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

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

Urbex with Zoe in Buffalo, NY

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

That smell of smoke and ash enveloped us,

Embers searing and flames popping,

As the band played on…

The barkers’ clarion calls rang out in the night,

Haranguing all and harassing,

And the beat goes on…

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #CurtainUp, #dancer, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firefan, #flames, #flow, #FujiProvia, #holliannrose, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #night, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #performance, #Pyromancy, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

The “Ring Around the Rosie”

Is really about the Black Death.

A danse macabre telling

Of Life and its end.

We dance to celebrate,

To elevate,

To intoxicate

For release, and

To mourn.

Through it all

Life is a vicious cycle

Whether you dance with a smile

Or in denial.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #dancers, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #festival, #fire, #flames, #FujiProvia100, #Low-key, #m43ftw, #Medina, #Mono, #monochrome, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Provia, #steampunk, #Summer, #toned, #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!

A second image from a #BufInstaMeet meetup organized by #igersbuffalo.

This one is a hand-held hi-res shot combining 8 1/15th second exposures into one 50mp file that has subsequently been cropped into a 41mp landscape file.

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 next group of images from a wonderful morning shoot with @becsmodels in Buffalo.

Here's another group of images from the fantastically productive morning with

@becsmodels.bsky.social.

#ArtNude #ArtModel #NudeModel #Urbex

The next group of images from a wonderful morning shoot with @becsmodels in Buffalo.

Here's another group of images from the fantastically productive morning with

@becsmodels.bsky.social.

#ArtNude #ArtModel #NudeModel #Urbex

I’m not sure if it is a fit of whimsy

Or menace

Which leads her to twirl

That concoction of flame and metal

Above her head.

But it pulls me in closer

Closer

“Ever closer, my pretty…”

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

Here's another group of images from the fantastically productive morning with

@becsmodels.bsky.social.

#ArtNude #ArtModel #NudeModel #Urbex

The next group of images from a wonderful morning shoot with @becsmodels in Buffalo.

Zoe West - urbex in Buffalo, NY

The music, the movement, the art

Bares her soul for all to see.

The heat, the rhythm, the flow

Builds into a sweat soaked frenzy,

With her eyes focused

On another place and time.

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

The flames reveal what the night conceals:

She is sprightly and fæger in that humid night air.

A frame of the moment, incandescent,

Like cereus, that night bloom a joyous

Affirmation of life and the evenings delights.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #festival, #firehoop, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Pyromancy, #steampunk, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

A window between worlds

A stile connection

Where I am and

Where I’m going

While Equus looks on.

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

Two different versions of the same image. No poetry with this one as the lyric of the image stands on its own, I think.

However, I processed each a bit differently, to include the crop. Both versions speak to me for their own reasons, but what do you think?

Here's another group of images from the fantastically productive morning with

@becsmodels.bsky.social.

#ArtNude #ArtModel #NudeModel #Urbex

Another set of images from my fantastic morning with the beautiful muse,

@becsmodels.bsky.social

.

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

The flow of dance

Across the stage

Has moments of quiet anticipation

And frenetic heat.

That pause is freighted

In heightened anticipation.

What comes next?

And are we ready?

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

Her reign is supreme

As her crown of flames

Fills the night air

With shards of light

And a hot radiance.

- a fragment

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

I’ve felt the fire and lived with the pain

I’ve wandered down that road

With little to gain.

Life’s tests come and I do what I can

Strangers flow by and none

See me for who I am.

- a fragment

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

The burdens we bear

Are the promises kept

The sorrows we share

The choices we regret.

It is life’s construction

Forging the way forward

Through our dysfunction

Paths not picked fading into memory

Like autumnal tendrils

Withering on the vine.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #on1photos, #on1pics, #PatDillon, #performance, #Pyromancy, #RoadWork, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

A window between worlds

A stile connection

Where I am and

Where I’m going

While Equus looks on.

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

The flow of dance

Across the stage

Has moments of quiet anticipation

And frenetic heat.

That pause is freighted

In heightened anticipation.

What comes next?

And are we ready?

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

I love playing the game:

Looking at the clouds,

Imagining the different shapes

As something new

And fanciful.

Escape to different worlds:

Can you see

The sugar skull,

The mantis,

The satyr,

Redolent in his priapic glory?

Like dreams

These imaginary pursuits

Free the mind

From boredom,

Stress, or

Trauma.

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

With eyes the burned in the darkness

And passion that warmed the night

She spun that flame, fast and bright.

I saw magentas, oranges and greens

Flashing in that liminal space

Then she was gone, without a trace.

- a fragment

#Aaliyah, #BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #graffiti, #hooper, #hoopgirl, #lensflare, #m43ftw, #model, #night, #NikCollection, #October, #portrait, #shadows, #urbex, #urbexmodel, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Her reign is supreme

As her crown of flames

Fills the night air

With shards of light

And a hot radiance.

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

Unconditional love

Whether you want it or not

Is the reward given

When you choose me.

- a fragment

#Allentown, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #dog, #dogsofig, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab,#igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #om-d, #on1photos,# on1pics, #pooch, #pup, #street, #streetphotography, #Summer

#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

That silken dervish whirled and whipped

Across the stage, knowing

They are all here to see him.

The molten night warped to his will

As his magnetic movement pulled

Our eyes deeper into the darkness..

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #festival, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #Medina, #Mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #on1photos, #on1pics, #performance, #Pyromancy, #steampunk, #Summer, #toned,

#CCwelcome

Proudly walking through the mists of the morning light,

Every stride with purpose, every breath measured,

A prince surveys his demesne, master of all within sight..

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

That smell of smoke and ash enveloped us,

Embers searing and flames popping,

As the band played on…

The barkers’ clarion calls rang out in the night,

Haranguing all and harassing,

And the beat goes on…

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #CurtainUp, #dancer, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firefan, #flames, #flow, #FujiProvia, #holliannrose, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #night, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #performance, #Pyromancy, #Summer, #toned, #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

Do we lead two lives?

One in the light

And one in shadow?

What do we really know

About each other

Our dreams and desires?

Have we even asked?

- a fragment

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

#CCwelcome

A glorious morning spent with @becsmodels_ (IG) doing a little urbex photography.

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

Torn and twisted

“Give me that fire!”

She insisted.

Passion and pain

“Take this thing higher!”

Do it again.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #CurtainsUpBuffalo, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #FujiProvia100, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #on1photos, #on1pics, #PatDillon, #performance, #poi, #Pyromancy, #Summer, #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

The burdens we bear

Are the promises kept

The sorrows we share

The choices we regret.

It is life’s construction

Forging the way forward

Through our dysfunction

Paths not picked fading into memory

Like autumnal tendrils

Withering on the vine.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #Buffalo, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #night, #on1photos, #on1pics, #PatDillon, #performance, #Pyromancy, #RoadWork, #Summer, #toned, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Step into the ring

And look around.

Feel that humid night air

Seep into the ground.

Let loose, have fun!

Scream out the heat

Of your anger and feer.

We all move to that primal

Beat of life

Coursing through the ether

In it dark rhythm.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #eruption, #festival, #fire, #firebreather, #flames, #FujiProNeg, #grass, #LowKey, #m43ftw, #Medina, #night, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Pyromancy, #sparks, #steampunk, #Summer, #OriginalWork

#CCwelcome

Like fireflies flickering through the night

a momentary blaze sets her face alight.

Lost in the flow and feeling the heat

it's easy to glide to that summer beat.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOMSystem, #dance, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firefan, #flames, #flow, #flowartist,# flowarts, #FoyRainbowKitten, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #night, #om-d, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Spring, #street, #streetphotography, #Vanessa, #originalwork

#ccwelcome