Rule: Image should be sharp
Rule: Shooting into the sun creates lens flare, don’t do it
Rule: Sports images should be taken with high shutter speeds so the subjects’ motion is stopped
Rule: If shooting with a long shutter speeds, use a tripod
Rule: Sky should not be blown out.

Riders: Jesse Darling (left) Stephen Matthews (right)
Bike Magazine. Nov 2010

Big thanks goes out to Jesse and Stephen for making this happen. We all ended up with thistles sticking out of legs at the end of this shot. Thistles lined both sides of the grassy trail, and ripped at their legs. I just so happened to be crouching right overtop a whole bunch of them. Jeans would have been a better choice.