The Are You Local? show at First Avenue, featuring bands from around the Twin Cities that are headed down to SXSW in Austin Texas. It was a fun show and packed as usual. I missed the first band but was able to catch the rest on the main stage which included, Romantica, The Pines, Jeremy Messersmith, Peter Wolf Crier, Bight Eyes and Lookbook.
So the other day while I was getting coffee in the coffee shop around the block, the shop also doubles as a bike shop. It’s a pretty great place. Well while I was there I saw a schedule for the upcoming mountain bike series, Minnesota State Championship Series (MNSCS) and the first race was going to be the next day in a suburb of St. Paul.
I thought why not get out there with my camera and a few flashes and work on my outdoor lighting of sports. So I packed up my gear( list of what I took below) and headed out to make some images.
Canon 40D
Canon 550EX Flash
Vivitar 285HV Flash
Canon 15mm Fisheye Lens
Sigma 17-35 Lens
Sigma 24-70 Lens
Sigma 70-200 Lens
3 Pocket Wizard Plus II’s
1 Super Clamp
1 SLR Gorilla Pod
I set the 550EX flash, @ 1/2 power on the gorilla pod and wrapped that around a small, tree/branch that was just along the path. I added a diffuser on that flash. And then I put the Super Clamp with the Vivitar 285 @1/4 power, on a tree branch on the other side of the trail pointing downward. After that it was just shoot shoot shoot. I think I came out with some great stuff that day and am looking forward to the next race to try out some more stuff.
