With only a few days to go before the kickoff of the 2011 Canadian motocross season, I'm into one of the most hectic weeks of my year as everyone scrambles last minute to get their new photos done for the season. With the Canadian moto industry being a lot smaller than our neighbours to the south, things tend to come together last minute most of the time so it's a mad panic to get graphics, gear, race bikes built and everything ready for the first race so there's not a lot of time to fit photo shoots in.
With everyone trying to fit their stuff in last minute, I've hit the road for a week with a truck full of photo gear and I'm going to try and keep this blog up to date as I work around the clock to shoot everyone I can before the National this weekend. First up are a few photos I shot last night for Todd Schumlick's PerformX team and Shawn Maffenbeier of the Yamalube Schrader's Yamaha team.
I drove up the always awesome Sea to Sky highway yesterday afternoon to Pemberton and with Trae Franklin waiting for a few things to show up last minute for the riding shots, I got to work building a little studio in Todd's garage. We were able to knock out a few different looks before Todd whipped up an awesome dinner(healthy of course being Todd's the training guru) and now it's Weds morning and we're just waiting for the rain here to stop(I can see the sun!) and then we'll head out to the Green River track to get a few riding shots. I won't have much time though, as I've got to hit the road and head for Kamloops where I'll be setting up the static shots for the Monster Energy Leading Edge Kawasaki team later this evening. Going to be a long day!
James
On the drive up to Pemberton I stopped to photograph Shannon Falls near Squamish
Trae Franklin's PerformX KX250F
After a successful amateur career, Franklin will race his first National this weekend while still an intermediate.
Maffenbeier gets his bike all buffed up for the shoot.
Schrader's and Troy Lee Designs are long time supporters of Maffenbeier's racing.
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