ANOTHER WAM300 IN THE BOOKS

What a great ride for a great cause!

More photos HERE, More to come.

My random thoughts and memories of WAM 2007, (just a few of many!)

• My wife and kids at the finish line
• My kids running up screaming “daddy!” to give me a big hug
• I felt much better physically this year
• Getting up before the sun is up
• Watching the sunrise up of the trees and cornfields while riding a bike
• Riding with and photographing Kevin early Sunday morning
• Kevin saying he wants to “Just Ride” it helps you forget about everything else
• This made me smile because I feel the same way
• Getting to see Kevin finish on Sunday
• The nice photos I captured
• The photos I missed. (I can’t shoot it all unfortunately)
• Riding with Scott and Steve
• Riding with Chris and Karen to the finish, I’m glad I waited for you!
• Riding in Team Blizzards group of 30. They are to good to me
• Pulling for team Blizzard. I felt like I helped work some this year
• Ripping my legs off chasing team Blizzard after photographing them (It took 4-5 miles and hurt but was worth it)
• Rudy’s girlfriend taking pictures of us from a helicopter
• I felt bad for the people and the dog when we saw it under a car after being hit, glad it wasn’t a rider
• Sudan and Cindy’s Smiles
• Talking with Derrick, who started it all
• Kevin getting his award
• Feeling gratefully and surprised at the gift Make-A-Wish gave me Thursday night
• People telling me how they enjoy my photography and the support I get
• People thinking I was nuts for riding with one hand and holding the camera in the other taking picture while riding.
• The trackstand I did at one stop sign, it was luck ladies J
• Riding in a group of 50 plus at one point during the trip
• The hum of tires
• Shadows on the cornstalks
• Riding alone with no one else in sight
• Less climbing
• Not as hot this year!
• Wanting to be done
• Not wanting it to end
• Sad that it was over

WAM 300 THIS WEEKEND

Ok everyone the Make-A-Wish Wish A Mile 300 bike tour starts Friday! I will be leaving early Thursday morning to catch a bus to Traverse City and then the ride starts Friday morning. A cool thing this year. You can see steaming live video of the start each day, the awards Saturday night and the Heroes Hurrah finish on Sunday.

Go here:

http://dev.magicoast.com/media_center/subscribe/subscriber.jsp?sn=d987ac64bf2ee0a9eff7321c9d288eab

Or here www.wishmich.org and click the video link.

Also when there isn’t a live feed that will be showing video shot the day before and running slide shows with some of the photos I shoot.
I also hope to be bloging about the ride at the end of each day.

You can still donate here!

http://makeawish.kintera.org/wam/konabryan.

Press Conference

Shooting a press conference is always weird. Everyone is there hoping to get the "scoop" or the real story and as a photographer you need to get a shot of the players involved but at the same time trying to get an interesting or storytelling photo.


Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents Chairman Thomas Sidlik listens to a reporters question during a press conference July 16, 2007 about the firing of President John Fallon. The firing followed an independent and a federal investigation that found EMU violated federal law when it covered up the December 2006 rape and murder of a student in her dorm room by telling the community that no foul play was suspected.

AUDREY

I photographed Audrey for her senior pictures. It was a fun photoshoot, but hot. Temps in the 90's with very high humidity. She is really laid back and it was a fun photoshoot. I think her mom and dad got a kick out of watching the shoot progress even when I worked a little slow. And they fed me pizza! Yum! Thanks to the Winters Family. These are a few of my favorites.