Blast From The Past

Would'nt it be great if we could all follow our passions as a career? I have always been playing around with cameras even as a small boy and at the age of 17 started hanging out at "Sick Nick's" FMX park in Muldersdrift / Gauteng.  Armed with my 'special offer" Fujifilm digital camera I would record the many riders showing their freestyle skills to the public. 

Some of the riders that I photographed then have become professionals and made quite a name for themselves.  One such rider is Brendan Potter who is the youngest freestyle pro in South Africa. Below is a photo of Brendan I took in 2008 at an open FMX day at the park.

After seeing the freestyle riders flaunt their skills I was hooked.  Not only did I want to also do FMX but I wanted to photograph more.  Unfortunately my camera was really only for recording day to day or holiday snaps but I dutifully snapped away when possible. Today I have a Canon 600D and numerous lenses which enables me to do photography of a higher quality in order to do justice to the rider's skills.  And i realised my dream of doing motocross and try my hand at some FMX
which aged my mother rapidly haha. Here are also more photos of way back in the past.  For all aspiring photographers out there I would say never give up on your dreams and follow your passion guys!