B'ham bike and rider portraits

I'm finding myself taking more and more photos lately, just seems to have taken off again. Been talking to a few people and I've decided to do an ongoing project based on cyclists and their bikes here in B'ham. I'll post them on my Flickr initially but also might resurrect one of my dormant blogs and fill that with pics.

Bike and rider portraits have been done a ton already, I think Prolly is leading the backlash but as much as I love his shit, fuck him. There's always another angle...

I want to do traditional style but also have a few ideas for putting a twist on the theme.

So, anyone anywhere in town who wants in on this PM me or post in the thread. I'll be at Beers and polo on and off, plus my work schedule is pretty flexible.

Looking for anyone and everyone, no bike snobbery, you can even go anonymous if you want. I just want to document the scene as it is, like a slice of time...

In. Will PM you shortly.

Nice.
And I might add I'm more than happy to take pics of people with multiple bikes if they own more than one.

Like some kind of orgy?

No nudity, I'm a prude

Void im building frames again and would love some proper photos whem im brazing a frame up.

Awesome, what area are you working from?

S.Hill and i were thinking of putting a little zine together of birmingham cycling culture... what say ye?

^ in

ditto,I would like to help promote brum more in cycling terms .The roads need changing you need polo parks etc etc etc

This is a great idea. I'd love to get in on this in anyway possible. I'm not sure if there's a need for nutrition, performance and conditioning spin on things, but hey, let the ideas flow.....

Shameless plug for Hyper's crazily mad old school camera while we're on the topic, anyone up for portraits because of this thread might want to PM him too...

In. I seem to remember Pastry and myself talking about this a while back... glad it's finally happening!

Nice photos too, Void... some great stuff on your Flickr.

Void I'm down for this I'll text you on Thursday

id deffo be in for this and a possible co-lab??
if me you and hyper talked about the zine aswel at beers or something, im still itching to do it.

S.Hill and i were thinking of putting a little zine together of birmingham cycling culture... what say ye?

I'd be interested in this...writing and pictures please.

Void im building frames again and would love some proper photos whem im brazing a frame up.

Will you give lessons? I work for peanuts.

photos

This sounds good, you can take my pic!

Will you give lessons? I work for peanuts.

yes we can do a deal ,buy your own tubing/parts and i will show you/help you build your own frame

Good response from lots of cool people, thanks!

My schedule is always pretty flexible but is presently based around working Thursday, Friday and Saturday with the rest of the week free. That said I can always get free time on the days I work too.

I'd prefer good light so sunny days are always a preference but gloomy pics are also cool as they reflect the crazy weather we get here.

As I get a few done I'll post them in this thread, hopefully it'll snowball from there.

I've already had the blueprints mapped out. Beers chat fo sho.

I'm still messing around with different film in my mamiya c3, only just started using colour portrait film not so good for street photography. Should prob get a another lens too.

@bombings, i got one more exposure left on my reel mind if i snap you thurs or fri, weather depending.

yes we can do a deal ,buy your own tubing/parts and i will show you/help you build your own frame

Ace! How much does tubing/parts cost? I want to build a road/touring bike with internal cable routing.

Ace! How much does tubing/parts cost? I want to build a road/touring bike with internal cable routing.

depends on the spec ,talk to you at beers

cool cool

Nice, this time next year I could possibly be taking a portrait of N3lson on a bike he made himself...

Myself and mrswentskiing are both up for photos.

@ perks, I may also be interested in making a frame. See you at beers.

Sound like lots to talk about!

When's good to get you two together in daylight, after Germany?