FRISCO, TEXAS — Rotem Marom, a senior at Centennial High School, has displayed how to take a bad event and turn it into a great opportunity.
Marom began playing basketball at only 5 years old and it has made a lasting impact on her life. For the past 12 years her life revolved around this game: practicing daily, playing in school, and playing on an out of school league.
Becoming a Titan in 2022, she has always been praised on what an exceptional basketball player she had become. Even in her freshman year, she was a starting player on varsity.
Unfortunately this all came to a halt in May of this year.
Unexpectedly, she tore her ACL during a flag football game. This event, while devastating given the fact that she will not be able to play her last season with her team, she is now able to pursue other hobbies that interest her.
¨My dad is always taking photos of us, just for the fun of it, and I would always beg him to let me take a picture of two….I took his old one [camera] and just started taking photos for the fun of it.¨ she shared.
At the start of her senior year she began taking photos for variety events. She then started to take free photos for the Titan track team, senior photoshoots, and taking photos at school sport events such as football and swim.
¨I would be practicing basketball like 5 to 6 times a week, and I just didn’t have any time for anything else…But I think me, tearing my ACL, allowed me to find another hobby outside of it.¨
Through her recovery it had been very difficult not being able to do what she loved but photography began to be something that would occupy her time and keep her going through the hard times.
Weekdays changed from playing basketball at games to taking photos at football games, and weekends changed from practicing constantly to editing photos. Even though this was rough transition, Rotem Marom was able to take a bad outcome and start on a budding career that brings everyone together.
To support this amazing photographer, consider supporting her instagram at picsby.ro, where you can book with her and get a photoshoot by direct messaging her.
