Chase's Bike

Monday and Tuesday were so nice that it was impossible to pass up a nice middle-of-winter summer day at the park with my friends.

Following along with my new hobby of taking pictures of my friends' bikes, I met up with Chase & Jacob to snap some shots of Chase's bike.

In the process, I managed to find a new favorite photo spot for bike shoots! Granted, it's a little overplayed but, hey, it's overplayed cause it's a darn good spot.

Given my own thrift-store-found bike, I have a soft spot for all the cool Craigslist found bikes that my friends ride.

On a side note: I'm getting slightly better at being comfortable directing my friends to "stand right there" to make the picture better.

Personally, I'm still learning all the technical parts and names of bikes. I'm still very much an aesthetic-only person. Luckily, I have Patrick to tell me which of the "cool looking bikes" are actually equipped with good parts.

On Chase's bike, I love the little details of matching the spoke "things" with his bottle cage & the text.

And this is the picture that was taken at the overplayed location. But I haven't seen too many bike pictures here! Maybe we'll start a new overplayed trend.

Honestly, my favorite part about these bike shoots is an excuse to get really great photos of/with my friends that I never seem to remember to snap otherwise. Although not relevant to the overall "bike glamour shoot," this crew picture is perhaps one of my favorites! All of our bikes are weird frankenstein builds that we collected cool parts for and made way nice than they should be.

While my Raleigh will always be my first love, I'm so excited that I finally ordered my Felt cyclocross bike this morning. I absolutely cannot wait for it to be here! And I can't wait to do a bike glamour shot on my own bike.

Here's to remembering those nice fake out summer days as I prepare for another week of 27 degree lows.