chaindrive 2008

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 GALLERYnice 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!!!