Stories
Photography has taught me to slow down, look closely, and appreciate the beauty that often goes unnoticed. These stories share the moments, lessons, and experiences that have shaped my journey as a photographer and the images I create.
A still life is never really still. Every object carries a history — a memory, a relationship, a moment in time. Learning to photograph these quiet arrangements has taught me to look more carefully at the things we surround ourselves with every day.
The Pacific Northwest has a light unlike anywhere else I have photographed. Soft, diffuse, and ever-changing — it transforms an ordinary forest path into something luminous, and turns a still lake into a mirror for the sky.
The Bellevue Botanical Garden has been one of my most important creative spaces. Season after season, it offers something new — a dahlia in full bloom, a ranunculus catching the morning light, a coneflower standing tall against a summer sky.
Before I learned how to make a photograph, I began learning how to see. Through the lens, I discovered that beauty often lives in the quiet details—a droplet on a petal, light through a window, a fleeting reflection—and that paying attention can transform the ordinary into something meaningful.