A knife burns through the darkness

While they circle in rhythmic flow

A siren calls out in the night

But they care not for what’s below.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #fire, #firebreather, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #monochrome, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Time slides by

as lives are lived

The world spins

and our feet are planted

on the firmament below.

- a fragment

#astro, #astrophotography, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #buffalove, #fisheye, #Griffis, #igersbuffalo, #landscape, #longexpo, #longexposure, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #night, #nightskies, #stars, #startrails, #statue, #time, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

No poem today. Just a simple picture made while out with the #igersbuffalo group for a #buffinstameet.

Time slides by

as lives are lived

The world spins

and our feet are planted

on the firmament below.

- a fragment

#astro, #astrophotography, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #buffalove, #fisheye, #Griffis, #igersbuffalo, #landscape, #longexpo, #longexposure, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #night, #nightskies, #stars, #startrails, #statue, #time, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

With music lilting through the night air

our inhibitions melted with the setting sun.

Life awakens as Spring warms over the land

and we emerge from our Winter dens.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #hoop, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #Mono, #monochrome, #NikCollection, #NY, #om-d, #spin, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

The next installment of images from a fantastic session with the beautiful @becsmodels.bsky.social one glorious morning last month.

#artnude #nudemodel #urbex #urbexmodel #m43ftw #buffalove #NotAI

With wind whistling past my ears,

And through my hair,

I revel in the joy of running free.

- a fragment

#Autumn, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #equine, #Frisian, #horse, #igersbuffalo, #Lorick, #m43ftw, #morning, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Stallion, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

The duality of man

Burns dark and bright,

With a cutting edge

And a blunt force

The can sweep him

Through the shadows

Or light up a room

Like a pyre

Burning in celebration

Or mourning.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #buffalove, #DxOLabs, #fire, #firesword, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #on1pics, #shutterdrag, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

The stardust cowboy lit up the night

Wild-eyed and akimbo

A constellation of sparks

Surrounding us all with soft red light.

- a fragment

#OMSystem #flow #flowarts #night #sparks #streetphotography #buffalove #dxolabs #on1pics #nikcollection

#CCwelcome

She watches with intensity,

That widow in her web,

Waiting to ensnare you

With her gossamer strands,

Light and soft, yet strong,

Enough to hold you

Waiting for that delicious death.

- a fragment

#AerialArts, #anansi, #BirdsNest, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #CircusArts, ##DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #NikCollection, #NY, #on1photos, #on1pics, #performance, #spiderweb, #spotlight, #suspended, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Drawn and spun through time

The thread of life wanders through the years

Singed by conflicts and fire

And moistened with our tears.

Sometimes we dance alone

Spinning out our our anger or loss

Other times we weave through the orbits

Of friends, lovers, strangers and dross.

When that thread has spun out

Impressions and echoes are all that remain.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #candid, #dragonstaff, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #night, #NikCollection, #NY, #on1photos, #on1pics, #performance, #street, #streetphotography, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

A flame burns bright in the night

Revealing what it might.

A maiden follows that light

With little else in sight.

She walks with a defined stride

Bold, confident with pride

She needs none by her side

Heart and soul without divide.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #candid, #Concetta, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo,# inthebuff, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetphotography, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

"Hand in glove

The sun shines out of our behinds"

Lyrics from another time

An era that I love

And a more innocent version of myself

Singing loudly (and lustily)

As the wind whips through our hair

From the open car windows.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #city, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #NikCollection, #om-d, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Spring, #street, #streetphotography, #toned, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

Another grouping from my productive morning with the awesome @becsmodels.bsky.social a few weeks back. I can't wait to work with her again!

#ArtModel #ArtNude #NudeModel #urbex #urbexmodel #buffalove #NotAI

Art therapy brings release

From the tensions of the day.

Creativity resets the emotional battery

That the grind runs dry.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #FireBreather, #heat, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics,#Spring, #street, #streetphotography, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Dancing through the night

and flying between the light

As she spins, whirls and cavorts

across the stage

The crowd parts

like that was the plan.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #crown, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #holliannrose, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #NikCollection, #om-d, #on1photos, #on1pics, #poi, #Spring, #street, #streetphotography, #toned, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

With music lilting through the night air

our inhibitions melted with the setting sun.

Life awakens as Spring warms over the land

and we emerge from our Winter dens.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #hoop, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #Mono, #monochrome, #NikCollection, #NY, #om-d, #spin, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

There were a number of things

Barrie got wrong in the tale.

Most importantly, Pan’s name was Petra,

Not the famous Peter

That we all think we know.

Pan lives wild, that much is true,

Flinging her lissom body

With a howl of exultant feedom

And an abandon second to none

As her shadow skims the night skies.

- a fragment

#AerialArts, #BirdsNest, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #CircusArts, #dance, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #NikCollection, #NY, #on1photos, #on1pics, #performance, #shadow, #shadowplay, #suspended, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Lost in the moment

As the heat of time

Flows around her.

A gaze into the distance

And the moment’s rhythm

Electrifies her.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #dance, #dancer, #dragonstaff, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #NikCollection, #NY, #om-d, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, Summer, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

The road traveled wears heavily on the heart

Of those beasts of burden laboring with the cart.

Miles burned into the past and the slog of hills climbed.

Pulling the burthen of life’s travails down through time.

- a fragment

#Autumn, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #equine, #horse, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #southerntier, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Riding off into the sunset is cliche,

I would rather spend time with my mount

Wandering through the morning mist

Breathing that dewey air of the moment..

- a fragment

#Autumn, #backlit, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #buffalove, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #Equine, #horse, #igersbuffalo, #light, #m43ftw, #mist, #Mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #morning, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #onicpics, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Another grouping from my productive morning with the awesome @becsmodels.bsky.social a few weeks back. I can't wait to work with her again!

#ArtModel #ArtNude #NudeModel #urbex #urbexmodel #buffalove #NotAI

Here's another drop of images from my wondrous morning with the amazing

@becsmodels.bsky.social

a couple weeks back.

That morning glow lifts all spirits,

The sun warms our faces as we face the light.

The morning chill invigorates,

As our breath lightly paints the air around us.

- a fragment

#Autumn, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #equine, #FujiSensia100, #HDR, #horse, #m43ftw, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #September, #southerntier, #workshop, #sunrise, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

A knife burns through the darkness

While they circle in rhythmic flow

A siren calls out in the night

But they care not for what’s below.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #fire, #firebreather, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #monochrome, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Lost in the moment

As the heat of time

Flows around her.

A gaze into the distance

And the moment’s rhythm

Electrifies her.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #dance, #dancer, #dragonstaff, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #NikCollection, #NY, #om-d, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, Summer, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

With heat coursing from his lungs,

And tearing up his throat,

The searing ball of flame erupted into the night.

The dragon let loose a cry

Filled with passion and pain,

While we trembled in awe in the warmly humid light.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #firebreather, #fireball, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Summer, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

The burden of light

Slides greasily through your burning hands.

The weight of darkness

Imposes its oppressive demands.

The balance you find

Is a song in your mind.

As you spin through the night’s vapors.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #candid, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #flow, #flowarts, #hoop, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #introspection, #LED, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #night, #NikCollection, #NY, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetphotography, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

The night watchman gazes across the inky blackness

filled with hope?

wracked with fear?

Or, bemused with nary a care or concern.

It is not for us to know.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #flame, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #glasses, #HoytLake, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #NikCollection, #NY, #om-d, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

Twin dragons lit the sky alight

With their fiery breath burning bright.

Vapors streaming across the sky

Bourn by a fury and a plaintive cry.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #duo, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firebreather, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #nikcollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Thankful for those moments.

Moments alone

Moments in the morning light

Moments free

Moments when I can run wild.

Thankful for those moments.

- a fragment

#Autumn, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #equine, #Frisian, #gallup, #horse, #Lorick, #m43ftw, #morning, #on1photos, #on1pics, #September, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Normally, I get between 20-30 shots that I would want to immediately publish from any given session with a model. With

@becsmodels.bsky.social

, I was hard pressed to reduce my "selects" down to 60. Such a great session!

Pulsing through the humid night air

A driving rhythm pushes the heat ever higher.

Shaking and quaking,

Aching and breaking.

That tribal beat quickens the pulse

And I pray this night never ends.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #festival, #fire, #firebreather, #flames, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Pyromancy, #steampunk, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Winter melts into Spring,

Spring heats up into Summer,

and I abide.

Life's ebb and flow

will pass around me

or sweep me along.

And yet, I abide.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #glasses, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #NikCollection, #om-d, #poi, #reflection, #Spring, #street, #streetphotography, #igersbuffalo, #microfourthirdsgallery, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

Thankful for those moments.

Moments alone

Moments in the morning light

Moments free

Moments when I can run wild.

Thankful for those moments.

- a fragment

#Autumn, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #equine, #Frisian, #gallup, #horse, #Lorick, #m43ftw, #morning, #on1photos, #on1pics, #September, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

More from my fantastic morning of work with @becsmodels.bsky.social a few weeks back.

#artmodel #artnude #nudemodel #urbex #urbexmodel #buffalove #NotAI

With wind whistling past my ears,

And through my hair,

I revel in the joy of running free.

- a fragment

#Autumn, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #equine, #Frisian, #horse, #igersbuffalo, #Lorick, #m43ftw, #morning, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Stallion, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Dancing through the night

and flying between the light

As she spins, whirls and cavorts

across the stage

The crowd parts

like that was the plan.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #crown, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #holliannrose, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #NikCollection, #om-d, #on1photos, #on1pics, #poi, #Spring, #street, #streetphotography, #toned, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

A ballerina spinning

endlessly

in her snow globe.

The Queen of the Cirque

owning the ring.

A lonely dancer,

Flitting across the stage,

With none in the theatre

To see.

- a fragment

#AerialArts, #BirdsNest, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #CircusArts, #dancer, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #NikCollection, #NY, #on1photos, #on1pics, #performance, #shadow, #shadowplay, #shadows, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Another grouping from my productive morning with the awesome @becsmodels.bsky.social a few weeks back. I can't wait to work with her again!

#ArtModel #ArtNude #NudeModel #urbex #urbexmodel #buffalove #NotAI

They say, “home is where the heart is.”

On that, I’ll never know.

Home is the post that holds my hitch.

Or where I’m told to go.

- a fragment

#Autumn, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #equine, #FujiProvia100, #horse, #m43ftw, #mule, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #September, #southerntier, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

The flames started to settle and gutter

And the last whispers of night

Faded into the pre-dawn, ever so slight,

Shade of blue.

Oberon’s Love continued her dance

With cares and sorrows

Spun into the gossamer strands

Of morning’s dew.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #dance, #dancer, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #firecrown, #firequeen, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #holliannrose, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #NikCollection, #om-d, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

A flame burns bright in the night

Revealing what it might.

A maiden follows that light

With little else in sight.

She walks with a defined stride

Bold, confident with pride

She needs none by her side

Heart and soul without divide.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #candid, #Concetta, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo,# inthebuff, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetphotography, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

His soft voice spanning time

and distance,

Moments of inspiration

And quiet admiration.

A soft rasp adds texture

Lined by a light tension

Of what brought it.

Years ago, this didn’t happen,

Life. Work. Other excuses.

Lost opportunities.

Now time is short. Life, and Work

Are topics, not excuses

In conversations with my father.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #buffalove, #candid, #DxOLabs, #firebreather, #flow, #flowarts, #NikCollection, #on1pics, #OriginalWork, #street, #streetphotography

#CCwelcome

The night watchman gazes across the inky blackness

filled with hope?

wracked with fear?

Or, bemused with nary a care or concern.

It is not for us to know.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #flame, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #glasses, #HoytLake, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #NikCollection, #NY, #om-d, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome