Lincoln Cyclocross

I just realized that I buried all the climbing I shot in CO earlier this month... I will get back to that. (Grumble)


I Had another chance to get out and shoot cyclocross two weekends ago in Lincoln. There was no muddy, but the course was awesome. It offered plenty of opportunities to play around with this camera thing, but I was still having mixed luck with my PocketWizards - much better than last time though. I had gone to a camera store to see if I could get some help, but of course, they worked perfectly while in the store.

I have been getting a good feeling of what it takes and what I need to shoot racing - this helps me stay focused and not waste any time or energy. The one thing I wish I had was a higher powered ring flash or perhaps one more flash to fill from the front of the compositions I set up. It'd definitely be another wrench in the engine, but it's tough to get more than 1 or 2 frames in of a subject before they move out of the lighting zone. A soft, frontal light would aid in providing better coverage. The F STOP Satori is still the best choice for carrying it all and I find using tripods as light stands to be much more beneficial. The problem with standard lighting stands is they only work on flat surfaces. Cross racing is anything but flat and not being able to adjust leg lengths makes attempting to use them mad wack.

*** Here's a gallery with my favorites from the Lincoln Cyclocross race.

I narrowed it down substancially and I will post the rest if people are interested. There'd be some fun images for print since it's basically like I am setting up an action photo booth on the course.

It seems that every 'Cross race I shoot I decide to not bring my bike to get around. My buddy Chris and I kick ourselves every time for not bringing out our two wheeled friends to mobile around on. It's kinda ironic because if I am not shooting bike racing, I specifically pack my bag to be completely functional and secure while riding.

The blue bag is a soft box and shoot-through umbrella. I was doing a bit of product photography for my friend James, the brains behind Spokiz sunglasses. He is a huge cycling fan so it only makes sense to go to his studio to take pictures via bike!