume me, always envisioning new ideas for a project, problem solving ways to create X or Y. I quickly realized that I couldn't imagine a world where I woke up and didn't work on a creative project. It honestly scared me, the idea of one day waking up and not being able to use my imagination, not being able to think for myself, or worse… not having the joy or passion I once had in creating art. In other words, I was just making art everyday, consistently practicing.
Eventually I would get burned out, and that fear of not wanting to make art anymore soon became a reality. That year coincidently happened to be the most difficult year of highschool as well. How did I over come it? By just taking a break and relearning to make art for myself, not for others, a practice I lost my sophomore year.
Late into my junior year approaching the summer, I made a new discovery. Something I once disregarded as art, finding no interest in and even disgusted by, soon became my new favorite medium: Photography. Learning anything and everything I could about photography, asking anyone who knew how to even hold a camera questions. I fell in love. I fell in love with life, with the people around me, with the mundane and the extraordinary. It opened my eyes to the world, granted me the ability to look at the world in different perspectives. My eyes constantly in AF-C (Continuous Auto Focus), looking for the next shot as I navigated through life.
As I grow and continue to explore the world around me, I cant help, but want to share it with others. Combining photography and my passion for helping others has led me to my next venture.