After waking up in California, we headed up the coast through various towns.

We picked up a new rider and photographer in California named Robyn Richardson. Being from the area, she led us on some curvy and beautiful roads as we moved through the state. We eventually stopped at a famous biker stop called the Rock Store on Mulholland Highway in the Santa Monica Mountains. The owner gave us a tour of his place, and we stayed for a bit to order food and eat outside.

From there we explored various roads and highways, hitting mist and fog, sunshine, and a bit of rain. Here’s some of the photographs I created as we rode.

There’s some famous biker stops along the way, and we stopped to see them all. Neptune’s Net is one, and it was set in a beautiful location.

Here’s a selfie of Ron Henry (founder of BLACKRAPID) and I.

From there we went up the road a bit to look off a cliff and hang out. I got out my small drone and created this fun group portrait overlooking the ocean.

We eventually landed in Santa Barbara, and got hotel rooms for the night, ate dinner and relaxed – talking about our adventures and planning out next day’s ride.

Coming up in Part 3, we explore the small roads and towns surrounding Santa Barbara. The creative side of my brain really loves to see the world as abstract squares, so I’m often running away from the group here and there to capture the square abstract in my mind. Here’s some of these from these two days in this area.

Coming up, I’ll share more images from our ride through California (part 3), then our ride home through Death Valley and the Utah Salt Flats (part 4).

And until next time, America.

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Ron has a place in California, so this year we did a ride down to his place and toured around California. It started with Mike Ridinger and his son Cade, driving from Lewiston Idaho down to my place in Utah. Then we took a couple days to ride out to California. Being photographers, we stop along the way to photograph anything that catches our eye.

From my place to Ron’s, then touring California and back, was over 2100 miles.

The rule of riding is to avoid freeways and straight roads. We prefer the curvy, less used highways that take a bit longer and cut through small, older towns. These places are passed over by all the travelers on faster roads, in a hurry to “make good time” and get somewhere fast. We may ride fast, but our emphasis is on “good,” not “time.” We stop to take pictures, backtrack to hit a curvier, prettier road, or search out the highly-recommended small town burger stop.

Heading south through the backroads of Utah, we were constantly avoiding rain clouds. At one point we were in the clear area between three different rain storms surrounding us.

This way of traveling meant we rarely saw anyone on these pretty Utah backroads. The wide-open country was just ours.

By nightfall we had hit St. George, Utah, and needed to reluctantly use the freeway to get to Mesquite, Nevada to stay for the night.

The next morning we gassed up in Vegas, and then headed south-west through the desert heat on more backroads.

My attention is always caught by abandoned signs. These old roads used to be the main roads before freeways, so they’re littered with the remnants of old signs from motels and gas stations. When I look back on my photographs from the trip, I have tons of images of old abandoned signs. This one was particularly pretty.

When we arrived in Palm Desert, California, we met up with Ron and our friend Angel who rode in from Arizona. Then we all went to eat in the swanky town.

Coming up, I’ll share images from our ride through California (parts 2, 3, and 4) including ride home through Death Valley and the Utah Salt Flats.

And until next time, America.

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After 15 years as a professional photographer, Ron Henry wondered why he had never come across a comfortable camera strap that positioned his camera readily for quick shots. After pondering the idea for a few months, he went to a local hardware to buy materials to make his own strap

The resulting creation allowed his camera to hang upside-down at his side and glide into place easily when he was ready to shoot. It also minimized strain on his back and shoulder, which got him thinking: Could I make a business out of this?…

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https://www.geekwire.com/2012/seattle-companies-500-list-hardware-databases-roofing-technology/

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https://www.outdoorphoto.co.za/blog/matt-masson-reviews-blackrapid-double-breathe-strap/

https://www.mattmasson.co.za/

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Jasin Boland has this cool video on his YouTube channel showing all the gear he takes to photograph stills on a movie, and we thought you’d like to see it all.

“They call me Mr Nikon and the question I get asked the most is what gear do I use when I am on a film set. So… I had to ship my kit to my next film and thought it was a great opportunity to show you what’s in the photographer’s bag.

I did one of these around 15 years ago for the special features on the film ‘Aeon Flux’ and it’s way overdue for an update!

My buddy Scott organised with his buddy Wes to use his new studio Creative Focus Studios on the Gold Coast Australia to shoot a little vid, pack my gear and then have it picked up for shipping.

It’s pretty self-explanatory but I don’t use all this gear every day it’s broken down into HPRC hard cases for different scenarios like, general onset, blimp bags, camera rigs and safety equipment.

Some lenses I only use on a shoot once or twice while others are used every day and if you look at it there’s pretty much only a one body to a two lens ratio and on a massive action scene I can shoot 5 Nikons at a time with remotes and a practical camera so its not hard to get all this gear out.

Sooooo here’s the long list of gear I use, that I remember anyhow…

https://www.instagram.com/jasinboland/

Nikon Cameras

• Nikon D750
• Nikon D810
• Nikon D850
• Nikon D4
• Nikon D4s
• Nikon D5 x2
• Nikon D6
• Nikon Z7
• Nikon Z6 x2

Nikon Lenses

• Nikon 1.7 converter x2
• Nikon 24mm f1.4
• Nikon 35mm f1.4
• Nikon 35mm f2
• Nikon 50mm f1.4
• Nikon 58mm f1.4
• Nikon 85mm f1.4
• Nikon 105 f2
• Nikon 135 f2
• Nikon 200mm f2
• Nikon 400mm f2.8
• Nikon 14-24 f2.8
• Nikon 17-35 f2.8
• Nikon 24-70 f2.8 x 3
• Nikon 24-120 f4 x 3
• Nikon 70-200 f2.8 x2
• Nikon 200-400 f4

https://mynikonlife.com.au/jasinboland/uploaded/
https://www.nikon.co.uk/en_GB/
https://www.nikonusa.com/en/index.page

BlackRapid Straps

Lots of BlackRapid Straps and options

AquaTech

AquaTech Sound blimps x 2, AquaTech surf housing
https://au.aquatech.net/

Pocketwizards x 8

https://pocketwizard.com/

Letus Cage x 3

https://www.letus35.com/mcs-cages/

Small Rig x1

https://www.smallrig.com/

Gitzo

Gitzo Mono Pod & Tripod

https://www.gitzo.com/

Hoodman Memory Cards

https://www.hoodmanusa.com/

Platypod

https://platypod.com/

Bag of safety kit

All the wet weather and cold climate gear you can imagine.
Powell Peralta flight deck and Indy 169 skateboard.
https://powell-peralta.com/

All packed away in HPRC hard cases and ThinkTank packs and carryon!

https://www.thinktankphoto.com
https://www.hprc.it/

Video courtesy Scott Belzner

http://sbphotography.com.au/
https://www.instagram.com/sb4photos/

Creative Focus Studio Bookings Gold Coast Australia

It’s a great space ground floor so you can bring in the heavy stuff!

Call or Email Wes 0466033336
Creativefocusstudiosgc@gmail.com

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Photographers on the ride are meeting at our starting point in Salt Lake City, and we’ll be driving south through some beautiful country. We’ll have lots of backdrops of red rock and places to stop. The entire route is beautiful and the weather looks like it’ll be amazing.

Feel free to follow along an Instagram and see what we’re up to. We’ll be using this hashtag for our trip: #BlackRapidMoto2020

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For a limited time, get 20% off a Nicole Elliott or Sport Breathe camera straps.

Sale good through May 22-28. Click on either of these products to see more about them.

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Happy Memorial Day!

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