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City Beach, Coeur D’Alene ID

By Kirk Mastin | Published August 23, 2008

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All Girl Alley Cat, Seattle WA

By Kirk Mastin | Published August 21, 2008

About a week ago I had the chance to photograph a truly rare event in the world of fixed gear racing: an all girl alley cat.

Until recently fixed gear alley cat races, where the entrants receive a ‘manifest’ they must follow as they pick their own quickest route through a city, were raced primarily by men.

My good friend Laila Ghambari along with some of her friends came up with the idea of a yearly all girl alley cat race to be held in Seattle.

I brought along a backdrop to shoot some of the racers, but due to bad weather the backdrop was pretty much instantly destroyed. It was a good thing, I just went with the available location at Greenlake Park and I got some photos that I liked.

I’m not sure where all this fixed gear culture photography is going. Sometimes I’m pretty stoked to be documenting it and other times I feel sure that it will be a short lived trend more akin to a fashion statement rather than a truly defined culture/sport.

-Kirk

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Dog Days of Summer, Alki Beach, Seattle WA

By Kirk Mastin | Published July 13, 2008

Dog and Umbrella. Alki Beach. 2008.

The Back. Alki Beach. 2008.

Orange Towel. Alki Beach. 2008.

Picking a Seagull. Alki Beach. 2008.

Beach Ball. Alki Beach. 2008.

Pocock Racing Shells: Lake Washington, Seattle WA

By Kirk Mastin | Published July 9, 2008

Putting in at the Lake Washington Rowing Club dock. Seattle, WA.

Two Singles, Sculling. Seattle WA.

Rowing in a Double. Seattle, WA.

Sculling in a Single. Seattle, WA.

There are only few things that I wake up for at 5am:

1. Getting first tracks on fresh powder.

2. Attempting a summit while mountaineering.

3. Shooting images of rowing.

Today I met with the wonderful people at Pocock Racing Shells (as well as Chip Davis, the head of Rowing News,) down at Lake Washington, to go out on the skiff and shoot new rowing images.

The weather was much improved over the dark dreary early morning shoots that I did last September.

This time I could wear a t-shirt and actually see well enough to manually focus

I’ll be going out on the skiff as much as possible this summer as I create more unique rowing imagery as well as a few short HD videos about Pocock and the rowing lifestyle.

I’m really looking forward to it!

(too bad I don’t actually know HOW to row, maybe after I master my mountaineering skills?)

-Kirk