Nick Lee and Bike Week 2009
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It’s a strange life when your last two posts are as diverse as mine. However, I live in a crazy area where diversity is still a mixture like oil and water.
Wednesday, I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with professional burnout rider Nick Lee.
He has a hard life on the road but is genuine about his passion to keep biker’s freedoms and carry on traditions.
The night before, during one of his shows, he suffered 2nd degree burns after his bike’s frame reached temperatures of close to 460 degrees. (He has a special tool to measure point temperatures on his bike.)
As far as the video is concerned, I used two camera vantage points to shoot this piece. One of my 5D’s was mounted on a tripod and perched on a balcony on the roof of the bar. The other, fitted with a wide-angle lens is handheld by myself nearby the artist.
If you look again you can see me wearing the green t-shirt and sometimes a little too close for comfort. Other visual journalists (especially TV shooters) tell me I always get in their shots. I now feel their pain. Somehow I got in my own way. But with the action, I don’t think you notice that much.
It took me pretty much the whole night to edit and cut this video because I had a difficult time cutting so much of the cool footage. In the end I kept it under my 3-minute rule.
Sorry, I would write more but I got to get some sleep.
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