I ended up taking a little trip down memory lane chatting with Morgan. Talking about Cranbrook and the Kootenays brought up some old memories. We talked a lot about live music and what it was like being in the scene in Vancouver in the early 2000s. He also shared with us his experience in starting up his own photography business and his experiences with neurodiversity. Had a great time chatting with Morgan, thank you to everyone who tuned in and hung out with us.

"A blurb about me - by Morgan Turner

I took a photo class way back in grade 11, which was 99/2000, and kinda knew then that photo was going to be something I’d keep in my life. In ’03 I went to film school over in Van, because I wanted to get into shooting “extreme sports” videos, music videos, and that sort of thing for a career path. I’d been shooting 35mm stills since high school, and a year after film school, decided to sell all my video gear and go digital on the photo front, and I’ve been pursuing photography as a career since. I’m self-taught for all the photo side of things and have shot a pretty broad range of subject matter. I had my first taste of getting paid for it with shooting weddings and families around ’08 and realized that genre wasn’t my cup of tea. I moved in the direction of commercial photography but had to pursue other careers in the meantime to keep a paycheque happening. I’ve officially been self-employed shooting full time since the end of April 2019, and have managed to keep my business afloat amidst the craziness that’s been this covid pandemic."

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