Edwin has an interview over at Breaks Magazine which focuses mostly on his photography but touches on some riding topics. Check it out.
Category Archives: Art
Niagara Falls FS700 by Ryan Navazio
“I took my Sony FS700 to Niagara Falls for an afternoon in November 2013.
Gear:
FS-700
Metabones Speed booster for Canon lenses
Canon 70-200 L f2.8
Canon 16-35 L f.28
5DMK3
Music:
INXS
“Don’t Change” from Original Sin”
Photo of the Week: Rados Ruzic
Originally, Rados had uploaded a photo of the same trick in the same location with the same lighting, but without the rider framed in the lit rectangle. I thought it strange and commented on the photo, asking why he hadn’t done so. He replied that he actually had, and uploaded that image. That image is what you see before you now, the Photo of the Week.
“It was a hot summer day in Belgrade and around 37 degrees celsius. Bike Festival was held in city center. I got call from my friends to go there, so I packed my gear, took my bike and rushed to the festival. Half of the streets were closed because of a bike race and thats why route to the center wasnt complicated. Once I got there, there was a flatland demo session after which we went to ride, we found couple of places which would be impossible to ride if there wasnt bike festival. One of those places was this old building without windows and without roof, it was perfect place for shooting. The light was getting through opening of a window and thats what gave me idea for this photo. I asked one of my friend Miroslav Springelj aka Mire to throw some flat line on the spot where the light was, plan was to capture his shadow there. Setup was simple, only one Nikon SB24 flash (on the right side, behind the wall) triggered with wireless trigger. At the end of the day I finished with couple of great shots and one of them was this one.
Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: Sigma 28-105mm f2.8
Iso: 100
Aperture: F7.1
Shutter: 1/200”
See more of Rados’ work here.
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Posted in Art, BMX, Gear, Photo, Tech
Tagged Miroslav Springelj, Nikon, Photo of the Week, Rados Ruzic, Sigma
“Brush Park BMX” by Jeff Tabb
An interview with Detroit local Justin Thompson about the Brush Park BMX project in an abandoned lot in the Motor City. Crafted by Jeff Tabb.
Wesley McGrath Photo Gallery
Southwestern TCU contributor Wesley McGrath has a photo gallery up on The Albion‘s website. Flip through, get inspired.
“Remember the name Wesley McGrath. He’s one of a new breed of talented BMX photographers. Judging from this photo gallery we’ll be seeing his photos for years to come.
Over the last couple years I’ve gotten to know Wes pretty well and it’s been awesome watching his skills as a photographer grow. This past year it seems like he has really hit his stride and is starting to make a name for himself. They say hard work pays off and Wes is one of the hardest working photographers in the game. He’s always out shooting and has extremely high standards for the images he puts out into the world. The thing most notable about Wes’s work is his ability to make even the simplest tricks look extraordinary. His images are full of energy and you can’t help but wish you were there to witness that one 1/500th-second in time. I can’t wait to see what 2014 will bring for Wes and I’m glad to not only call him a colleague but also a friend.” – Chris Mortensen
“Kicking Around” Film by Tripe Tree
A short film from Brazil about the thrill of street riding and the love for an unknown/unknowable future around each corner and down every alley of a city. Spectacular cinematography and a heartfelt message.
I got a roughly translated behind-the-scenes account from director/filmer/editor/co-writer Germano Gamba:
“Well, me and my friend Julyanno started riding bmx before you even know that it took that name. Surely with our 14 or 15 years to really begin to understand this universe s what he meant to us. We live in a town very large n then we have only one bmx itself in mid-2009 over the internet because everything is happening slowly here on the bmx.
We started in Dirts but did not have much time to ride because we worked from 13 years to keep the bike moving, and if that was not enough we could not have the same long dirts because the owners of the land to put them down . That was really sad but it broke new ground , began to venture into the street since our houses were far from unique skate park . And the street was really where we learn virtually all tricks and movements that we know . Surely as every young man who begins to walk wanted to learn as many tricks and get support to maintain and live bmx bike . But bmx was so grateful to his teachings and good times that we did not want more learn the best tricks but make the cutest possible , as if it were a work of art !
Other difficulties appeared the worst .. Lesions , particularly I almost lost my left leg with a compound fracture en different my friend , but always were one supporting each other and going against our parents who supported us and did not realize that this was more than a sport that was our life!
On this film, we wanted to show a little than think about BMX, to go up against this madness trick trick in the world of BMX.
We film all our rides in our own city (many say they have no places to walk here , but in my opinion ride on the street is having creativity ) so with a more artistic language, film or if you prefer, use only 2 DLSR cameras and some old lens and a lot of creativity and patience e sensibility to chose the best angles.
All features we use
Camera : Canon 600D ( T3i ) and Canon 650D ( T4i )
Eos Lens : Canon 18-55 kit , Canon 70 – 300mm 4.0
Analogic Lens : Yashica ML 50mm 1.9 , 50mm 1.4 Yashica M42 , Pentacon 135mm 2.8 M42 , M42 Revuenon 35mm 2.8
Microphone : Shenggu SG -108
Suports : Black Lambel , Gazslider , Gaz Smartstabil Mini
Started filming in March 2013 and the interrupt filming in July 2013 because Julyanno crashed at work (he fall on the head of a roof as cleaned, and spent several days in a coma with a serious head trauma, but he recovered 100% and we were able to release the film with images that had until then)”
Check out the official website for the film here.
Tagged Germano Gamba, Julyanno Brogni, Kicking Around, Tripe Tree
Hop Photo Contest
Photo by Kaleb Bolton
It’s the cornerstone of most tricks we do on a regular basis, yet the beauty of the bunnyhop is oftentimes overlooked. You don’t need much assistance from a ramp, ledge or launch of any sort- a simple hop can be done pretty much anywhere.
This photo contest will be judged without any bias to a certain riding skill level- because the only trick necessary is a classic bunnyhop. The hop doesn’t even have to be over anything!
Entries can be new or old, in any medium, but you only get one entry. Use the Flickr group to enter (include “Hop Contest” in the title).
The winning photograph will be posted on the front page and the photographer and rider will both receive prize packages from Push It A Stop and TCU.
Deadline is February 1st.
Any questions can be directed to the submissions email.
Photo of the Week: Josh McElwee
Not much to say about this photo- just that it will be the best Photo of the Week ever posted.
“This was shot on an unseasonably warm, rainy December day in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I was out shooting with Josh Stair, Evan Smedley, and Cody ‘Mclovin’ Neiswender when we rolled up to this rail. Josh fired out this switch tooth-hanger in one go.
Three lights were used in the making of this photo. The main light was an Einstein at camera right, about 8 feet up and aimed at the left side of Josh’s face, in order to cast a slight shadow on the side of his face most visible to the camera. This light was also feathered very far to the left in order to keep the light away from the building in the background. The rim light was an AB800 and came from camera left about 40 feet back. The large distance from the light to the subject causes the light to fall over a larger area, and gives me some detail in the trees on the right side of the frame. The final light was a Vivitar 285 on the ground, hidden behind the holiday greens on the bottom of the rail. This was just used as a general backlight and assisted in further separating him from the background.
Camera info:
Canon 5D MK II
70-200 f/4
1/200 at f/4.5, ISO 100”
Check out more of Josh’s work here.
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Posted in Art, BMX, Gear, Photo, Tech
Tagged Josh McElwee, Josh Stair, Photo of the Week
Desktop Wallpaper: Scotty Wemmer
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We shot this photo in Tulsa, OK in March of this year. The spot is called “Hell Ditch” and it’s rather amazing. I had Damian Racut film me setting up and shooting this so that I could make a walkthrough video. I was kinda drowsy, only getting a few hours of sleep on a hotel floor the previous night so I was not 100% mentally acute. My Canon flash wasn’t firing every time and I didn’t realize that. I’m pretty sure it didn’t fire for the final image but oh well.
Thanks to Scotty for doing numerous euro tables, Damian for filming the walkthrough, Rob DiQuattro for comedic relief and Bobby Simmons for moral support.
As a holiday gift, here’s an outtake shot of Rob airing from the other side that you can also have for wallpaper (unfortunately neither of my flashes on the right fired):
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Here is the making of this photograph:
Hasselblad 500 C/M
80mm T* f/2.8 lens
Kodak Ektar 100 film
2x Lumedyne 200w Action Pack
Vivitar 285HV
Canon 580EXII (did not fire)
5x PocketWizard Plus II’s
Digi- Canon 1DIII, 50mm f/1.4 lens
The final image was scanned on an Imacon Flextight X5 scanner and large format prints were made on an Epson 9880 printer (prints are available for purchase)
Posted in Art, BMX, Gear, Photo, Tech
Tagged Canon, Damian Racut, Hasselblad, Hell Ditch, PocketWizards, Rob Diquattro, Scott Marceau, Scotty Wemmer, Tulsa, Vivitar
Photo of the Week: Alex Herzog
“The only downside to the sport of BMX is that it is inherently illegal. Even if you ride in skateparks, most don’t allow bikes, so you are technically breaking the law by riding there. But it is especially hard for us street riders. This day, Nolan [Santana], Joe and I were pedaling around the sketchier parts of South San Francisco in search for new spots. While cruising down the street, I saw Nolan hit this little wallride and thought it would make a good photo, as the wall framed him quite well with his black t-shirt and jeans. However as I was setting up my camera, the tenant came out and started to yell at us to leave after he heard the ruckus. Nolan and I really wanted this photo so we asked if we could just get one more go, and he said in his most terrifying voice “No, now I’m going inside to get my gun, and when I come out, ya’ll better be gone.” We gave it one more go and got this shot, and proceeded to get as far away from this spot as possible. This photo was shot on a 35mm Nikon FTN with no external flashes. I had the camera set at f5.6 with a shuterspeed of 1/250th. In the darkroom I had the enlarger set on a higher filter of 4.5 to really get that contrast and make Nolan pop off that wall. I also did some burning on the tops of the buildings to seperate them from the blown out foggy sky.”
Check out more of Alex’s work here and follow him here.
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Posted in Art, BMX, Gear, Photo, Tech
Tagged Alex Herzog, Nikon, Nolan Santana, Photo of the Week
Push It A Stop 
