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It was a cold December day in 2005. A little kid named Anton, born in a suburb of a small city in Austria, spent the whole day lost in his own world, drawing, crafting, and playing games. Do you know the game "Domino Day"? It’s the game where you line up one domino after another until you have created a large domino field, and in the end, you knock it all over. If everything goes right, each domino falls perfectly in a crazy chain reaction with many challenges until the last one. This boy was completely obsessed with it. He would wake up at 5AM (much to the dismay of his loving mother) just to continue building his crazy domino fields.

For every big occasion like Birthdays, Anton was building a big domino field to celebrate. At that time, he was building the "Christmas Field", which meant his parents couldn’t use half the house for weeks because there were dominos everywhere - on the tables, stairs, even on the fridge and TV. Then the big day came, it was the 24th of December 2005 (Christmas Day in Austria). It was his biggest domino field ever and took more than 3 weeks to complete. There were pendulums and other stuff hanging from the ceiling, swimming dominos and even light effects. The goal was to have zero mistakes. To sum it up: there were 5 mistakes in total. Anton got extremely frustrated, so frustrated that he couldn’t stop thinking about it until new year. But Anton was already planning the big "Easter Field" for a few months later.

Time has passed, and 20 years later, in 2025, that little boy is now a grown man. The domino-obsessed Austrian kid entered his 20s and after a long journey, found an art form where he could continue his urge to create. Photography/Videography is the new obsession. Now, this adult has the same drive he had in his childhood, working everyday - not by building dominoes but by taking pictures, planning shoots, cutting videos, editing photos, and so on.

Maybe you already thought it: That little boy was me. I still want every domino to fall perfectly, but today I get a little less frustrated when things don’t work out. Today I am a full-time photographer and filmmaker and I am so happy and grateful that I have turned my passion into my profession.

Thanks for listening to my silly little story and enjoy your day. :)