A Fireball Kiss. Copyright 2009. Photos by Brian Reed. Visit Brian Reed Photography
This was the first Kiss I blew on the Rose stage at the Colorado Renaissance Festival. The wind conditions were downright intimidating and I got chased off the stage by my own fireball that day. Probably 10 to 15 mph gusts coming from every direction. You can see on the first image of this series that the fireball is sloppy and being popped around by a gust of wind.
The second image takes place while the wind calmed for a fraction of a second. Or perhaps the initial burst of my spray and the resulting heat overcome the gust and the fireball shoots out. The next shot show the wind has regrouped and by the fourth shot you can see how the wind seems to be trying to separate the fuel from the fire. My head has turned a little as I adjust for the wind.
The fifth shot I keep my eye on the ball. The wind has stopped its forward progress and it is backing up on me. This is the end of my fuel anyways. On the last shot in the series I pull back my head. I am staring at the carbon particulate matter, smoke, streaming from where the fireball just was.
