Bike-tography 104
February 5th, 2008This is the fourth in a series of posts on combining bicycling with photography. This one’s about carrying your photographic gear.
As mentioned previously, I’ve done a lot of traveling by bike. To put it mildly, this is a lesson in minimalism. You don’t have a lot of space in your bike packs, so a lot of your photographic gear gets to stay home.
You also need to protect your gear. I’ve found a no-cost, lightweight solution in the form of a plastic padded envelope. It’s roomy enough to carry a camera and other small items. And it’s waterproof…
Tip: You can view more bicycle photography in my portfolio.
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Bike-tography 103
February 4th, 2008This is a tribute to one of my bicycling heroes, Lionel "Lee" Rombach. He died last month at the age of 93.
Up until a few years ago, Lee logged thousands of miles per year on a used Univega six-speed. Meanwhile, Ina the Car sat at home, gathering dust. He only drove a few hundred miles a year.
I met Lee a few weeks after I moved to Tucson, during the endlessly hot summer of 1987. I was having a lot of trouble handling the heat, so I wasn’t doing too much daytime riding.
But there was that ride to the Food Conspiracy Co-op on 4th Avenue. Outside the co-op was a little old man on a bike that obviously had a a lot of miles on it. We got to talking, and wouldn’t you know it, that heat just seemed to vanish.
He introduced himself as Lionel Rombach, said he used to work in probation, and that his bike was his main form of transportation. What he didn’t mention was that he was the retired chief of Pima County Adult Probation, but that was Lee. He was a pretty modest fellow.
That fall, I got a job with the fund-raising arm of the University of Arizona, and wouldn’t you know it, one of the UA’s most steadfast donors was…
…Lee Rombach.
He wasn’t up there at the top of the "most dollars donated" list, but he probably gave a higher proportion of his earnings than any other UA donor.
I remember being at a luncheon where he was being honored for his scholarship donations. He was quite gracious in thanking the organizers, but he noted, "You’re rewarding me for something I ought to have done."
That was Lee.
This past Saturday, a funeral Mass was celebrated at the Catholic Newman Center at the University of Arizona…
As for Lee’s bike, it came to church, just as it did during his lifetime. It was parked in the back during the funeral Mass…
Tip: You can view more bicycle photography in my portfolio.
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Nature Photography: Churchyard Wanderings
February 1st, 2008
Nature photography seems to have this “way far away” cachet to it. As in, you must travel a long, long way to get your nature pictures.
Well, sometimes you have to do that. But nature is all around us. Today’s post features photography from a churchyard near the Mississippi Gulf Coast…
Tip: You can view more nature photography in my portfolio.
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