What makes a photograph more than just a snapshot is the way textures and tones, the blending of light and color, and composition tell the story of the moment. The more you look at a piece of photographic art, the more you see and are moved. As a Social Landscape Photographer, I look to capture personal and unusual moments during apparently ordinary events in the lives of individuals; the way they act and react in and to their environment. This past fall I recorded a local dance company's 10th Anniversary production the Nutcracker, from auditions through final performance. In this piece, Two Young Dancers wait their turn to fight with the rat King during Clara's dream sequence in the costume run through the weekend before performances. They hang on the barre, the dancer's most important piece of equipment, one they are yet to appreciate.