I don’t take photographs to impress anyone. I take them to slow things down—for myself, first, and hopefully for the person looking at them. We live in a world that moves fast, and somewhere in all that noise, I think we lose sight of the small, quiet things that actually matter. That’s what I’m drawn to—the moments in between. The ones you almost miss.

When I make a photograph, I’m not chasing spectacle or perfection. I’m looking for presence. A feeling. Something honest. It could be the way light falls on a stone, the hush before a breeze, or how the lake and sky blur into each other. That kind of stillness speaks to me. I guess I try to hold it for just long enough to share it.

People sometimes tell me my work feels calm or meditative. I take that as the highest compliment. For me, it’s about creating space—visually and emotionally—for someone to pause and breathe. If one of my images can make someone feel something they haven’t felt in a while, or notice a detail they’ve never seen before, then I feel I’ve done something good.

There’s nothing fancy about how I work. I just pay attention. I listen. And I try to photograph what feels true. Because in the end, I believe that even the quietest moments have their own kind of power. You just have to give them time to speak.

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