EX2 has posted their race calendar for 2010! Next year EX2 will produce 21 races that break down into the following categories:
I’ve just gone through the list of races and created an iCal file that you can easily import into things like iCal or your iPhone or even your Google Calendar!.
Nation’s Triathlon, originally uploaded by Brian Knight Photography.
For the TMS: Fixation show that opened last night, each photographer was required to write an essay describing the subculture explored in their work. My four photos, Swim, Bike, Run, Crash focused on the weekend warrior athletes and thus my essay tries to suss out what exactly drives these people.
What force drives a man to spend thousands of dollars on a machine made from the lightest space aged materials, wear a suit so tight that no part of his anatomy is left to the imagination, and don a helmet straight out of a sci-fi western? What glory is so great to cause men and women to dive into one of the most polluted waterways in the country? What need is satisfied for the thousands of people who gather in the soupy summer evening for a 10K race? What flashes through your mind when one slight mistake suddenly hurtles you through space and time in a manner not meant for living creatures? And what obsessive preoccupation is served by trekking out to remote places to capture such events with a camera?
In this city of suits and ties on one hand and crime statistics on the other, there is an alternative lifestyle of weekend warrior athletes driven to compete simply “because it is there.” I cannot fully answer the first four questions, except I know that I spend more money than I should on my own gear in hopes that it will help me perform just a little bit better. I’ve spent plenty of time in and consumed copious amounts of water from that same river in pursuit of my own recreational needs. I lined up in the same oppressive summer heat hoping to capture a series of shots showing the beauty and grace of athletes in motion. And I’ve put myself in more than one “oh shit” moment when I know something very bad is about to happen and am powerless to stop it. I cannot tell you why we do any of these things except that when it works, when you get that image you want, when you cross the finish line, when it all comes together, you forget the pain and suffering and only want more.
What?! You were not one of the 500+ 700+ people who came to the show last night? That’s ok, even though you missed a great party you can still check out all of the amazing photos this week. Doors will be open Noon(ish) to 7PM(ish). If you really want to add to your viewing experience, come Wednesday evening and watch the skaters too!
Monster_Mash_MTB_10112008_1370, originally uploaded by Brian Knight Photography.
Apologies for the delay, but the aforementioned 9-5 job has been more of a 7-7er the past several weeks… The good news is that the wicked head cold I have been fighting all week finally allowed me a chance to finish editing the photos! All of the Monster Mash photos are now online. I hope you enjoy them.
One of the next set of photos you will see in my Flickr stream will be of my camera and lenses boxed up and ready for shipping to the Canon repair facility. A downside to hanging out on the trails shooting races is that I sometimes forget to treat my gear with the proper amount of delicacy required by such fine, precision optical equipment. This is all just to say that while I took a ton of photos at the MM, many of them were way too soft for publishing, so if you don’t see yourself in the gallery, I’ll definitely do my best to get you the next time…
As Gary points out on his blog, the artist in question responded quite nicely (and promptly) about the copyright infringement (see last post). Still waiting to hear from Bicycling Magazine. I’ll let the story unfold over on rant-o-riffic!
Here’s Mr. Stermer’s reply:
From: Dugald Stermer
To: Gary
Sent: Monday, September 8, 2008 12:06:53 PM
Subject: Re: Use of my copyrighted photo.Hello Gary.
I did do the illustration, from, as you point out, your photograph. However it was supplied me by Bicycling magazine as reference. My assumption was that they had a staff photographer take the picture or at least had acquired permission. Your quarrel is with them, and I sympathize, even empathize.
The art director’s mail is erin******@rodale.com.
Best of luck,
Dugald
Cleared for take-off, originally uploaded by gmr2048.
UPDATE, September 9, 2008: Ok, Gary at least heard back from the artist, Mr. Stermer so I will dial back my rhetoric about his copyright infringements. Bicycling Magazine still has some explaining to do.
All images and text © 2007 Gary Ryan. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the express prior written permission. For permission, email me.
Seems that someone didn’t quite take to heart the “Copyright ©” part of this cool shot of Larry Camp clearing a log. Compare this image to the “illustration” found on the Bicycling magazine website (or in the October 2008 PRINT edition of the mag). They’re an exact match. Well, no, that’s not entirely true, as Gary points out on his blog, several modifications were made:
Things that are different
Jersey color
Number on race plate
Their rider doesn’t have a head. Poor fella.
Gary’s friend Ben helps out with the comparison:
Way to go Mr. Stermer Bicycling Magazine. You all seem to be playing from the old school way of business that Mr. Stermer rails against when he talks about the erosion of intellectual property rights or when he wrote the following:
Further, much of the theft has to do with moving the stolen pictures to other sites on the internet anyway, basically dot for dot. None of us has the time, will or resources to try to track down these illegal acts, and the thieves know it. Further, unless we take the considerable time and trouble to register each of our pictures with the U.S. Copyright Office, even if we did track down an offender all we can do at best is get a cease-and-desist order, which he may or may not choose to obey.
The thing about the internet is that as information housed on the web grows larger, the world will continue to shrink. We now have family, friends, and all manner of online contacts spread all over the world. And they are all consuming bits and pieces of the data stream, which means we do not have to worry about the time and resources to track down illegal acts. Just like the one illustrated above, illegal acts are going to pop up almost instantly. Combine each of our social networks with search engines like TinEye and the world flattens even more. Thieves will no longer be able to hide.
12 Hours of Cranky Monkey, Part 5, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
Check it out! The above photo, from EX2’s 12 Hours of Cranky Monkey, was chosen for a Metro Sports Year in Photos feature.
There’s no hiding in sports. When athletes put it all on the line, their emotions are open for all to see—dedication, exhaustion, frustration, elation. All year, photographers were on the sidelines to capture it. MetroSports poured through photos submitted by area photographers to find images that best illustrate the spirit of outdoor sports. Here are our favorite moments as seen through local lenses.
You could say that Will Ramos Photography sort of dominated this little feature because Will had a photo selected too! They chose a sweet shot from the Virginia Double/Triple Iron Triathlon. It’s a nice bit of recognition for what has got to be one of the most tedious races that he covers.
Sanna in Black & White, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
Got my photos pretty well sorted out tonight which means I’d be done but for one thing… Waramos.com suffered a bit of a setback Monday. See, the host server’s hard drive crashed and we lost the photo galleries. And the most recent backup was like November ‘06. Oops.
While Will works ’round the clock to get the site back online I’ll be sorting & editing both my photos and his photos from the Quantico race. This would be just a difficult task but I’ve got the pesky day job to go to and then there’s the other other job to work on too. Oh, and I should pack for my trip to the Big D. And start working on the art show (coming in October – more on that later).
In the meantime, enjoy this impromptu black and white photo shoot montage with a favourite (and almost always understanding) subject…
Cranky Monkey #4: Quantico, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
For the 12 year old kid in us all… (way more photos soon to come)
The Cranky Monkey @ Fountainhead, originally uploaded by outdoor_type.
Oops, didn’t quite make this one… Sorry! There are a few random shots on Flickr…
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