I was simply a creative kid with boundless energy. Days flew by with basketball, skateboarding, and writing poems to my first girlfriends. My genius parents handed me my first camera in my early teens, and I never looked back.

Soon, my sketching turned into drawing in high school, and then painting in the Pallas University photography department. I had to remind myself that I possessed the ability to hyperfocus—and I did. After winning several Estonian Association of Press Photographers’ yearly awards in my home country, Estonia, I decided to pursue an international career.

Since then, I’ve worked for Getty Images in Australia, the UK, Germany, and Spain, covering major sporting events around the world (Olympics, FIFA World Cups, UEFA Champions League finals, DP World Tour, etc.). I’ve been fortunate to shoot assignments for the IOC, FIFA, UEFA, DPWT, ISU, and brands like Nike, Adidas, Deloitte, PepsiCo, Heineken, and FedEx. My work has been published in numerous publications, including Sports Illustrated, Time, People, Die Welt, and The New York Times, among others.

All of this might make me sound really impressive, but the truth is, I’ve trained my biggest hobby—the art of seeing—for over 20 years. I can “see” the world in black and white—elegant or funky, in autistic cleanness or optical illusions—and capture it with any gear that records it all.

When I’m not capturing photons with my camera, I play golf, fish, swim, or simply stare at reflections somewhere, admiring the beauty of light.