Firedrums 2025

Photos taken from California's largest fire circle.

Fire

Photos taken from fire spinning meetups and events.

Flow Arts

Photos taken from flow arts, juggling, and circus meetups and events.

Portraiture

Photos taken of subjects in city, nature, and studio settings.

Robertson + Wilson Wedding

Photos taken for my sister and brother-in-law's big day.

About Me

I am a trans-nonbinary architect, performance artist, and photographer based in Oakland, CA. While I have been taking photos my entire life with hand-me-down cameras, I have been truly practicing the craft since 2016 when I was given my older siblings' old Canon Rebel T2i. I learned how to use DSLRs that summer at my last year of the fine arts camp that I attended in middle and high school, and have been fully hooked since. I used that camera all the way until I bought my Canon EOS 5D Mk IV in Spring 2023.I have been practicing flow arts and fire photography almost as long as I have been in the community when I joined it in Fall 2017. These photos started as part of the flow arts club I was a part of throughout college, and continued as something that I only did with friends for a few years after. In the beginning of 2025, I decided to start taking photos of the local fire jam and have now become a staple photographer of the community.

Photo by Alex Denney

While my focus has shifted greatly from the types of photography that I started with, I do like to look back on those photos that I took at summer camp in 2016 to remember where it started.

Firedrums 2025

Photos that I took for fun during nights 2 and 3 of Firedrums 2025, California's longest running fire and flow arts festival. The full album of the photos that I took can be found HERE.

Fire

Photos taken primarily at Oakland's Friday Night Lights and Full Moon fire jams hosted at Lake Merritt. I regularly practice and experiment with the photos that I take at these jams as I am constantly looking to improve as a fire photographer and develop unique editing styles.

Flow Arts

Photos taken of daytime and LED flow arts, juggling, and circus shenanigans.

Portraiture

Photos taken of subjects in city, nature, and studio environments.

Robertson + Wilson Wedding

Photos taken of my sister and brother-in-law's wedding in May 2023. Done in partnership with our older sibling and their partner, with all edits handled by me. Featured photos are mostly those that I took, excluding the cake cutting and first dance as I was taking video but wanted to include them.