The new issue of Cycling Active magazine is on sale this week featuring my work on the cover from a recent cover shoot assignment for them plus a couple of bike test features that I shot for them also. Outdoor sports cover shoots like this one can be a bit of a headache from a logistical perspective as typically there’s a long list of things that need to be pulled together and criteria met, and while I can organise most things the one thing I have no control over is the weather. Blue skies were on the list which are probably easy if you live in California but here in the UK they’re not quite so common plus we’re blessed with some of the most unpredictable weather in the world so you can never rely too heavily on the forecast. This shoot was originally planned a week earlier than the eventual shoot date; models, location, bikes, and clothing were all arranged but I woke on the morning of the shoot to heavy, dark, 100% cloud cover despite the original sunny/blue skies forecast so we had to postpone. A few days later we were hit with a heat wave and of course my models weren’t available… I couldn’t risk missing the window in the weather so a couple of emails were sent out and new models and location were found in Cornwall; weather was incredible this time without a single wisp of cloud in the sky, but it didn’t last too long with cloudy skies back a couple of days after so I was relieved to have gotten the shoot in the can. Big thanks to Bike Chain Ricci for all of their help and to cover model Chis Opie who can normally be found at his day job riding for the Pendragon/Le Col/Colnago cycling team.
