Buster's Bike Rides and Adventures

Non-Phish General
#1

This is a new thread idea I’ve been thinking about for a little while.

At school I got real into mountain biking and since I’ve been home I’ve been riding my bike from my house to the town park about 20 minutes away. There they have spectacular bike trails to ride that are so much fun. I ride there for about a half hour and then head back.

On these trips I bring along my camera and my iPod. Nothing better than biking along with your favorites tunes, nature, the outdoors and being able to photograph it.

So, my idea to make the rides a bit more interesting was to have a theme for each ride. I will then be thinking of that theme throughout the ride and photographing things/ trying to find pictures and objects that somehow relate to the theme.

I thought I could later then put some sort of cool photoblog together on here, or set up a site up for people to follow it, read, and enjoy.

I also thought that you guys could post here what types of themes would be cool to do and I could try and do photograph them.

Two I’ve came up with that I plan to execute are “electricity” (power lines and such), and “eerie” (dark images, make things look haunted, spine tingling).

They can be themes, words, or phrases to get the creative juices flowing. One word themes would be best though.

Thanks, OKP and I hope to get some awesome pictures!

-Buster

EDIT: P.S. I plan on dedicating a roll to each theme or idea.

#2

fences.

cemetarys.

birds.

seck things.

secker things.

the seckest things.

#3

road kill

suspicious people / creatures

clouds that look like stuff

#4

sounds awesome, I do a similar thing riding to a park near mine. I don’t usually take a camera but I one time I did I got one of the photos published in a local magazine. The trails in the park aren’t that great though after having ridden them for a while. I’d love to live somewhere where there was more outdoors where I could just go and ride off to nowhere.

#5

I just started a blog that I’ve decided I’m going to post the pictures and stories on, so I’ll post here when I update it for anyone who’s interested.

Here’s the link:

http://dustinbenton.blogspot.com/

I don’t have anything posted yet, but I’ll post here when I do for anyone who’s interested.

#6

I second suspicious people.

#7

I like the clouds idea.

#8

little boys

but seriously, let’s see some pics!

#9

Just made post #1.

I’ve decided I’m going to post a travel log after each ride and then post pictures of the themes in different posts. So, it’ll be travel logs of things I’ve seen, done, went, thoughts during trip and afterwards, and such, and then post the themes as well.

Check it out and let me know what you think!

http://dustinbenton.blogspot.com/

#10

Post # 2 - Camel Toes

#11

Posted a few pics from the roll I had to finish up before the themed shooting/madness begins.

http://dustinbenton.blogspot.com/

#12

^the first one is spectacular.

#13

It’s nice to see a fellow rider on the board, Buster. I used to reside in South Dakota which was fun for biking because I could go out onto old county highways and ride rolling green hills all afternoon, but now I live in a city and I’m finding that I really love urban riding as well. I ditched the car and only bike so most of my biking isn’t just to go ride but also to go to the store or something. I’m really enjoying it. Keep up the blog.

#14

^Awesome! Didn’t know that about you!

Going to school in Burlington, biking isn’t always just going for a ride either, it’s your car.

#15

I just fitted my bike with a rack yesterday and I took my Dad’s old milk crate that he stole in college and rigged it up on the rack. It makes me feel semi-homeless when I have it on but man can I really bring home the groceries now! I’ll see if I can upload a picture later.

#16

#17

ha ha

#18

My rack is in the back. It’s a milk crate not a basket.

#19

typically a “rack” is on a chest.

#20

Not mine!