Photo Gallery and Slideshow - Mountain Biking from Boulder to Winter Park and back
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Two weeks ago we embarked on the Dave’s Bachelor Party 1 adventure. Rob got the idea that we would ride our bikes from Ned to Winter Park, spend the night celebrating Dave’s last weekend of singledom, then ride back the next day. So on a bright Saturday morning 5 of us loaded up on the 7:10 bus to Ned loaded down with full packs of gear and clothes for the weekend. We rode the Jenny Creek trail up to the Guinn Mountain Hut where we took our first photo break. From there it was a pretty short ride over Rollins Pass to the top. For the last pitch Rob suggest “Eye of the Tiger” as the theme for the last pitch, so that explains the music in the slideshow. We of course got lost exploring on the way down to Winter Park, which led to a long 7 hour first day. We were really hungry, and dreaming of BBQ food, so we successfully manifested a BBQ as soon as we rolled into Frasier. Ryan easily won the Turkey Leg Eating Championship.
The plan was to take it easy at the bar that night in the name of riding well the next day. But as it turned out, the annual post-Sturgis Winter Park Harley Biker-Fest was in town this weekend. Once those bikers got wind of Dave’s Bachelor party, a “Three Wise Men” shot was served, a body shot from Tattooed Biker Chick was realized, and next thing you know it’s two in the morning and Dave is black-out drunk.
The 8 AM wake up call hurt a lot. The 30 minute climb in the wrong direction hurt even more. But the 15 mile climb to Rollins pass with 30lb packs hurt the most. The grand plan to ride singletrack back into Ned was a dwindling reality. We found a new direct way back via the Eldora ski area, but we still managed to get pounded by a thunderstorm on the way back down into town.
The first day offered great riding. The night in Winter Park provided endless entertainment. And the suffering on the way back to Boulder solidified the event as an Epic Weekend. I wish I took more pictures to fill up the slideshow, but I didn’t. I wisely left the camera at home for the night out at the bar! This account is brief, but I needed to get it posted before we leave tomorrow for our next epic riding adventure. Plus, Dave’s wedding is now in the books and I still have to edit those photos!
Photo Gallery and Slideshow - Bouldering Competition at Outdoor Retailer
My latest addition to the website is a new flash slideshow program. I think it’s pretty cool. It has a pretty slick pan and zoom feature which gives the slideshow a dynamic feel. For my first test I have some photos from the Mammut-EMS Bouldering Championships that were held at the Summer 2007 Outdoor Retailer trade show. Chris Sharma won the Mens’ competition and Alex Johnson took the Womens’. Pretty soon my photos should be posted along with the other photographers who actually edited their photos promptly at www.boulderingcomps.com.
Daily Photo - Random Skateboarding Backside 180 Photo in Denver’s Civic Center Park
Last weekend I was down in Denver shooting Dave’s wedding. No, I still haven’t posted the photos from his Bachelor Party / Mountain bike suffer-fest weekend. But they are coming very soon in new and exciting slideshow form. But I digress. I was shooting his wedding, which was at the Denver Historical Society Building, when the group headed down to Denver’s Civic Center Park for some location photos. It was a popular spot, as another wedding party showed up for pictures in a limo, as well as a portrait photographer and her high school senior. Right as we were wrapping up our shoot, a bunch of skater kids show up and one starts launching backside 180 airs down 9 or 10 steps. Lucky for me I had the Fisheye lens on had so I fired off a couple shots. The funny part is that with all these photographers running around, one kid was reminded that his mom has been bugging him to get his senior photos done. He asks me if I’ll shoot his pictures because the guy his mom wants him to use is ‘gay’. Well dude, email me!
Daily Photos - Green Guru Gear Lifestyle Photography
I’m still going through all the photos that I took on the Salt Lake City Outdoor Retailer trip. I was out there helping out the Green Guru Gear (formerly known as Ecologic Designs) team with their trade show booth. We were leaving the show one night and I took note of this cool looking burned out building that we were passing. We had Kendra with us so we handed her a recycled Billboard Messenger Bag and put her to work as a model. I’m not sure if the burned out building really fits the company image . . . oh wait, sure it does! Someday that building will be recycled into something new! Or maybe torn down to make a new Starbucks, but let’s not go there.
Primal Future Clothing Product Photography Shoot
Last week I was in the studio shooting pictures of clothing for the Primal Future website. Patrick wanted to use live models for the product photos for the website. I hired the models and set up the white backdrop for some fairly straightforward shots. After we got done with the standard shots we decided to have some fun. I love making people jump for the camera :>)
Daily Photo - Meliana in the Studio
I’ve been getting back into the studio after a few months off. In one week I shot three paying gigs there. This is Meliana from Brazil. She is building her modeling portfolio, so look for more shots of her in the near future.
Jose Yavari’s Moab Photo Slideshow Movie
Jose sent me a link to a slideshow he put together of shots that he has taken in Moab over the years. I enjoyed it a lot, we hope you will too.
Daily Photo - The Bobsled Trail
Well I’ve been too busy to blog much this month. My photography work has really been picking up, which is great news. I have a backlog of photos so I’m going to try and make an effort to get them posted. Here are a couple more mountain biking photos from the Salt Lake trip. After packing up the booth on Sunday, the Green Guru crew headed up to the foothills for a quick ride before the sun went down. There are trails all over the hills over the city, which is the complete opposite of Boulder. No land use squabbles here. The hills light up golden yellow every night as the sun sets over the Great Salt Lake. On the way down from this vista we hit the Bobsled Trail. This run is as close to a natural BMX track as I’ve ever ridden. It weaves it’s way down a gully, so the corners are all berms and wall rides. Super fun! The local downhill kids have built some jumps on the course. At the end there are two old cars right in the middle of the trail. The first one is a cool gap jump where you have to clear the car interior. I wouldn’t even consider trying it on the XC bike without any pads. The second car has been filled with rocks so you can ride across the top. I was packing my Strobist setup with one SB-26 and a set of Pocket Wizards so I was able to set up this shot after the sun went down.
Daily Photo - All work and no play makes OR a dull event
I’ve come back from the show motivated to work on a myriad of photo projects. I’m busy plotting and planning, and there isn’t much time left for blogging. Here is a fun shot of some end of the day adult beverage consuming in the Green Guru booth at Outdoor Retailer.
Daily Photo - Park City Aspens
Am I allowed to still label this post ‘Daily Photo’ now that the photos no longer arrive daily?
I’m at a rest stop on the way back from the show and I picked up a wireless signal so I thought I’d check my email and post a photo. In short, the show was very busy and I didn’t have time to get on the computer much. I did mountain bike every day however, and fell in love all over again with the Wasatch Mountains. I really need to spend more time in nature and less in front of the computer. I did take a decent amount of photos, so look for more to come shortly.
Off to Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City
I’m outta here to help my friends Davidson and Justin of Ecologic Designs bring a trade show booth to Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake. Don’t you for a second think that it will be all work; I’m bringing the 29er for some Wasatch mountain bike action with the old crew. Hopefully I’ll get some shooting in. With any luck and a Wifi connection I will be posting some road reports.
Cruiser Photos - It’s just like finding change in the couch
Boulder Cruiser Night Photo Gallery
I just realized that I forgot to post the Photo Gallery that I made of the photos from Boulder Cruiser Night two weeks ago. Doh! But as a bonus, I now have another quality blog entry without actually doing any work, Yippee! Above we have a picture of Hot Robbie’s pimped out Huffy Monoshock, and below we have Zack getting pulled on his skateboard behind the Picnic Table Bike. Note the big lever arm attached to the casters; this enables high speed evasive maneuvering.
Strobist Lighting 102: Cooking With Light
I’ve been following along with Lighting 102 over at the Strobist blogspot. This week was the first class assignment. We were instructed to shoot a single kitchen object, preferably a shiny one. I chose to do my blender. You can check out the full assignment HERE.