Tour of Britain Stage 8

So a couple of weeks ago I went to Stage 8 of the Tour of Britain. Not as a photographer for once, but as a punter. I looked incredibly pro - my bag contained my camera with one lens, a jumper for when it got a bit chillier, and 6 cans of beer. I only took a camera just in case I saw something that leapt out at me. And, sure enough, I only took a single photo. Just the one. And that's it up there. Stage winner Greipel leading Bradley Wiggins through the docklands with Canary Wharf in the background.

Sometimes, they come to you...

Meet Nathaniel. Nathaniel is a gardener. He was sent to come and fix my fence this afternoon - couldn't resist getting a few shots so I asked him. Totally game for it - cracking bloke.

The set up is a 60" brolly on camera left, a 5 degree grid behind and camera right all shot wide open at 2.8 with flashes right near the bottom of the power scale. He's coming back to finish the fence tomorrow, and would you believe it, wants to shoot some more.

Boneshaker

The new issue of Boneshaker Magazine is out in the shops now featuring an article on Brixton Cycles shot and written by yours truly. Go to their website www.boneshakermag.com and see where you can pick it up from. This is a great little magazine, I'd really recommend it.

The Metropolitan Police do eat well...

Mmm, lamb pasta bake and blackcurrent cheesecake. Tomorrow I go on patrol with the London Metropolitan Police cycle cops. Bring it.

Goodbye Servais Knaven

Two posts, one day. I wanted to get this online, as Servais Knaven recently rode his last race before retiring. I shot portraits of Servais at the Milram team hotel in Italy just before the Eroica last year. I have to say that Servais is one of the most affable and easy to get on with pro cyclists I've ever shot - a truly nice bloke.

And here he is in his finest moment: 2001 Paris-Roubaix. A proper one, with mud rather than dust.

Fort William Downhill World Cup

Back in June, myself and my good friend Stu embarked on a roadtrip up to the Fort William downhill world cup to take some photos. It was an epic drive, leaving london in the early evening, camping on the shores of Loch Lomond when we arrived there at 5:30am in the morning, then heading up to the race.

As I'm a bit of a masochist, and wasn't too fussed with shooting loads of different angles, I decided to lug the big guns (studio strobes to the uninitiated. Big heavy buggers they are) around the hill. Big thanks for Stu for helping carrying the batteries around - owe you big time.This was for no other reason than just to get something different. Here's the shots, hope you like them.

When it rains it pours

Me. Shredding the gnar on a big bike.

Wow, the last two weeks have been a bit on the hectic side. I've been mountain biking in London, Birmingham, North Wales and Lancashire for MBR as well as shooting cycle superhighways in London, a mini-shoot for Health and Fitness for Cyclists, and countless other jibs and jabs all over the place. Have some photos of people standing in while I was setting up some shots.