My name is Junaid Ahmad, a photographer and videographer based in Minnesota, and for me, photography has always been about more than just taking a picture.

I’ve always been passionate about capturing moments that people can look back on years from now and still feel the same emotions they felt in that moment. I love taking photos that last forever. That idea is what continues to push me to learn, improve, and create.

What started as a dream slowly became a reality. I never imagined that something I was so passionate about would grow into a career where I get to tell people’s stories through my camera. Every wedding, celebration, graduation, and special moment reminds me how meaningful this work really is.

But sports photography is what truly defined me as a photographer. Being on the sideline, following the action, waiting for that one split second—the celebration, the emotion, the determination—and knowing that I captured a moment that can never happen exactly the same way again is what made me fall in love with photography.