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My brother raced on a team in the Hardcore24 mountain bike race this past weekend.  I stopped out to support the racers and photograph some of them on course.  To all the racers that I didn’t get to photograph on course I apologise but it was getting too dark in the woods for photography by 7:30pm.  I was able to capture about 65 racers that are in the album below.  If you’re a Facebooker the images can be found on my Facebook photography page.  Enjoy!

* * UPDATE:  Due to the volume of inquires I wanted to note that I’m donating my time and a digital file to those that I was able to photograph and want one.  If anyone wanted a 5×7 print it would be $10 shipped to you.  Just send me a message via the contact form on this website. * *

Being in the right place at the right time and always having a camera pays off.  Today was very windy… wind gusts in the 50mph+ range.   Trees were breaking, homes were losing power and one nearby road even had 7-8 utility poles buckle under all the stress from the high winds.  Well, I didn’t have a camera with me but the camera’s built into many smart phones do a pretty good job in the right hands.  I captured the above photo showing part of a tree that came down right in the middle of a main road taking down utility wires with it.  The road was closed and traffic diverted for at least 4 hours while crews cleaned up the fallen tree and repaired the utility lines.  Luckily no one was injured in this incident.  This photo ran on 4 local television evening newscasts and was the lead feature story for 2 of them.  It goes to show that having a camera with you at the right time can pay off.