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Everyone loves bicycles. We learn to ride when we are young and seem to never loose sight of how to ride. Some of us use bikes for excercise, maybe pedaling across the Brooklyn Bridge on the way to work, while others use their two wheels to simply get around, as many do in China. I see Police riding inside some of the countries grand airports or even at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. I recently learned that many Amish in the community of Goshen, IN. use bicycles as the main form of transportation.

I recently had a client express interest in bicycles so I thought that I might post a few images to share with him and those who enjoy the site of two wheels! While the weather is just wonderful, get out and go for a ride!

Enjoy!

We are in the middle of the summer which is great for a visit to the County Fair. I spent a wonderful evening recently with good friends Tim and Dea Meyer visiting the fun fair in Ventura County. I was lucky enough to be teaching a new Wedding certificate course at the famed Brooks Institute of Professional Photography at the awesome Ventura campus. After finishing the day with my talented students sharing my lighting techniques, the Meyers and I grabbed some cameras and headed out into the cool coastal air to play with the color and motion of the midway to capture on my Canon 5D Mark II armed with my favorite travel lens, the incomparable 28-300 mm IS L lens.

After walking the fair and capturing video clips of the rides ion motion, I headed to a last composition of the Ferris Wheel before we were going to head out to ready for the next mornings class.

As you will see by the three images posted below, I was treated to a surprise fireworks display, right over the ferris wheel as I was capturing  video. Serendipity!

I love getting gifts from above (no pun intended, well….) in the form of more moving color. After a few video compositions, I quickly switched over to recording still images, in motion of course! I hope that you enjoy these moving images!

I hope that these images will be a catalast for you to get out and have some fun with your camera and maybe even enjoy a corn dog along the way!