Mat Hoffman | Big Air photos

On Saturday April 26, 2010 the Tribeca Film Fest premiered The Birth of Big Air, a documentary about Mat Hoffman and all of the awesome stuff he has done for BMX. The film was really inspiring, and is something every BMX rider, and even non-bmxers should see. Mat really does not care, and is a true legend. The film was produced by Jeff Tremaine, and directed by Spike Jonze and Johnny Knoxville, and they definitely told a great story. Here are some photos from the premier, and the vert demo Mat and friends gave afterwards, where Mat rode for the first time in almost three years after a car crash destroyed his shoulder. The Condor flies again.

All photos by Brian Barnhart.




The Condor


John Parker


DMC


Parker


K Rob


Hoffman


Parker


Mat, 540 over 2 skaters.


DMC




Knoxville

Andrew McMullen | Point of View

All words and photos by Andrew McMullen.

I was into art for a while, in Junior high I took every art class I could, but it was more of a means for me to under achieve. I have no drawing or painting talent, its just that the art classes were easy and I didn't like the so called academia school offered, so I tried to get into every art class I could as an easy way out. Photography was something I picked up in high school, we had a great high school photo program, and I was the lead photographer for yearbook, so thats pretty much all I did my senior year was take photos, that and ride bikes. Video production, (which was my main interest then), was what I focused on most, not artistically so much, but more technically, I just read manuals, took them home actually and just read them, before I even owned a computer or a camera. Photography was just a side hobby, which it still is today. As for why I still do it.. Thats a good question, I've been asking myself that question lately. Sometimes I wont touch my camera for months.. its weird, I cant click on the inspiration, it just happens when it happens and I try to embrace it when it does. I get inspired by traveling, natural light, and my friends, pretty simple but thats it. The reason why I still do video... part of me loves it, but part of me is in dislike, I go through phases. its weird. If I focus and do one thing and do it all the time I start not to like it, no matter what it is, thats why I dabble in lots of things. I wouldn't say I have a specific artistic style, with photography, I like to catch candid moments, I never want to set a shot up, I'd rather anticipate and foresee something that is about to happen, capture it - and not have the subject know. I like minimal, not just with video and photography, but with all things in my life. keep it simple.

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See more of Andrew's work at http://andrewmcmullen.com/ as well as on Defgrip.

BBQ at Ben's

Ben Morgan had a BBQ at his new place to kick off the season of riding and outdoor fun. Riding, drinking, BBQing, and even some banjo playing went down. It was still pretty damn cold out, but things are looking good from here on out. Here are a few photos I shot. Get out and do stuff.


Joe Saksa


Johanna




Ben Morgan


Dave Ghandi Hall


Joe and Ken Musgrave

Cody Davis | Point of View

All photos and words by Cody Davis.

I got into photography cause I just liked cameras and pictures and life... it all works itself out from there. I was about 13 and a technical junky I loved cameras and all the gear. click wind click. I still do it because I'm still learning. My personal style is as random as my catalog. Dynamic Lifestyle Photography... Im all over the place and I take pix of what I like to remember or what I think is interesting, but sometimes I get paid to shoot something I wouldn't normally shoot and all of a sudden those are my new favorite pix. I really enjoy shooting people. Communicating the my idea of the picture to a subject and directing them accordingly is a bitch... I've been trying to get this done before I put my eye to the viewfinder and when thinking of composition, light, lens size, subject shape and position etc. etc. its easy to become a weirdo mumbling direction to your subject from behind the lens. Get it dialed and then snap it... you'll improve way fast. Other photogs inspire me to shoot. Just seeing other peoples pictures and letting the mind wonder. Hunter Thompson, Chris Reisner, Brian Barnhart, Bri Gonzalez, and Matt Palmer are a few people who get my juices flowing. (I just checked out your site and got inspired...for real) Good light, but most of all I love interesting content... something that tells a story about a time and place somewhere else.

body: canon 5d
lens: 16-35 L, 70-200 L, and a 50 prime that practically lives on my camera.
lights: canon 580, and a vivitar something old school with a couple pocket wizards.
I also always carry a trusty I phone camera with me and a old canon AE-1 SLR with a 50mm on it. that thing is bullet proof and you gotta make em count when your shooting with film.


One of the most interesting people I've ever taken pictures of. I have enough stills of this guy to fill a gallery!! I shot this back in '03 in the woods somewhere with a roll of black and white I rolled myself. Light leaks can make or break a photo and in this case they worked. Old Canon AE-1 w/ bw film.


This was a missfire but turned out to be a pretty sweet pic. One day at FDR with some bro's back in '03. Random Mike peeked half his face in right at the click and it turned out to be a sweet photo. there's also shoes hangin from the bridge which I am a fan of. Old Canon AE-1 w/ bw film.


Here's a pic that has a pretty significant meaning to those who know... to those who know. 50mm on a tripod Canon 5D slow shutter. one beautiful autumn day.


shot this in Joshua Tree National Park of my friend Ray Connor. We were climbing all day and in a pinch to find the "ideal chill spot" for the sunset and ended up just pulling over and chilled on the road. We passed around a bottle and the camera till the sun set... The wind blew the tails of her scarf at the lens and the back light gave it a bit of a glow. I sweetend up the fill light and added the vignette in post. The road texture is extra sweet!! 16mm on the 5D


I was messing around with long exposures and a flash light here. I painted her with light then had her move a couple steps camera right and painted her again while she acted as if she was flying. Looks like her soul is flying away.


A paid gig. I shot a couple babes wearing Henning Gowns out in a grassy field with the sun back lighting and a strobe in front. I know lens flair is cliche but I like it.


Here's a sweet pic of a friend on top of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. We were up on that roof all night shooting a scene for a T.V. show and the lights above lit him up all red and the BLVD. in the background made a nice scene for the picture. Hollyweird.


IPHONE PIC!! Top of Mt.Baldy looking out at the inland empire. added the edge blur in the phone photoshop. Sweet day lots o' powder!!!


Here's a highly processed pic of sexy Joe Saksa in NY. We peddled around all day and I probably took 100 pix of this fuckin guy... look at him... do you blame me???


Rooftop shooting machine guns in vegas. 5D 16mm. processed. blah


Beto at the Mammoth park. I wanted to get a real wide shot with the trees and mountains and stars in the background, but I wanted to pop a flash on him while he was upside down mid carve, but I couldn't figure it out. He was wearing a headlamp to see and we tried it like a hundred times and this was the best one... until we lit the cradle on fire and shot one up close.


No bikes well Fuck you Volcom Bros. Get Lit and snap it. Yeeeehaw!!!!

See more of Cody's work at www.codydavis.net

Ryan Bailey | Point of View

Ryan is a fun lovin' criminal originally from the deep south of FLA. He prefers shooting the old fashion way (with film), and captures a lot of the intimate moments in his life. Much of his portfolio reminds me of look book for some hip fashion line, in a good way of course. NYC is his playground where late nights are accompanied by friends, booze, lucky chicks, and shutter clicks. His days are spent assisting some of the photo world's big guns, all while building upon his own, already impressive catalog of work. Sorry about the overlap from his auto photo on Defgrip (also a must see), I guess we crossed streams a bit on this one. Keep an eye out for this Ryan, and check out his new website and blog at ryanbaileyphoto.com


It was 3 a.m. after a we left a Halloween Bad Brains show /party the night was still very young so we decided to bomb down Broadway in the city on our way to see what other trouble we could stir up that Halloween night..


Gillian and I had no transportation in Venice Beach so we decided to hitch a ride in the back of this work truck.


Drove all night to jade tree, made camp in the desert woke up with flies surrounding us and raindrops falling on our faces. Was a pretty awesome way to wake up in the middle of a desert.


For some reason everyone was naked and dancing around playing with dead pelicans..


Sometimes you have to pack 8 people into a grimy bathroom at sweet paradise.


Libbey is a very dear friend of mine and yet she never fails to stun me with her beauty.


Greeting the sunrise and giving farewells to friends leaving on summer roadtrips. –R.I.P. Thesnakelounge.com <3


I was walking down the street on S3rd in Brooklyn and came across a bunch of juggalos, they informed me this was a 1year olds birthday party.. They took over the whole street and set up a homemade arena made up of plywood and sketchy rope around it.


Spencer at his finest. After he finished riding this bull he wrestled a girl onto the hood of an oncoming taxi.




Been petting people for many years now so I figured its time to start a series of face pets <3






It’s always interesting so see how and where people sleep every night.

Check out more of Ryan's work at ryanbaileyphoto.com