James Brosher Photography

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Cycling

Kappa Alpha Theta wins Women’s Little 500

Women's Little 500
Kappa Alpha Theta fans swarm their riders after the team won the Women’s Little 500 on Friday, April 24, 2015, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. (James Brosher/IU Communications)
Women's Little 500
J Thomas Forbes, executive director of the Indiana University Alumni Association, waits at the start/finish line before driving the pace vehicle for the Women’s Little 500 on Friday, April 24, 2015, at Bill Armstrong Stadium. (James Brosher/IU Communications)

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USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage 6

On Sunday I drove down to Golden, Colo. to watch the final stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. I got there early and hiked up the mountain with my cousin, two cameras, a 300 mm lens, a couple chairs and a cooler. We staked out a spot above on the of the switchbacks to watch the riders. I’m a fan of cycling after growing up watching Lance Armstrong. It was very cool to see some of the riders I recognized from the Tour de France as they spend by climbing Lookout Mountain. I was hoping the riders would be a bit more spread out as is the case with most of the mountain stages of the TdF. However, the riders were staying together in a peloton for the most part, making it difficult to identify and shoot the contenders as they sped by. I saw Frank Schleck at one point and had him in my viewfinder until a crazed fan ran in front of me.

American rider Frank Pipp from Bissell Pro Cycling grits his teeth as he climbs Lookout Mountain during stage 6 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, near Golden, Colo. Pipp finished the stage in fifth place.
American rider Frank Pipp from Bissell Pro Cycling grits his teeth as he climbs Lookout Mountain during stage 6 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, near Golden, Colo. Pipp finished the stage in fifth place.
Fans cheer on a rider as he breaks away from the peloton a few kilometers before the King of the Mountains line during stage 6 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, near Golden, Colo.
Fans cheer on a rider as he breaks away from the peloton a few kilometers before the King of the Mountains line during stage 6 of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, near Golden, Colo.

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The cyclist and the shadow

Shot an on-the-fly portrait today of John Cox, who is competing in the time-trial and road-race cycling portions of this year’s Wyoming Senior Olympics. Didn’t have much time to think up an idea so I decided to try a shadow technique I had seen used before for a portrait of Lance Armstrong. I used fishing line to hang the front wheel from his time-trial bike to the ceiling while the reporter who wrote the story, Alex Riley, held the wheel in position using the line. After going all summer without touching our studio lights, it seems like I’ve shot a lot of portraits as of late. I shot a few of University of Wyoming football players this weekend that I’ll post later after they are published.

John Cox, the WYDOT director, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, with the front wheel of his time trial bicycle shadowed in the background. Cox is competing in the cycling time trial and road race in this year's senior olympics.
John Cox, the WYDOT director, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011, with the front wheel of his time trial bicycle shadowed in the background. Cox is competing in the cycling time trial and road race in this year's senior olympics.