1/7/2024

Legion at the Gastown Grand Prix, 2024.

I’m coming in quick with another from Gastown. I have to say I’m quite proud in a really nerdy way of the photos I managed at Gastown this year. I don’t like using the fact that something is shot on film as a crutch to hold up the work. But I’m proud of a difficult exposure choice and shootin sports while focusing manually on a 500mm lens (this film camera doesn’t autofocus the much newer 200-500mm lens). But on top of the nerdy reasons that shooting film made this difficult, I think I made good decisions using the cut of light through downtown buildings to make this attacking rider pop from the group, the natural bounce off the fencing signage making real shape on the rider. I can’t say I knew the bounce was filling in as much as it did, it was a sweet reward of good decisions that led to an image I really like.