What makes bike-racing photography different from other kinds of sports photography?
Bike racing is especially hard to photograph. The most difficult thing for any camera is to focus on a small moving subject coming straight at the camera at speed. I personally select one tiny focus point and have that track the cyclist’s face. It takes a steady hand and a lot of practice. Also, for me anyway, 100 percent of my work is done outside. Let’s use cross as an example. The season begins with summerlike conditions and rapidly deteriorate to winterlike in a matter of a few weeks. That can be a difficult transition for some. I helped out the promoter of a cross race last year because the photog he had hired didn’t show up. His excuse was it was too cold! [Laughs.] What changes have you seen in your line of work, good or bad? For this question, I’m going to concentrate on the hardware aspect. Both Nikon and Canon have come out with some spectacular cameras over the past three years. Every year Canon bests Nikon and vice versa. There are some really spectacular bodies recently re
