This image turned out exactly how I envisaged it when I was stood in front of this little tree dancing through the ochre of the autumn coloured ferns.

A group of fire dancers performing at the side of the River Thames

Painting with light one evening on Fiesta Island in San Diego, California.

Another shot from this past summer's Chicago Fire Festival. I like to edit photos pertaining to warmth when I'm extremely cold...

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Lewis Ginter

Portrait of a fire dancer at the end of his performance of the Kecak Fire Dance, a traditional Balinese dance, Ubud, Bali.

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Prague, Czech Republic

RR Tunnel Burn

Tonight I went over the the Glasgow Museum of Art. These dancers were greeting guests to a charity auction.

We howl

because we must.

Primal screams

shred through the night air.

- a fragment

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Stepping through the mist / The triptychon in the mirror

Twisting as words persist / A rumor of a rumor...

-- Frank Green

Yes, this is a "street" image - this is a candid shot I made of a flow artist jamming at a weekly local meetup. This is completely unposed.

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Buffalo Fire Dancer

With the snow coming down outside right now, I've decided that it is time to start wishing for some warmer weather.

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I'm currently working on a collab with a few of the performers pictured in my street work lately. I should have that portfolio complete in the coming week and will probably publish it as a sequenced body of work after I finish with my final images from the summer nights at the Buffalo Flow. In the meantime here's a contextual image for my personal project. It's not a traditional composition, but i like the narrative and it puts the isolated images in this project into a broader setting.

Spacebearbeebop, shown here, will feature prominently in the collaborative project. His skill is something to behold and he's a solid DJ to boot.

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Step into the smoky ring,

Your hands alight

By the circus of flame,

The night burns bright.

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Buffalo Flow Project 655

Gerald certainly is a sparkling performer!

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Burning Release - Gerald just lets it all go when he's breathing fire.

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Fenix Fire 04

Continuing my current project in collaboration with a local Fire Arts team. Meet Gerald (aka SpaceBearBeebop), the heart and soul of the team from what I've seen. He moves like a dancer, is more expressive than a mime and also spins discs with the best of them.

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Poi Dance by Boy Scouts from National Taiwan University.

One of the things that I've liked about my experience documenting the group of performers that like to play with fire is how inclusive they are. One of the performers grabbed the girl sitting next to me and asked her is she would like to try it out. It didn't take much cajoling to get her to play and these shots are of what I think were her first moments playing with fire in this way.

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YES! I have found Fire Spinners!!

It's been a 2 yr long wait from seeing a live performance and knowing I really wanted to do photography with it, to now- having the equipment, know-how, and ideas to start the project.

The stars are gone, covered in winter clouds, so I am busying myself with some other long exposure projects. Anyone have a "Get Out of Jail Free" card?

I've got some other good ones from this night, but even more exciting- there's more nights of fire to come.

Whatchya think?

Firedancers perform in the Market Square (Rynek Główny) with the Town Hall Tower (Wieża ratuszowa) in the background, in Kraków, Poland.

Both tower and square date to the 13th century rebuild following the Mongol invasions, albeit with reconstructions and repairs in the intervening years. The tower is the only remaining part of the old town hall, the rest being demolished in 1820.

Long exposure, shot with a Nikon D40 and a Nikkor AFS DX 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G II lens, mounted on a Joby Gorillapod, and processed in GIMP and Photoscape.

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Step into the smoky ring,

Your hands alight

By the circus of flame,

The night burns bright.

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Just One Kiss...

A tender moment found at last week's Flow on Hoyt Lake.

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Turned out that the grooms sister is a fire dancer. She wowed the wedding guests after the sunset in the d eeply forested back yard.

RR Tunnel Burn

I present this next installment in my project on local fire dancers as a set of 3. Each image from this project is candid street photography - none of the images are posed, though I would love to get a few of these performers into a dedicated photography session where we could play with long exposures or flash in an urbex setting...

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Attended an "Arabian Nights" theme party @ Casanova, Pune. Featured some stunning Exotic Dance performances by professional artists. This was the fire dance

Side by side, hand in hand

Or walking their separate paths,

Their fire burns bright and

Lights the way for those that follow.

- a fragment

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In the moment...

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Burning Release - Gerald just lets it all go when he's breathing fire.

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Buffalo Flow Project 742

The penultimate image from this project MUST include a lovely portrait of the beautifully delicate flames that lit the frames throughout.

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I present this next installment in my project on local fire dancers as a set of 3. Each image from this project is candid street photography - none of the images are posed, though I would love to get a few of these performers into a dedicated photography session where we could play with long exposures or flash in an urbex setting...

#m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #dancer #firedancer #fire #flame #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #716 #igersbuffalo #microfourthirdsgallery #mono #monochrome #toned #DxOPhotoLab #NikCollection #behindthelens

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When I photograph fire dancers my goal is to maintain the figure of the dancer while slowing the shutter enough to create a fire trail. I had a press pass in a birds nest to shoot this image.

Every project needs to include a layered image of two, right?

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Buffalo Flow Project 670 - Pan's Dance

As we get closer to the year-end holidays, I've come to realize that this project sang to me at this time precisely because #SpaceBearBeebop's participation felt Pan-like. How would that matter? I associate Pan with Midsommar festivities and the pagan's opposite holidays were the foundation for why we celebrate Christmas near the Winter solstice. It may not be Krampusnacht right now, but this project still feels appropos.

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Happenstance leads to an evocative composition.

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Buffalo Flow Arts

Another image from warmer times...

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FoyRainbowDragon

Vanessa's just doin' her thing at a recent #FlowJam.

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