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Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Wardrobe: Costume Junction.
Organization: Creative Light Photography
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A rainbow and brightly lit patch of middle distance against a sinister dark sky as a snow squall sweeps over. Looking north from Barningham Moor.
This began as a simple self-portrait experiment and turned into a study of restraint.
One light. No fill. Letting the shadows do most of the talking.
I’ve always admired how the old masters—especially Rembrandt—used darkness not as absence, but as presence. The light doesn’t explain everything here, and that’s intentional. Age, texture, and time are allowed to show without correction.
This image also marks my first submission of 2026 to 52Frames, a project that traditionally begins the year with a selfie—an invitation to look inward before pointing the camera outward again.
Shot digitally, but with a deliberate nod to classical portraiture, where mood mattered more than sharpness, and silence carried weight.
That Autumn Feeling ~ Distant Grackle Flock ~ Fall/Autumn 2015
As you know, we here in Florida don't get the changing-season colors...but sometimes those Autumn and Fall colors just seem to show up anyway! ~ Boca Raton, Florida ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
(two more Fall/Autumn captures in the comments)
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A break in a rather sinister looking sky creates a bright patch on Newsham on the North Yorkshire/County Durham border, as seen from Van Farm, Lower Teesdale
Organization: Tim Engle
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer.
Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Organization: Tim Engle
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer.
Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
We took our Hasselblad V to EOS RhinoCam to Caesars Head State Park in South Carolina.
- Photo by Sean Anderson
Worked with low, warm lighting and cooler shadows for a quiet cinematic mood
Canon EOS RP 24-105mm
Edited with Affinity Photo
Organization: Tim Engle
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer.
Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Prints and Canvasses Available
A patch of bright sunlight on the lower slopes of Holwick Fell and valley bottom. Patches of snow from a recent cold snap cling to the upper slopes
Summer Sunset ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
South Florida ~ Palm Beach County, Florida
[FYI: the sun dropped directly under the bird]
(four more photos from this night in the comments)
Organization: Tim Engle
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer.
Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Hockey Portrait
Lighting info:
Paul Buff B1600 with a Fotodiox Pro 5ft Octabox from the left powered by Vegabond Mini battery and triggered with Pixel King Pro Triggers. yn560 in 2ft softbox behind and to the right.
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Almost as colourful as in autumn, these roadside oak trees provide a splendid display of colour as they come into full leaf in strong spring sunshine, emphasized by a dark stormy sky.
A dramatic black and white architectural street photograph capturing a lone woman crossing the Big Red Bridge in Salford Quays. The striking ironwork structure creates a geometric tunnel effect, with the low sun streaming through and casting bold, repetitive shadows across the bridge deck. The silhouetted figure provides human scale against the monumental industrial engineering, while the bright sunburst at the end of the bridge creates a powerful focal point. The interplay of light and shadow transforms this functional pedestrian crossing into a study of pattern, geometry, and solitude. The Victorian-era ironwork demonstrates the enduring beauty of Manchester's industrial heritage repurposed for modern urban connectivity.
In the silent beat before the storm, a young athlete lifts his leg with purpose—focused, fearless, and utterly present. Time seems to pause as the ball slices through the tension in the air, eyes locked on its path, teammates and opponents suspended in anticipation.
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A vivid rainbow drops onto East Shaws farm, Whorlton, Teesdale and scatters a flock of wood pigeons
A father carries his child on his shoulders, walking away from the blazing midsummer bonfire. Silhouetted against the bright flames, the scene captures the striking contrast between the power of fire and the fragility of human life.
Sometimes emotion doesn’t need motion, it lingers, still and steady, in the quiet gaze of a single moment. This portrait captures the calm defiance that lives behind the eyes, the kind that doesn’t shout or break, but holds its ground softly, like light against shadow.
Shot as part of my ongoing fine art portrait series, this image explores resilience, identity, and inner stillness through minimalism and tone. The texture of light, the grain of the skin, the shadow that breathes around the form, together they create not just a photograph, but a conversation between strength and silence.
11 Days to wander the northern part of Norway on my own with only my camera and a rental car to keep my company. It was a magnificent road trip that took me to the tip of Lofoten, into the winding fjords of Senja, and through the surrounding fjords. The weather was challenging most days, but also delivered incredible natural light.
Happy May the 4th everyone! May the 4th be with you :) Here's a Star Wars themed photo my friend Cole and I created a couple months back. It's probably the coolest colab we've done so far.
Model: Cole: www.instagram.com/laceworklook/
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Organization: Panoptic.
Location: FreeFlow Academy
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Photos of a beautiful Wedding in Cape Breton Island taken at the Fortress of Louisburg Historical site
Lighting info:
Paul Buff B1600 with a Fotodiox Pro 5ft Octabox powered by Vegabond Mini battery and triggered with Pixel King Pro Triggers.
Exploring my back yard, capturing the changing of the seasons in a few photos.
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2015 CMES Photo Exhibit Theme: Labor and Leisure
Michael Zaccaria
Aït Oudinar, Morocco, 2013
A young woman bakes medfouna at an inn in Aït Oudinar in the Gorge of the Dades River in the High Atlas Mountains.
Arms outstretched, heart wide open —
he stands at the threshold where shadows yield to brilliance.
A silhouette against the promise of tomorrow,
poised between the safety of the known
and the thrilling mystery of all that lies ahead.
In this fleeting moment, courage and wonder meet in a burst of light.