I spent last weekend in the Forest of Dean at the Single Speed European Championships. It was awesome. Seriously, the best mountain biking event I've been too in years. Great atmosphere, great weather, great riding — the only thing I wasn't totally sold on was riding in one gear. It HURTS! I went with 32x16 and after 40km and 1000m of climbing on race day, my legs were toast. I was loving the descents though: the Forest of Dean really does have some excellent singletrack, and my recently converted Genesis iOiD performed perfectly.
There's going to be an article about the event with photos by me in an upcoming issue of MBR. I really should write it now while I still this enthusuastic about it.
Next stop, Dalby World Cup (to watch, not ride, obviously).
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010
James & Anna's wedding
My brother James and his girlfriend Anna got married yesterday. I was chief photographer. We had a great day, with the wedding in Chelsea Town Hall, then we got a Route Master Bus across town to Beauberry House in Dulwich Village. The whole collection of photos are here
The photo here was taken with my 7D, a Canon 10-22mm lens and two flashes, triggered by Yongnuo RF-602 radio triggers. I only got the triggers this week and while they proved reliable at the wedding, I can't get them to sync at 1/250s, the camera's sync speed. Instead I'm limited to 1/200 of a second. It's not a huge problem but on a sunny day it makes life more difficult. Still I think we got the shot here.
Bizzarely, we made it onto the BBC news, thanks to the Tories plan to give married couples £150 per year. The video is on the iPlayer here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8613689.stm
One last photo - James, my Gran and me, taken by Laura.
The photo here was taken with my 7D, a Canon 10-22mm lens and two flashes, triggered by Yongnuo RF-602 radio triggers. I only got the triggers this week and while they proved reliable at the wedding, I can't get them to sync at 1/250s, the camera's sync speed. Instead I'm limited to 1/200 of a second. It's not a huge problem but on a sunny day it makes life more difficult. Still I think we got the shot here.
Bizzarely, we made it onto the BBC news, thanks to the Tories plan to give married couples £150 per year. The video is on the iPlayer here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8613689.stm
One last photo - James, my Gran and me, taken by Laura.
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
My Brother's stag do
We had a pretty good laugh coasteering, dressing up like idiots, drinking and visiting theme parks in west Wales. The hangovers on Sunday morning were no laughing matter however. The wedding's this coming Saturday and I'm shooting that too - wish me luck!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Where have you been?
Sorry, I've been being tardy. Well, that and busy and ill. Since Turkey I've been to Tuscany (it rained) for the XX Maremma Cup race, then back home to do loads of work, then to Wales to meet Rowan Sorrell, then I got sick, and then the new issue of Cycling Weekly came in with my shot on the cover. Nice.
Oh, and I ordered a Canon 7d. Can't wait for that to show up! Should be tomorrow. Hopefully.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Istanbul
I'm in Turkey at the moment with Laura. Pretty special place although I can't quite get my head around the hard sell. Visited the Aya Sofia today, ate fish sandwiches and walked around the Grand Bazaar and the Spice Bazaar. Which is why I'm in bed blogging - my feet hurt!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Seat mounted off camera flash
Today - yesterday infact, it's got late - I was out shooting covers for Cycling Weekly and Cycling Active Magazines with Claire Beaumont and Ben Spurrier from Condor Cycles. I wanted to get some panning shots, but without harsh shadows on the riders faces, so I came up with this solution.
The idea was to put a flash underneath the front rider's saddle, then get them both to sprint, one in front of the other rider, opening up the possibility of multiple strobed panning shots. The results were ok but the problem was distance - getting the front rider out of the shot - and recylcing - by the time the flash had recycled at 1/2 power (sunny day) they'd gone through my shooting zone. Still, I'll persevere with this, it's got legs.
As it was a paid gig I haven't really got any outtakes to show you - yet - but I'm pretty happy with them. The weather plaid a big part though - you don't get many days like this in February: Spring is very much on its way!
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Rollapaluza — Herne Hill
Mark Cavendish turned up and didn't ride. Booooo! Results and all that here
I was shooting with the Bronica again, and I had a go at cross processing, using Provia 400x. The results weren't as wacky as I hoped for. Next attempt will be outside. Maybe more light will make a difference
I was shooting with the Bronica again, and I had a go at cross processing, using Provia 400x. The results weren't as wacky as I hoped for. Next attempt will be outside. Maybe more light will make a difference
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