Light of the morning

Summertime

I can't count the summer-days and evenings I've spent at my local bmx-track. While developing other interests as well over the last few years track-time got less. 

But I definitely enjoy it every-time I make it there though. Especially now the weather is getting better. BMX, friends, some beers and bbq. Bring on the summer!

Although the heavy blur, I like this shot. 

Guys going head-to-head with such different styles over the first dubs. I want to shoot more bmx in the future, but it's kinda hard to put down my bike when I'm out there.

My trusty steed. S&M .38 special sans paint.

Manual king

My buddy Frenco blastin over a set of doubles

Bwaaaap!

First BMX pic on this blog. I hardly ever shoot BMX, kinda weird considering I've been riding for some 16 years now. It's just that when I'm riding, I'm really riding.. Haven't got time to pick up a camera.
I do plan to shoot a lot more BMX in the future though.

Camera quiver additions

The Blower

This car has been through so much. It's a beast

'Rustig fietsen' is Dutch for: cycle slowly

No new surfing shots lately. I've been busy with all sorts of stuff (though mainly work). A session is planned for the weekend, but for now a update about a new addition to my camera quiver. 

The above shots were taken with my new Canon A-1. 

Last weekend we ridded the bmx track of heaps of autumn leaves in preparation for the new bmx season. It was a nice opportunity to take the A-1 out for a spin. 

I had been looking at a good 35mm SLR system for a while, and decided to go for the A-1. It's a nice mechanical SLR with some weight to it, which I really like about it. It just feels like a real camera when holding it, and the shutter has a really nice 'clunk' to it. It has an incredibly bright viewfinder combined with a good eye-cover this makes for easy focussing. Back in the '70s this was top of the semi-pro line of Canon, today it's all I could wish for in a 35mm SLR.

For the gearheads: I got the A-1 body, a Canon 50mm 1:1.4 lens!!, Canon 70-210 1:4 zoom lens and a Canon 199A speedlite all in a weird oldskool AKO case. Now I only need some wide angles lens and a 400mm or 500mm  for the surfshots from land. 

Nice mechanical camera, nice fast lens, nice!

Big eye-cover on a very bright viewfinder!