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Cyclocross Race by Cycle Werks

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I had a lot of fun taking pictures for Cycle Werks’ second cyclocross race at John Hoag’s house, but I really should have been racing.  Next time, for sure. The motion blur shots are my latest stylized photo attempt. I love the way they look when you get the main subject tack-sharp and the background is blurred. It isn’t easy and it’s even harder in late-evening light like we had on Sunday. I don’t know who a lot of these people are so please tag the people you recognize in the FB link that brought you here.

I’ll offer the same deal that Eric offered. Digital copies (MUCH larger/higher resolution than these) without the watermark are available for $8.00 or 3 for $10.00. 8X10 prints for $14.99 each.

‘Rents Portraits

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I LOVE these pictures. This afternoon will stay with me for as long as I draw breath. My parents are so much fun to be with. They were, of course, apprehensive about posing for portraits. To settle their nerves, I hooked the camera up to the laptop and then ran the HDMI cable to the 60″ television.  Then, I set up Lightroom to shoot tethered and snapped a few shots. In short order, they were hamming it up and enjoying the experience.

My favorite…

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If you’re interested in having your portrait done, please contact me at pete@hustwayte.com.

Kiteboarding Luna Pier

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The first picture is actually from last week at Maumee Bay State Park, but I couldn’t let that one go un-posted. I love the spiral spray from the board. I only wish I was closer when I took it (or that I had that $2k lens that has me salivating). Sorry, no good shots of Brian who we met at LP that day. Maybe next time!

Downtown Scooter Session

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I went downtown to take some photos – just to get some practice with different lighting. As I was walking along Summit St, I saw two kids on scooters cutting through an atrium next to that parking garage that faces the park. On the other side of the atrium was a fountain that I hadn’t remembered ever seeing before. So… new subject matter, right? Cool!

I snapped a couple pics of the fountain and looked around for the next interesting shot when I noticed that the ledges around the fountain had been ridden by skaters and they’d done some grinding on those ledges.  The wild part of what happened next is that I had just watched a video on YouTube by B&H Photo about how if you just park yourself in an interesting spot, the photos will often come to you. You don’t always have to go searching for them.

I started to sit down on the steps to do exactly that; wait for the pictures to come to me. Just then, the two scooter kids came back through the atrium. The kid in the blue/white shirt said, “Hey do you want to get some pictures of us grinding that ledge?”

“Hell yes!” was my reply.

Here’s what I got. As always, if you’d like a full size image or a print, let me know. I’ll hook you up.

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With a whimper

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Sometimes, our yellow dwarf neighbor fights the dusk with all the fire and brimstone she can muster. Other days, she quietly dips below the horizon with barely a wimper… followed by a showy wave good-night.

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Pacesetter Park Skate Session

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Click here for the full gallery!

Saturday, between my bike ride and my evening plans, I made another trip out to Pacesetter Park in Sylvania to snap some more action shots.  Overall, I’d say it was a great shoot. Though, the light got worse the longer I was there.

In addition to the gallery that I uploaded here I also got some sequence shots. Click the image to view the action.
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The first photo in the gallery is actually a shot of the skate park at Highland Park in South Toledo. I only included it because I went there first. Unfortunately, it didn’t appear that there were many kids really trying to work on good runs or specific tricks.  So, I went to the top of the hill and snapped the overhead shot for the Tilt-Shift photo that you see here.IMG_8091-Edit

 

If you’re interested in buying any of these photos as prints, let me know by email pete@hustwayte.com or by commenting below with your FB login. I’ll be happy to hook you up for a good price.

To the three little groms on inline skates.  Sorry, the shots that I got of you didn’t turn out – with the exception of one (the Frontside Nut-slide).  Next time, perhaps.