A very talented friend of mine Rika Pere invited me to a top secret fire spin / light paint session right at the base of Baldy on the Big Wood River. To arrive at what now feels like a spiritual setting we walked through some trees, tip toed on a log crossing a creek, and stumbled around on river rocks. I rolled up on a small group of people spinning fire with strange metal contraptions. It was kind of comical at first witnessing somebody dancing with a LED hula hoop, like…..am I the only one not on psychdellics?


I came prepared…in mind and gear….To better my understanding of the camera and to acheive the desired result I set my camera to manual setting long exposures, correct white balance, ISO, and aperture setting….(speaking of that, next time, with the shutter open for a good amount of time I will play with focus hopefully making the light larger and smaller).

I also brought a tripod for sharper images. On the topic of sharper images I brought the 24mm 1.4 lens compliments of my girl, HMaybery.
At first I sat back and documented the show.


Rika and her posse are naturally talented creative people who were great to bounce ideas back and forward with. This was probably the highlight of the night.

Until next time, enjoy!