I first began photography in high school. My uncle, a professional photographer, helped me pick out my first camera. I took both digital and film classes and loved them. I had a wonderful teacher who showed me the beauty of this art. But then I let it all go. I pursued a dream of playing soccer professionally and almost everything else in my life went out the window. I got recruited to play in college and I felt like I was on the path to achieve my dream. Unfortunately (or so I thought at the time), things did not go exactly to plan. After a couple less than healthy relationships, my confidence and belief in myself was at an all time low. In the dead of winter with no where else to turn, I picked up my camera again for the first time in years and began to take self-portraits. In the midst of COVID, I was one of the only human subjects I could find and so I took photo after photo of myself. It was only after a couple months that I realized what I was doing; I was healing through photography. I had always hated how I looked in photos and in life. But the control that I had over my own camera allowed me to fan the embers of my self-confidence.
A year later, in 2022, I graduated college in May. The very next month I launched Maxfield Productions. What had begun as a healing mechanism had continued in the same vein for that's what my business was; Healing. I had recently been criticized by someone who meant a lot to me for a great many things but the one that stuck with me the most was that I "never took any risks". So, largely driven by spite, I decided to not work in food for the 8th summer in a row and instead began this business. And thank god I did.
