Chasing "that" Shot...

How many times have we as photographers seen someone else's image and thought, "Man, THAT'S the image I want for my living room... I need to go take it!" only to try and try and try and never quite get it right...?

That has totally been me for the last few years living in Colorado. Ever since I saw that image of aspen trunks (I'm fairly certain you all know EXACTLY the shot I'm talking about...), I've been trying to take it myself. Geez. Fail after fail after epic fail. I've gotten some really pretty images of aspens, but it hasn't been THE shot.

Until now, I think. Finally, I think I might have nailed it... Until the next time I see "that" image and have to go chase it down.

Crankworx Colorado

I have had the biggest mental block in the planet over trying to figure out what to say on this blog post. This morning, I gave up after sitting at my computer for an hour looking at photographs of other people riding and not getting anywhere, I totally gave up and went mountain biking myself.

I STILL have total writer's block.

SO..... These images are from Crankworx Colorado, a huge mountain biking festival that takes place in Winter Park in July involving cross country races, slope style competitions, and this thing called the Intergalactic Pond Crossing...

We got there fairly early in the morning... Here's Winter Park:

Some of the bikes were priceless, really... Especially if you work at a bike shop like I do.

Then, we got to the serious stuff. These guys that compete slopestyle are freaking amazing.

There's always a cute pooch or two to throw in the mix...

...and the Intergalactic Pond Crossing. Riding a bike across 2x6's attached to floating styrofoam blocks... HYSTERICAL.

Hope you enjoyed! I certainly had a great day drinking beer and shooting pictures...