My background as a classical violinist informs a sense of harmony in my images, capturing the juxtaposition of drama and tranquility inherent in the Pacific Northwest landscape. Where my work as a violinist focuses on performing in the moment, I view my work in photography as a meditation on the contrary. Instead of trying to capture an image as my eye sees it, I slow down and shape scenes to match the emotions they evoke. Working primarily in monochrome, the abstraction inherent in black and white photography allows me to further separate my images from reality affording greater creative freedom to express my creative intent. My work exists in the liminal space between the objective reality of a scene and the way I experience it.