Archive for April, 2010

Many years ago, when I was still a young lad, I used to race for Schwinn Bicycles.  Every day, I would get up and train from 5:30 till 8am, when I had to be in school.  When school was over, I would get back on my bike and ride till dark;  do my homework and get ready to start it all over again the next day.  Most weeks, I was doing between 5 to 6 hundred miles a week.  I loved bike riding.  There was always something fantastic about the speed and the motion of it.

Well, a long time has passed since then and I am sad to say that I really don’t ride anymore.  But the passion and love of the sport I have never lost.

I heard about the Roswell Criterium (A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course (usually less than 5 km), often run on closed-off city center streets) this past weekend.  Not only did I want to see the race, but I wanted to capture the speed and motion that I used to feel as a kid in my images.  Below are some examples of the race this weekend.

Today, I drove down south to Columbus GA to shoot a corporate volunteer event.  The day’s plans were  to document the activity and success of  volunteers working with a local non profit.  Unfortunately, the day did not go as planned;  just as we were getting ready to start, the sky opened up and it felt like 2 inches of rain dropped upon us in an instant.  Half of the days plans were gone in an moments time.

But even with that, a lot was done and a lot of success was had (with some fun of course).

Just as I was getting ready to wrap up, I was walking around to make sure I captured some of the little things, when all of a sudden two girls yelled at me from outside the fence.  They wanted to know what I was doing and why was I taking pictures.  They were not part of the event, just some kids passing by.  Before I could even answer, they asked if I would take their picture.  Who am I to say no to that! Thankfully, I had my 14-24 lens on my camera and I could pull this off.

I stood up on my toes, put my hands (and camera) through the barbwire and pointed it down. There was no way I could look through the viewfinder.  I just clicked  the shutter, Luck must have been on my side as I think this ended up being my favorite shot of the day.  I know that it doesn’t fit my purpose of the day, but for me personally I love everything about it. The smiles on the girls faces, the way the boys line up behind them.

Just perfect stuff.

Rock Gym Shots

April 14, 2010

A local Rock Climbing Gym asked me and the great Megan Case to shoot the gym for a new website they are putting together.  To be honest, this ended beng a lot harder then I thought and I think we are going to have to go back.  While I got a few good shots, most of them are not what I would want to show the public.  I decided that I needed to do my lights a bit differently and shoot at different angles.  While the lighting was OK, the angles just were all off.  Live and learn as they say.

But as I said, I got a few and here they are:

Yes, she is climbing upside down.

I am litterly hanging over the edge to get these next two shots.  One of the guys was hanging onto my belt as I leaned over (way over) the edge.

Some Random Portraits

April 11, 2010

I had forgotten to post some of my favorite shots form a session I did a few weeks ago. It is hard to pick the best of the best when you have so many good ones to choose from.  The “traffic” shots were just wild.  I think we almost caused some accidents by being out there.  Just too funny.