2. On the road... On the job

On the road... On the job

I have always worked extremely hard at my career as a shooter; yet my job has always remained fun, exciting, entertaining, rewarding, enlightening, liberating, strengthening, and sometimes frightening and even tragic… Pretty much everything but boring.

Here is a collection of images that a few friends, colleagues, and even some total strangers have taken of me that represents a small slice of what my job, and my life have been like.
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Every once in a while, we get to be [act like] tourists. Here we are in front of some large structure in Paris that was always showing up in the background of our shots.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: David Stanfield
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Every once in a while, we get to be [act like] tourists. Here we are in front of some large structure in Paris that was always showing up in the background of our shots.

Photo credit: David Stanfield

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  • Catching some morning rays on the beach in Durban during the South African leg of the ASP World Tour of Surfing at the Mr. Price Pro.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Unknown
  • Every once in a while, we get to be [act like] tourists. Here we are in front of some large structure in Paris that was always showing up in the background of our shots.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: David Stanfield
  • The best part about shooting mountain bike racing is the mountains... and when there are no more mountain bikes to chase, we chase mountain trout. <br /> <br /> Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park, California.<br /> <br /> Photo Credit: David Bounds
  • Working all day under the hot sun in Death Valley may not sound like fun, unless of course I’m working with Dave Despain on another Bike Week segment.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Chris Bond
  • Just another grueling day in Hawaii having to endure sand between my toes while up to my knees in warm tropical water and straining to keep focus on the beautiful Leeann Tweeden. Thank goodness I get paid for this.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Unknown
  • Using some big glass to keep an eye on the action at the Excel Pro surfing contest, Sunset Beach, Oahu, Hawaii.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Unknown
  • David Bounds keeping me upright and out front of the competitors as they fly down Mammoth Mountain’s “Freeway” at 65 MPH during the Reebok Dual Eliminator Mountain Bike Downhill.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Heidi Bounds
  • Just wasting time [literally] with my crew between Superbike races at Sears Point Raceway in Sonoma, California. <br /> <br /> Photo credit: Unknown
  • Would you believe lawn mower racing? That’s right. If you put a number on anything with wheels, somebody will race it… and somebody will even shoot it for Speed Vision.<br /> <br /> Orange County Fair, Costa Mesa, California <br /> <br /> Photo credit: David Stanfield
  • "One night while shooting in Telluride, this horse walks up to the bar…" <br /> No, this is not the beginning of a bad joke. This really happened. <br /> <br /> Rowdy Roudebush and his trusted steed apparently are regular customers at the New Sheridan Hotel Saloon in Telluride, Colorado. <br /> <br /> While Roudy's horse did have a little difficulty walking due to the beer, on the floor that is, his horse drank water because he was driving.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: David Stanfield
  • Grabbing some aerial shots of downtown Oklahoma City during the ABA Grand National BMX races. <br /> <br /> Note: The building just above my knee is the Federal Building that was bombed on April 19, 1995<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Wendy Osborne
  • DOUBLE WOW! The things I do for money. <br /> <br /> I was offered cash, lots of cash for my press credential by almost every guy seen here in the background while shooting the Miss OP Beauty Pageant as part of the OP Pro Surfing Championships at Huntington Beach, California. I decided to keep my pass, and my job.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Unknown (A guy who recognized me from the photo years later and gave it to me)
  • While shooting a Russian Mi-26 helicopter taking off in Anapa, I can barely hold my ground against the rotor-wash [44,000 Lbs.] trying to blow me back.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Jan Davis
  • Henry Boger and I sitting down to lunch at our 5-Star Moscow hotel. –Please, no comments about the hat. I had been in airports and on airplanes for over 24 hours. The hat was staying!<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Jan Davis
  • Shooting from high above the crowds at the 1984 Op Pro Surfing Championships in Huntington Beach, California.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Aaron Chang
  • Shooting AMA Supercross from the floor of Angel’s Stadium, Anaheim, California.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Unknown
  • One of the few times you will ever catch me sitting on my butt while on the job. Shooting the US Pro Ski Tour at Beaver Creek, Colorado for ABC Sports.<br /> <br /> Photo Credit: Lisa Mutz-Nelson
  • I spent about ninety minutes a day, every day, for three weeks in Ubon looking straight up at the sky waiting for my 300 subjects to appear out of the blue during World Team 99 in Thailand.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Unknown
  • An office with a view... and what a view. Sunset Beach, Hawaii.<br /> <br /> Phot credit: Unknown
  • Taking a moment to be tourists during a day of shooting in Moscow.<br /> <br /> St. Basil's Cathederal, Red Square.<br /> <br /> L-R: David Stanfield, Sam (our local guide), myself, Drop-Dead Ted, Henry Boger, and Jan Davis.<br /> <br /> Photo credit: Tom Sanders
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