Like most photographers, I consider myself passionate if not a little obsessive about the art. For the past 15+ years, I've spent most of my free time, money, and energy feeding the addiction while doing what I thought was the "responsible" thing of following a career path with a steady paycheck. I could never bring myself far from photography though.

In college I would hold 2 jobs as a photographer while studying engineering. Upon graduation, I took an engineering job at NASA that would allow me to stay close to photography by developing and analyzing imaging systems. Even then that was not enough and so I left to spend 3 years traveling, living out of my car, and taking photos. This was all done without the thought of pursuing photography as a career. Like many people, I always thought you couldn't support yourself doing photography. Eventually I went back to work as a management consultant. During this time a website I made for fun to showcase my travel photos (Lumika.org) began picking up traffic and I began to actually make money from image sales and assignments. After a few years and a lot of deliberation, I decided to quit my job again and pursue my dreams in photography.

Today I work full time as a travel and corporate photographer and could not be loving it more. However the photos I sell on this site were not made with the objective of making a sale, but to do something I enjoy and hopefully show a side of cultures and countries that many people don't get to see. I hope they achieve that purpose when you view them.

-Tommy Huynh