4:45 PM Ride Giant BMX

The first of two ads should be out in Ride BMX about now. The first is for Taj Mihelich. I didn't shoot the "lifestyle" shot on this one but did do the action shot. It was taken back in February at "The Odd Couple" contest at Ray's MTB park in Cleveland Ohio.

Check here for videos and the June Issue of Decline Magazine for a multi-page pictorial photographed by yours truly.

Back to the photo- Taj was looking at the rafters for awhile and finally gave it a go after some long looks and about 50 run-ups. Everyone in attendance was super fired up when he made it clean and it helped the Lenosky/Mihelich duo score second for the contest along with Taj winning the man-up award.

Here's the ad:







Before you look at the original here's some detail on the shot:

28mm 1/250th @ F4 ISO 500 One Qflash camera right and aimed up with 1 diffuser at 1/2 power and another Qflash behind and above the camera with bare reflector at full power. Post is in Adobe Lightroom with basic level adjustments to give it a gritty look.

Enjoy!