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If I’m outside no later than 5am, I have time to stargaze before the first hint of dawn back-lights the eastern hills. By 5:30 there is enough light to see pretty well. This morning I got on my bike at 5:40, and with the super-bright LED headlight aimed at the ground a little ways out from my front wheel, I could see any obstacles on the road clearly and in a timely fashion. The main things to avoid are mounds of deep soft sand, protruding rocks, and cholla cactus balls, with their vicious barbed tips. To get the best view of the desert landscape, I prefer to ride fully standing on the pedals, the extra elevation really helps. In this fashion I’m best able to sneak up on jack rabbits, not to shoot, but just to count, just for fun. On this particular trip the current tally is 15. Riding my bike on a four-wheel-drive road in the desert while the sun comes up is too fun. Rad Mini Step-Thru 2.
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ATV Off-roading Trilogy (aka Quad Trilogy): Hillside Rollover, Mud Hole, River Crossing
I have a long list of various off-roading scenes I want to build all based on photos I take while quadding (that's why my scenes always have me taking photos in them!). I decided to do the River Crossing back in 2016. I had tried the water technique in a previous build and finally got enough of the 8x8 plates to make this scene work.
In early 2017 I found out about BrickCan and thought I should build more off-road scenes to take to the show. I came up with the idea of a 'trilogy' of quad scenes - 3 different scenes, each showing a specific action with slightly different settings, but presented as one 'story'. So I chose scenes of getting stuck in a mud hole (which I had built previously, but wanted to do a 'better' version), and rolling a quad on a hillside, as I thought they fit together with the river crossing as a good story.
The ATV Off-roading Trilogy travelled to a few different shows in 2017 (several times in a suitcase!):
- BrickCan (Richmond, BC - *won "It's a Thing" award)
- Brickspo (Moose Jaw, SK - *won "Best of Town")
- Brix n Blox (Calgary, AB)
- BrickCon (Seattle, WA)
- BricksLA (Los Angeles, CA) in 2018
I photographed it back in 2017, but it was before I really knew how to do backdrops, and was instead spending tons of time post-processing in PS to get a floating white background. That is a LOT of work when you have things like trees with irregular outlines. Unfortunately I had to take apart the builds before I learned to photograph them better. Now over 2 years later I finally gave up on the editing, and am just going to post the pics as-is - hopefully the backgrounds aren't too distracting!
Dersingham-15.3.09. Went along to give support, advice (Hah!) and abuse to some friends taking part in an off road trial. This is Pete attempting to get out of a hole!
Went along to give support, advice (Hah!) and abuse to some friends taking part in an off road trial. Going for it!
Rascal and Snax make note in the future to avoid ridges marked, “the Devil’s Spine” or the “the Dragon’s Teeth” or “Not a Trail”
Went along to give support, advice (Hah!) and abuse to some friends taking part in an off road trial. Colin getting a bit stuck….
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I taught a class on commercial photography where we used my 2021 Ford Bronco as the subject matter. I showed the class how to "use what you have" in a creative way to deliver deliverable material to a client. In this case we faked an off-roading scene in a parking lot with a wooded lot adjacent to it.
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