This client was easy to work with. It was me. I wanted to shoot some video clips at a MTB enduro event to test out some ideas.
I have known Tom for some time now photographying him at many MTB events over the years so he was an easy pick to test out these ideas.
Without diving too deep into my own project ideas, I wanted to produce clips and some final videos for Tom. He is sponsored by Leatt MTB Australia and I said he could share the clips with them as well as use them for his socials.
One of questions I asked Tom was music and clips. Did he have music preference or nothing. I produced three version with different music and one without so he could post choosing his own. Clips were also provided as some athletes like to mash their own videos together, maybe from the event or from over the year.
The shoot went well with some time with Tom during practice allowing us to reshoot stuff we thought might be key track features and clips.
Once the race was on, the biggest challenge was keeping track where Tom was. This was shot at Narooma and the trails chosen were all fairly close by so it wasn’t as hard as some other MTB parks may be.
Also, I was out riding on my e-bike. E-bikes have made my work so much easier now. Getting around by vehicle to different spots is a time waster. On foot, I am just to slow to get around. I just have to remember that I am working and not just to have fun.