Professional Mountain Bike Photography based in Western Canada
Out now in Singletrack #45
The latest issue of Singletrack magazine just hit the shelves in the UK - once again it’s their yearly photo annual, and them being the nice chaps they are they ran a feature of mine, as part of the ‘Scenes’ theme for the issue.
For the last few weeks now I’ve been delaying the inevitable, going to great lengths to delay the onset of winter by spending most of my time in the desert pretending the days weren’t getting shorter. It couldn’t last though, and I realised I was staring down the barrel of oncoming snow without much in the way of Fall / Autumn (delete as per your geographical location) shooting under my belt.
Barely three days since returning from Vegas, I was back out there and heading to Utah for the newly reinstated Red Bull Rampage, the freeride event that’s become the epitome of “extreme mountain biking” for many.
It’s not as fun as it sounds, given the context is two days standing out in the desert.
I’m currently out in Las Vegas for perennial industry schmooze-fest Interbike, and spent the first couple of days working for Bikemagic.com, snapping shots of editor Mike Davis as he did test laps of various new bikes. An easy enough gig quickly turned into a death-march endurance slog, as temperatures soared over 100 degrees out on the trails, vital water quickly disappeared and the only shade to be found was under the 32″ reflector I’d brought. Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve been selling a steady trickle of prints from this here very website, and in an effort to boost that stream into a raging torrent I’ve increased the number of prints available from 15 to 32.
Check ‘em out, there’s some brand-new shots in there, and hopefully enough variety to whet a variety of appetites.
Want more information on what you get for your money? Check out this post.
I finally got round to collecting up a few of my recent forays into the world of creative writing, creating a new section of my site where you can download and read them for free. It’s quite a limited selection right now, but what is available can be found here.
More coming as and when I get the chance.
I was looking forward to making the trip back to the Old Country this Christmas to see friends and family, but unfortunately Zoom Airlines, with whom I was booked, seem to have had different ideas and decided to go bust. It’s the kind of thing that makes you wonder if moving away was such a great idea; thankfully the Weather App was on hand to validate my decisions:
It could be a lot worse - it could have rained all summer!
It wasn’t too long ago I mentioned the day shoot I did with Darcy Turenne for an upcoming article in Singletrack magazine, a mix of studio and North Shore trail shots. Turns out they liked ‘em so much one turned up on the cover, much to my delight. Here’s a preview:
Singletrack Issue 44 cover
See that first cover line under “Go Exploring”, “Alaska”? That’s mine too, words and pictures; I’m looking forward to seeing how they laid it out.
Last Sunday was one of those great times where there’s something in the air, the planets align and the day is perfect; hours of actually riding bikes on fresh, tacky singletrack, pine-needle loam flying in the air with every turn and a guaranteed smile at the bottom of every run. A day without photos. A day to remember why I started it all in the first place…
Of course when freeride pioneer and all-round nice guy Brett Tippie showed up, I couldn’t help but snap a few shots for an upcoming article featuring him on NSMB.com. After all, if it’s a business trip I can expense it, right?
Here’s some of the behind-the-scenes (click for bigger-er):
So the last couple of weeks I’ve mainly been busy with two of the main competitions of the year (at least in the BC freeride / DH scene at least), Crankworx and the Bearclaw Invitational. You know what? Two weeks of competition is absolutely my limit; there’s only so much standing around on a hill / hiking down a course I can do before I start to go a little crazy and run screaming for the nearest bike-free destination. Not that I’m complaining about the work you understand, but it does make me appreciate actually riding my bike that much more. I’m spinning the positive here.
I’ve already written way, way too much about the whole “ordeal” in my daily reports for Bikemagic, so here’s a few of my second-favourite (very best ones to mags, natch) shots in lieu of any more lip-flapping.
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