If you go back far enough, you’ll find “M” not behind a video camera, but trailing one—an assistant to a virtual tour real estate photographer. His job was simple: hold the tripod, adjust the angle, line up the shot. He wasn’t directing. He wasn’t even dreaming yet. But in those still, quiet moments—clicking through shots of empty homes and cropping skies in Photoshop—he got comfortable behind the lens. Those early days weren’t flashy. But they taught him composition, patience, and the rhythm of documenting space. At the time, he was just taking pictures. But the camera was already starting to feel like an extension of something deeper.