The next installment of the always awesome Kranked series is a mere two weeks away - Kranked 8: Revolve is slated for a June 1st release and from what I’ve seen already it’s destined to be the best yet. Here’s the trailer for those of you who haven’t seen it yet - be sure to set your underpants to ’stun’:
For the second year running I’ve been lucky enough to work on stills for a section of the movie, and was yet again blown away by the level of riding, creativeness and craftsmanship that have been captured on film. It’s truly awe-inspiring, and as usual the Coastal Crew were fantastic to work with; if any aspiring pros out there want pointers in work ethic they need look no further than Dylan, Curtis and the Kyles for how it should be done - relentless optimism, professionalism and just general awesomeness is all these guys know.
In lieu of the magazine-bound action shots, here’s a sneak peak taster of some of the behind-the-scenes images from my time with the crew:
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February 9th, 2009
Ever seen a grown man freak out before a few hundred people, stammer wildly then run off stage in tears? Well your lucky night could well be February 26th, when I present a slideshow of my images as part of the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.
Based loosely on the notion of me actually thinking most aspects of mountain biking are kinda cool, it’s a 4 minute slideshow with music followed by 5 minutes Q&A, where I desperately try to pretend I know what I’m talking about. Chance of looking foolish I’m putting at a conservative 95%.
Details are here, if you’re in the area and can make it down, it’d be great to see you!
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January 9th, 2009
Following up from my previous post about the Todmorden Cyclocross, here’s a couple of shots that race organiser, Singletrack magazine editor and all-round nice chap Chipps Chippendale sent of today’s local paper:
Back page
The heady heights of page 17
I don’t often see my shots in newspapers, so this one’s got quite a novelty right now.
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January 5th, 2009
Nothing says “welcome back to the UK” quite like standing in a field on a grey, overcast day, fingers and toes growing steadily more numb as the cold slowly takes over, waiting for a race to start and wondering if actually it would’ve been wiser to stay inside that day.
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January 5th, 2009
It’s as close to a New Year’s resolution that I’m going to make - a decision to work out what all the fuss around Twitter is by giving it a go (again). I can’t promise it’ll be any more riveting than anyone else’s, but for those that are interested my profile’s here:
http://twitter.com/danbarham/
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December 28th, 2008
So a combination of last-minute jobs, a prolonged period of feeling under the weather and no doubt the usual dose of S.A.D. have meant that I’ve neglected to write anything here for a noticeably long time. Here’s a bumper end-of-year post to hopefully make up for it, filled to the brim with a bunch of reject shots.
Hang on, before you disappear in disgust, hear me out; these shots aren’t rejects in the out-of-focus, motion blurred or badly composed category (although I’ve got plenty of those too), but images that for one reason or another didn’t work out. Here’s my eight favourites from the bunch that went nowhere; as normal you can click on ‘em to make ‘em bigger-er…
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November 5th, 2008
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.
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October 30th, 2008
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.
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