Let’s Go Back in Time…

On March 23, 2005, my story started when I was born at Southeastern Medical Center in a town called Cambridge, Ohio, to my parents, Erin and Jerome Sr. I have one older brother named Jerome Jr. I was raised in a rural area in a village called Byesville, Ohio. With nothing much to do in such a small city, or village, I should say, me and my brother were dependent on each other to have fun and create memories that we will never forget.

"It isn't where you came from, it's where you're going that counts." - Ella Fitzgerald

We bonded through sports and video games where my brother and my father would beat me every time. Growing up in a competitive family, I learned that I couldn’t take the easy route, and I understood that if I wanted something, I had to work for it. Playing basketball with my family led to my love for the sport. Basketball was always there for me, and it was my coping mechanism for everything. Unfortunately, I received three major traumatic brain injuries from playing basketball, which led to me having to give up playing organized basketball for my safety and well-being.

"If you never heal from what hurt you, you'll bleed on people who didn't cut you." - Tamara Kulish

Wanting to stay close to sports, I started taking pictures and editing videos of my brother’s sports games. Little did I know this would lead to my new passion. My work caught the attention of a local sports media company, Kaleb Graham Productions. This led to a position I held for close to 4 years where I was a photographer, videographer, photo/video editor, and livestream operator.

"You don't take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams

What started as a little freshman with a little camera taking basic pictures of a basketball game led to me becoming my region’s official sports photographer, with my work being featured in multiple newspapers and website articles. On top of that, videos filmed and edited by me were broadcast on Fox 8, livestreams produced by me were viewed by thousands of people during the hardships of COVID-19, and I went on tours around the country as a photographer for various music bands.

"Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results." - Robin Sharma