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!

Zone 7 Womens Day - Cape Town

These riders gave me a good run for my money and I made sure to capture some great shots.  For these shots I mainly used a 55mm - 250mm lens but some aras required the use of the 18mm - 55mm lens.  For close up shots of motocross photography I could easily just use the 18mm - 55mm as it gives great clarity, quality and clear .facial expressions.

I love close up photography as it gives me the chance to be up to a metre away from the motocross riders where I can hear them grunting or giving a shout out to me.  But at the end of the day I love any photography!

Womens Day 2012 at Zone 7 Cape Town

While the rest of the country was indoors in front of heaters due to snow falls, I was out photographing riders on their family fun day.  A huge high five to a few female riders representing all the ladies out there on Womens Day!  The talent and commitment is visible in the photographs and those guys and girls are sure to make their mark in the motocross world.  Regional races are taking place across South Africa at this stage so make sure you get to your local track to support these riders.  If any of you riders out there need to capture your skills on film, be sure to give me a call.

One of the perks of my job is having a view like this of Table Mountain from a shoot at the track. HELL I LOVE MY JOB!!

As a photographer especially with motocross photography,you learn to take everything in your stride to get that perfect shot. Walking the distance of the track and dodging riders and their roost can be a very exhausting experience.On this specific day at Melkbos I was fortunate to catch Anthony (#23) putting in some hard laps which helped me get some sick photos of a pro at work.

The Beginning Of A Journey

A huge shout out to all the motocross and FMX fans out there.  As a sports photographer and HUGE MX fan, I'll be covering events mainly in the Western Cape but will be travelling to where my services as a photographer is needed.  I've spent quite a bit of time around the tracks of Cape Town and there are some sick jumps and technical sections for the riders out there.

My blog will be covering events and reviews of MX and FMX riders / champions in the South African Motocross field.