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.

In case you are wondering, Eugene has a ton of people who like to play with fire. It’s pretty amazing. These photos are from a party that Apocalyptica Fire Factory performed at. AFF can be found at  http://www.myspace.com/apocalypticafirefactory

This picture was taken just moments before that whip sprayed flames on little ol’ me! It was very scary and I decided that I never want to burn to death in a firey inferno. But, I suppose you don’t see Shamu and not expect to get wet so you don’t hide in a dark corner with a camera right next to crazy cats with flames and throw a fit when you get lit on fire.

Do you think flames come out his nose when he sneezes?

For a bunch more photos of the entire party go ahead and check out the slideshow at http://gretchendrewphotography.com/october18.html