Woodward Vacation
Phil Wasson at the State College, PA trails.
Ever since I was 15 I wanted to visit Woodward. To say that waiting 14 years takes patience would be an understatement. Props to Dennis McCoy for making the trip happen. He’s a bad ass for sure. And, I still owe him money for the rental car, so that makes him super bad ass.
I got to hang out with a few riders from Kansas City that I rarely get to ride with, namely Seth and Hunter, aka The Hoon Tar. Seth, who had only started riding vert the week prior to the trip, was pulling double whips onto the vert resi. The Hoon Tar learn back flip, tailwhip, and no hander. The Hoon Tar awesome.
All inside jokes aside, I had a blast and the crew was refreshingly positive and carefree. No major injuries, too, I think. John, did you make it to the doctor for your ribs?
Anyway, click here to see photos from the Woodward trip.. Like most BMX trips, I wish I had dedicated more time to shooting. But when your riding amazing skateparks, who wants to push buttons?
Time Lapse Photography
Take a peek at three time lapses that I shot a few weeks back for the Lawrence 24 Hour Project.
- Massachusetts Street. Total time lapse: 24 Hours. Frames per hour: 60. Total frames: 1440.
- My backyard. Total time lapse: 30 minutes. Frames per minute: 60. Total frames: 1800.
- Target. Total time lapse: 20 minutes. Frames per minute: 60. Total frames: 1200.
The Massachusetts Street time lapse was the most difficult to produce, since I didn’t have roof access at midnight. This meant I needed to mount the camera ahead of time and start the time lapse camera using a remote from the sidewalk 5 stories below.
I mounted a camera on a tripod atop the Weavers Building and wrapped the contraption in plastic on Wednesday around 3 p.m. I attached the camera to a pocket wizard remote and setup the remote to act as an intervelometer, which would trip the camera every minute, for a total of 1440 frames. I put the camera on program mode, set the white balance to daylight and set the pocket wizard to standby. I gave the camera a quick once-over, then left the camera on the tripod on the roof.
At midnight, I tripped the remote camera using a pocket wizard from the sidewalk below the building and crossed my fingers. Obviously, it worked.
