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Guest post by Jeff Frings:300 Miles of Gravel Trailer from Jeff Frings Photography on Vimeo.
I have been a photojournalist working in local television news for a little over 20 years and have always been eager to exploit new technologies to tell stories. I’ve been using GoPro cameras and video from point-and-shoot cameras in stories for a few years. I was blown away with the possibilities that DSLR video presented when I saw Vincent Laforet’s Reverie.
I am also an avid cyclist, and a teammate of mine had done a road event called the Trans Iowa a few years ago; I thought it would make an interesting story. Little did I know when I started this documentary in 2011 that it would go on to win a Chicago regional area Emmy for outstanding sports programming.
Since this race is so hard, riders don’t usually spend a lot of time taking video as they ride and because of the nature of the race, there isn’t a lot of spectator shot video either. The race is totally self-supported, meaning that riders have to carry everything they will need that they can’t buy at a convenience store on the route. …
By: Jeff Frings
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