A divine wind whispered through the trees

Leaves scattered and skin chilled

A soft cry echoes at the edge of hearing

Shadows rippled and a tear fell.

- a fragment

#beauty, #BreakFreeWithOlympus, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #flow, #flowarts, #flowjam, #HoytLake, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #Mys.Dvyn.Ryn, #night, #NikCollection, #NY, #RyanJames, #fans, #street, #streetphotography, #Summer, #microfourthirdsgallery, #originalwork

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Buffalo Flow Project 209

Another installment from my collab documenting a couple local flow arts performers.

#BreakFreeWithOlympus #m43ftw #flow #flowarts #personalproject #fire #flame #firedancer #dancer #mono #monochrome #monochromemonday #toned #agameoftones #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #igersbuffalo #microfourthirdsgallery #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #behindthelens #holliannrose

#ccwelcome

Wreathed in Flames - Vanessa's wrapped up in her flow.

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #buffalove, #city, #DxOPhotoLab, #DxOFilmPack, #fire, #firedancer, #firefan, #flow, #flowarts, #flowartist, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #mono, #monochrome, #nikcollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography

#ccwelcome

Buffalo Flow 2022

We are finally getting back to weather that accommodates the flow. Here's Gerald, aka SpaceBearBeeBop, soaking in the heat.

#M43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #flow #flowarts #night #street #streetphotography #streetperformer #flame #fire #spacebearbeebop #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #microfourthirdsgallery

#ccwelcome

Buffalo Flow Project

Wrapping up my images of Holli from this collab focused on a couple local flow arts performers. She was an absolute joy to work with and I had far too many good shots to share in this project!

#m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #flow #flowarts #fire #flames #firedancer #dancer #mono #monochrome #toned #agameoftones #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #holliannrose #urbex #urbexmodel #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #behindthelens

#ccwelcome

Buffalo Flow Project

Wrapping up my images of Holli from this collab focused on a couple local flow arts performers. She was an absolute joy to work with and I had far too many good shots to share in this project!

#m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #flow #flowarts #fire #flames #firedancer #dancer #mono #monochrome #toned #agameoftones #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #holliannrose #urbex #urbexmodel #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #behindthelens

#ccwelcome

Fanning the Flames

Another person lost in the #flow of firedancing.

#flowarts #flowartist #fire #flames #firedancer #firefan #street #streetphotography #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #microfourthirdsgallery #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #NikCollection #on1pics #on1photos #Summer #night

#ccwelcome

Kiss the Sky...

Gerald, aka SpaceBearBeeBop, lost in a moment of flow. I haven't posted as much lately because I've been wrapped up in a project around the wedding of a couple good friends, but I wanted a little diversion. This image violates pretty much any principle of composition and I'm sure it wouldn't score well in competition. But lately I've grown more attached to the content of the image versus its structure and this one is composed to convey the emotion of moments like these.

#flow #flowarts #firebreather #firebreathing #fire #flame #street #streetphotography #streetperformer #Buffalo #NY #FenixFireProductions #igersbuffalo #buffalove #inthebuff #microfourthirdsgallery #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #dxophotolab #dxofilmpack #on1pics #on1photos

#ccwelcome

Entranced and enhanced

the flame is beguiling

Beautifully cutting

her look slices through the night.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #candid, #DxOPhotoLab, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #Halloweeen, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #Mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #night, #NY, #street, #streetphotography, #toned, #originalwork

#ccwelcome

Freedom

It can be from constraint

Or permission to act.

It can be an unleashed tongue

Or the power to move

Without thought of how others

Could look askance.

Movement

and attitude

Matter naught when spinning

with unconstrained joy.

- a fragment

#beauty, #BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flow, #flowarts, #flowjam, #flowartist, #hoop, #HoytLake, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #night, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetphotography, #candid, #summer, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

Sliding and spinning

while the music flows around her

Life is good

and her joy fills the air.

- a fragment

#beauty, #BreakFreeWithOlympus, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, flow, #flowarts, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #NikCollection, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Spring, #street, #streetphotography, #toned, #OriginalWork

#ccwelcome

Taste the Flame

This guy was an absolute magician with the flame. Much of the other people I've shot at different flow sessions went big, but this maestro entertained at entirely different level.

#flow #flowarts #flowartist #firedancer #fire #flame #street #streetphotography #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #igersbuffalo #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #night #Summer #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #microfourthirdsgallery

#ccwelcome

First flow session of the season for me

Havok, Havok

"Look what I can do, brother!"

As warmth spreads through the night air,

One man watches as his kin

Sets the night afire.

#flow #flowarts #flowjam #night #fire #flame #firebreather #street #streetphotography #Buffalo #buffalove #NY #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #NikCollection #on1pics #on1photos #Summer

#CCWelcome

Much of what I do

is done because it drives me.

I have goals,

I have desires,

I have get pleasure from the act.

Some people want to show

and others want the experience.

Each person on the stage

is there for reasons of their own.

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firedancers, #flame, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #mono, #monochrome, #night, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned

#originalwork, #ccwelcome

Daryl's Gauntlet of Fire - little did we know that we had a superhero in our midst...

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firedart, #firedancers, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #HoytLake, #m43ftw, #mono, #monochrome, #night, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned

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Buffalo Flow Project 710

And here's the final image from this project. Thank you for checking out my work!

#m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #personalproject #flow #flowarts #dance #dancer #firedancer #sparks #motion #urbex #urbexcorridors #urbexmodel #mono #monochrome #toned #agameoftones #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #iloveny #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #behindthelens

#ccwelcome

The night unleashes us.

In the evening glow

we can shed the day's stress

and let loose

through our personal flow.

We can create.

We can move.

We can live in the moment,

or we can plan

for moments to come.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #firefan, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #FoyRainbowKitten, #HoytLake, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #mono, #monochrome, #night, #nikcollection, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #silverefex, #street, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned, #Vanessa, #originalwork

#ccwelcome

Howl at the coming night,

Your hot breath

Flaring up across the fading light.

Raging in isolation,

Sinews taut

Against the evening's cold deprivation.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #fire, #firebreather, #firedancers, #flow, #flowarts, #m43ftw, #night, #ny, #street, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned

#originalwork, #ccwelcome

Whistling just past his ear

the hot breath of the orb

spun with intensity and intent.

Whirling through the night

he danced with fire

barefoot on that hot cement.

- a fragment

#Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firedart, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #microfourthirdsgallery, #Mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #night, #NikCollection, #NY, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #toned, #originalwork

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Fenix Fire 05

Continuing my current project in collaboration with a local Fire Arts team. Taming the Dragon...

#fire #firearts #flame #flow #flowarts #performance #performancearts #FenixFire #urbex #urbandecay #trainstation #hallway #graffiti #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #igersbuffalo #microfourthirdsgallery #BreakFreeWithOlympus #m43ftw #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos

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"She dances in a ring of fire, and throws off challenge with a shrug..."

-- Jim Morrison

#buffalo, #buffalove, #city, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #firedart, #flow, #flowarts, #FoyRainbowKitten, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #microfourthirdsgallery, #night, #nikcollection, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #ringoffire, #street, #streetperformer, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned

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Dancing Under a Crown of Flames - I really enjoy how modern software allows me to process images this clearly while shooting at ISO6400.

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firecrown, #firedancers, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #night, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #Provia, #street, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned

As day flows into night,

and the world grows dimmer

through the fading of the light,

A few turn to warm fires.

while the pale moon's glimmer

gives others what they desire.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firedancers, #flame, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #luna, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #night, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #poi, #street, #streetphotography, #summer

#originalwork, #ccwelcome

Buffalo Flow Arts

As seen last Summer on a warmer day. I can't wait until we return to nights like this.

#flow #flowarts #firedancer #buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #microfourthirdsgallery #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympu #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #behindthelens

#ccwelcome

Fanning the Flames

Another person lost in the #flow of firedancing.

#flowarts #flowartist #fire #flames #firedancer #firefan #street #streetphotography #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #microfourthirdsgallery #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #NikCollection #on1pics #on1photos #Summer #night

#ccwelcome

Like a rainbow arcing before a cold front

she lights up the night.

The rhythm & flow of silk

wraps around her with a soft murmur

of life and mystery and love.

- a fragment

#Autumn, #BreakFreeWithOlympus, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOLabs, #DxOPhotoLab, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #inthebuff, #LED, #m43ftw, #Mono, #monochrome, #NikCollection, #NY, #on1photos, #on1pics, #outdoors, #September, #street, #streetperformers, #streetphotography, #Summer, #toned, #originalwork

#ccwelcome

Now that I've completed my portion of the collaborative project around a local group of Flow Arts performers, I can start publishing my stills. This lovely dancer is #holliannrose and she was a great model and an easy subject to work with.

#m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #personalproject #flow #flowarts #dancer #fire #flame #firedancer #mono #monochrome #toned #Buffalo #NY #urbex #urbexmodel #buffalove #igersbuffalo #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos

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Tested out a new ND 10-stop filter from B+W.

Buffalo Flow Arts

#SpaceBearBeeBop doing his flow thing!

#flow #flowarts #street #streetperformer #firedancer #sparks #night #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #BreakFreeWithOlympus #m43ftw

#ccwelcome

The Burning Kiss - I've struggled to get solid imagery of Daryle. He's one of the most skilled flow artists in the group but it's a rare image I make of him that I feel is print-worthy. This is an exception.

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firedancers, #firedart, #flow, #flowarts, #m43ftw, #mohawk, #night, #nikcollection, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #singe, #street, #streetphotography, #summer

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Buffalo Flow Project 345

#spacebearbeebop doing his thing. More than anyone else that I've seen, Gerald seemed to bend the fire to his will in his performances.

#m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #personalproject #flow #flowarts #firedancer #fire #flames #dancer #urbex #fineart #fineartphotography #mono #monochrome #toned #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #iloveny #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #behindthelens

#ccwelcome

The fiery orb swings though the night sky

circling his breath in the cold air

like a flaming comet.

The stage is his to own

and he fills the space

with fire and song.

- a fragment

#Buffalo #buffalove #city #DxOilmPack #DxOPhotoLab #firebreather #flow #flowartist #flowarts #HoytLake #igersbuffalo #inthebuff #microfourthirdsgallery #mono #monochrome #monochromemonday #niftyfifty #night #nikcollection #ny #on1pics #on1photos #street #streetperformer #streetphotgraphy #OriginalWork

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Like wisps burning a path through the night,

the sisters wound their way

through those abandoned corridors.

Innocent though they might seem,

an interruption of their vigil

could trigger a night of pain and horrors.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #graffiti, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #night, #NikCollection, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #performance, #urbex, #urbexcorridor, #urbexmodel, #originalwork

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Buffalo Flow 2022

From my first time out shooting the flow artists this season.

#street #streetphotography #flow #flowarts #firedancer #night #fire #flame #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos

#ccwelcome

Push on forward, face the pain.

Embrace that moment,

Don't deflect or dodge the flames.

Feel that sweat roll down your back.

That work is potent,

The strain proves you are on track.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #Buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOPhotoLab, #firestaff, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #NikCollection, #NY, #on1photos, #on1pics, #outdoors, #profile, #street, #street performers, streetphotography, #StreetLevelPhotography, #originalwork

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Consumption

Breathing fire at a local park.

#flow #flowarts #firebreather #street #streetphotography #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos

#ccwelcome

Knives Out

Playing with long knives

Has a delicate balance.

Edges are tricky and I've

Seen novices get burned.

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #eyes, #fire, #flames, #flow, #flowarts, #flowjam, #HoytLake, #igersbuffalo, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #mono, #monochrome, #night, #nikcollection, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned

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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

Buffalo Flow Project 553

Another dimensional image from this collaborative project documenting the local #FlowArts movement.

#m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #flow #fire #flame #firedancer #comingatya #urbex #urbexmodel #mono #monochrome #monochromemonday #toned #agameoftones #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #igersbuffalo #microfourthirdsgallery #behindthelens

#ccwelcome

Abiding Grace

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #fire, #firedancers, #flow, #flowarts, #igersbuffalo, #m43ftw, #microfourthirdsgallery, #mono, #monochrome, #monochromemonday, #night, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #street, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned

#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

The night unleashes us.

In the evening glow

we can shed the day's stress

and let loose

through our personal flow.

We can create.

We can move.

We can live in the moment,

or we can plan

for moments to come.

- a fragment

#BreakFreeWithOlympus, #buffalo, #buffalove, #DxOFilmPack, #DxOPhotoLab, #firefan, #flames, #flow, #flowartist, #flowarts, #FoyRainbowKitten, #HoytLake, #inthebuff, #m43ftw, #mono, #monochrome, #night, #nikcollection, #ny, #on1photos, #on1pics, #silverefex, #street, #streetphotography, #summer, #toned, #Vanessa, #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

Breathing Flame

More firebreathing #flow - I love how the superheated air gets distorted almost like invisible flames.

#flow #flowarts #flowartist #firebreather #street #streetphotography #Buffalo #NY #buffalove #inthebuff #igersbuffalo #microfourthirdsgallery #m43ftw #BreakFreeWithOlympus #DxOPhotoLab #DxOFilmPack #on1pics #on1photos #nikcollection

#ccwelcome