Rydal is a small town on the western side of the Blue Mountains. This last weekend it played host to the single-track mind endure race. Gil Romane and I travelled out there under the guise of the Outer Image Collective, our new business initiative, in order to meet the organisers and check out the race.
The trail itself is only a couple of years old and is maintained by the Central Tablelands Mountain Bike Club. Although not hugely technical it is a beautiful trail, running circular laps through a beautiful forest of gum trees. It seemed that pretty much everyone had a great day out, I noticed most people had huge grins on their faces in my photos throughout the day. If easy cruising through beautiful forests is your thing then I definitely recommend checking this track out.
I went for a bit of a shoot at Oxford Falls on Sydney’s Northern Beaches today. It’s quite a tricky place to shoot at due to the mixed lighting conditions, strong sunlight filtering through the trees makes everything heavily contrasted. If you are lucky though you can find spots where the sunlight will work well to light the rider. A little bit of flash to separate the rider from the background and these are the results.
I spent this morning up shooting dirt jumping at Castle Cove again. This week the big line was up and running again so I concentrated on shooting that. I’ve tried to include a shot or two from everyone. Hope I haven’t missed anyone. The thing about shooting at a new place is that when the shoot is over I always end up leaving with plenty of new angles and shots to think about. Guess I shall just have to go back again when I next get the chance.
