Since moving to Eugene I’ve done several firedancer shoots. Eugene has an amazing community of these artists, and if you get the chance you should check them out. It seems there are performances at every artwalk, and I believe there are performances at Samuri Duck every Monday night. Generally, I edit these in color but I was noticing the lines of the dancers bodies and thought about putting them into black and white. I love how some of these turned out, and thought I’d share. I’m looking forward to working with these artists again this summer.

And with it, I’m coming out of hibernation. I’ve been doing a good deal of event photographs lately and had the great fortune to photograph some amazing performances. But, my art shots have been hiding. I felt it happen as the light started leaving this fall. I’ve had a lot of ideas floating around in my head, but just no real urge to capture them quite yet. I caught these few shots today and thought I’d share. I love these branches, and know that they’ll keep flowering and soon I’ll be drinking glasses of wine in their shade. In May they drop their petals and the back yard is carpeted in white.