I recently sold one of the shots I got of Libby Redepenning last season to Protec for the new 2013 catalog (right page). I took it in a portrait orientation and they cropped so it's more square. I actually prefer this crop over the full portrait one. It's nice when you're happy with the final crop and layout a company or magazine uses on a shot you took because it can be the other way around, leaving you thinking 'why did they crop it like that‽'.

Last weekend, I went to the San Francisco Bicycle Expo and shot photos of Andrew Taylor's Showdown and the Ladies Jump Jam. Check out the rest of the shots in the gallery: Andrew Taylor's Showdown at the SF Bicycle Expo

Last Saturday, I went to the Lib Tech Downtown Throwdown put on by Snowboy Productions. The comp was a 2 hour jam with a few breaks to fix the big divots that formed below the rails in the trucked in snow. The setup was a round rail, a pole jam or a down-flat-down ledge with a small box in the middle and a quarter pipe at the end. I got a few shots walking around during the setup, then went up to the library for some from above views. I tried to get into the other building across the way for better light, but my big white lens and my media wrist band weren’t enough to get me into closed offices, up top. During the rest of the event, I found a bunch of different angles and even climbed a few trees. Even at an urban event, I’d find trees to climb...

Dylan Alto took first, with Nick Visconti in second, Dyland Thompson in third, Ryan Paul in fourth and Brandon Hobush in fifth. Andrew Brewer won the destroyer award and Chris Brewster took the Dinner For Two award.

Check out the rest of the shots in the gallery: 2011 San Francisco Lib Tech Downtown Throwdown

Last month, Lindsay Currier of Shine Riders put on a women's downhill/freeride event at Northstar in Lake Tahoe. The event consisted of a pro and an amateur class. The ladies were judged on how well they rode certain sections or features on the mountain. I went along with them all day and shot photos of the event. Despite a smaller than expected turnout, the event went really well. Look for my shots from it in upcoming issues of Dirt Rag and Cycle California.

During Crankworx in Whistler this year, I shot photos of the events for a series of slideshows for the Awesomeland.com podcast. I recently finished the first one and today I uploaded a full-size version. Watch it in full screen with HD here.