Originally published August 20, 2013.
Francisco Kjolseth and I covered the first two stages of the Tour of Utah through the mountains of southern Utah. For stage one my assignment was to shoot the start and then find a beautiful shot along the route to shoot as the riders passed.
I found a killer spot with lots of angles. I had a long sideways shot of the approach and a few other angles as they passed. Also, there was a dead porcupine to keep me company. I was like,
why are all those flies hovering around that plant? Oh, it ain’t a plant.
Here’s my spot and where my cameras were…
As soon as the race came into view, I’d be at position #1 on the photo above and follow this process:
1. Activate the GoPro, which was set to shoot 2 frames per second.
2. Run to the dead porcupine (#2) and shoot long shots of the race with the 600mm lens.
3. Activate a remote SLR, set to shoot five frames every other second.
4. Throw the 600mm lens on the ground and run with lens-less camera to position #3.
5. Put the 16-35mm lens on camera and power on Fuji X100.
6. Shoot the passing race with two cameras simultaneously.
Here’s how it worked out, photo-wise…
1. The Approach – 600mm lens:
2. Passing – 16-35mm lens @ 32mm:
3. Passing, camera two – Fuji X100 @ 23mm (35mm equiv):
4. Passing – Remote – 70-200mm lens at 70mm
5. Leaving – GoPro @16mm equiv:
