Ah, yes; we did decide to go. Earthworks Music – Family Camp. This rocked. Although I admit we were a little frightened when we pulled in, we quickly got comfortable and opened up immediately. A long weekend full of incredible food, friends, music, art, and extremely comfortable community living. Kora got a chance to do some violin work with the musically gifted Daisy May, and we all learned from each other. The pop-up camper of course was its usual awesomeness of habitat-on-wheels, providing shelter with a DOOR; what luxury. Hope to see you all at Blissfest and Harvest Gathering.

This set of photos for Finlandia University were shot with explicit direction for a set of ads. This is further example of how we are just never in the studio… its all about location and being flexible with a tight timeline. Of course its also about hiring interns who can double as models too; thanks Emily. I hear the library shot below made some regional papers as well. And, doesn’t the freebie 1994 Mercury Sable (aka EA22Y) just really make the statement in the high price gas shot? ah yes… it does. Thanks for the work Karen, hope these work for you; we had fun with the whole project.

Sorry to our client for the wait on the spring shots of their property, but spring comes a LOT later here in the middle of Lake Superior than it does in Kentucky. Cold weather kept the grass from growing and leaves from opening for quite a while, but once it did – the grounds crew made this place look stunning! Thanks to everyone there for letting us roam freely, and of course accommodating us during the winter indoor shoots. The shot below has a pretty good sky for being f/10 in order to expose the shadowed building. Nothing on the front of the glass either; I’m not a fan of ND or polarizing filters so…

And a nice update – always good to see the finished product.

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We’ll keep her anonymous, but this client joins the many beautiful belly shots that I’ve done over the years. Emily and Meghan helped with poses and arranging fabrics which is always a massive help and the model / client did her thing by looking naturally beautiful. This was an interesting day to shoot in one of my favorite places as the light was unusually diffused with some overcast skies but still reasonably bright. I shot a couple stops lower than I usually do and resisted the urge to bring the exposure up in post-processing which is especially notable in one of the shots below. Subtle light and a slight underexposure made some of these quite interesting though. Nice job, model, and thanks for working with us a week from your due date; we’ll be thinking about you.

What a weekend – Bridgefest, Chaindrive, Anniversary (11th), and a wedding. Brockit had a full crew with Emily & Tess shooting secondary on the trails. I shot start to finish from a number of spots including bungee strapped to the tailgate of a pickup truck to ankle deep in the swamp. As always, some terrifically photogenic racers, notably my good neighbor Chris Schmidt. The rain held out and the weather made for some good sky. Got some good use out of the circular 8mm, and flexed the D3 with some harsh light. Nice job racers; hopefully you have fewer black fly bites than I do. Thanks to Christine and the Keweenaw Brewing Co. as always for the support as well. The first gallery is up already; look for additional content from Emily & Tess in the next day or so.

— UPDATED (Emily’s shots) —

Brockit intern Emily Allen has a couple hundred shots that are uploaded into the main gallery. For her first bike shoot, she did great. Way to go, Em! All images are chronological  in order as you passed one of our crew on the trail. Please remember to thank Christine Young and the race organization for providing cost-free imagery to all racers. How nice is that!?

— UPDATED (Tess’ shots including awards and Kids Race) —

Brockit gun-for-hire Tess Steube shot an amazing amount of photos at multiple points on the trail including covering awards and the kids race. 700 shots are up from her, making our total 1247 shots of inspiring bikers – woo hoooo! Nice job, Tess. Always nice to have you along, even though you shoot with Canon… Paul Simon would be dissapointed…

CHAINDRIVE 2008 GALLERY

nice quote from a first-time racer:

Hi my name is Elliott Krizek, I just raced the 32 mile Chain Drive for the first time and I wanted to thank you guys for the great photo work that you produced. The colors and images are rich and a joy to look at. Thank you!!!

Leah was our bride directly after shooting the Chain Drive race on the 14th. Nice job bride & groom. Lovely weather and good locations for shots. You will recognize the bride and groom from their winter engagement shots, and now here they are; married and happy. Lovely job – it was a pleasure to be with you from the early afternoon until the late night fireworks (literally) in downtown Houghton. Many congratulations from us at Brockit. Some sneak photos below, including some fun ones of guitar master Mike Irish, and video king Todd Brassard. Enjoy!