Critical Mass 3/3/07

Alright so these are some photos from a little photo session in which i had a so much fun shooting but even more so in just participating. So apparently in Boston, MA along with many other large cities there is an event that takes place on the last Friday of every month called Critical Mass. Critical Mass from what I am told is a night when cyclist take back the roads. There is no predetermined route, so photographing it was really difficult. at the beginning it was easy but then while i was riding with the group also trying to take cohesive photographs. The gathering begins at Copley Square where then hundreds of cyclist start circling in the common until the pack breaks free and then its all free reign from there on.

Im fairly content with these photos but I just know I can do a way way better job. I was just over taken by how amazing it all was and having way too much fun to really get into the zone and dial in my exposures and iso; as you'll see they arent as sharp as i would have liked, by my not boosting my iso to get a greater shutter speed.. alot of that having to do with riding a road bike and taking photos at the same time.

Boston Protest Post

Alright so on Saturday March 24th, 2007 there was a huge Anti-war Protest in the Heart of Boston, MA. It was really fun to see and photograph even though I strongly disagreed with many/most of the people there. Either way it was great and I really felt like I was shooting for a Newspaper again and not too mention I think many of these are worthy of being published.
It was amazing running in front of the protest gear on my back and cameras/lenses slung around my neck always looking for the next great shot. And then falling back in to the Protest it's self and joining the participants photographing as if I was one of them working my way back to the front and proceeding to photograph.

I got there and started shooting at 11:30am and didn't stop shooting till I left at 4pm.
It was wonderful

Boston Protest Post #2

I had such a great time photographing this.

Down time

A look of euphoria spreads across Derek Wilson as he takes time out of his busy school schedule to hang out with friends and to get back in touch with his love for riding bmx.