Busy Weekends: Gus Macker/Rally in the Valley

The last two weekends have been full with some big events. Olean hosted two big events, The Gus Macker, a 3 on 3 basketball tournament and then Rally in the Valley, a 3 day motorcycle rally. Both were great events with plenty of opportunity to make interesting images. The Macker can be summed up in 3 words... basketball, basketball, basketball. I don't know how many games I shot Saturday afternoon and Sunday covering the tourney, but I saw an amazing number of good games. From 8 yr olds through adult. Here are just a few of my favorites. Other photos can be seen here.

-The best seat in the house!

Then this past weekend was the Rally in the Valley. Thousands of people turned out for the 3 day event. Friday evening was the kickoff with a band and big wheel races. Saturday filled Bradner Stadium with bikers, visitors, food and gear vendors, music and games. Sunday rounded out the weekend with a 130 mile dice run. I've included a few of my favorites here as well. I also have them available through my web-site for anyone looking for pictures of themselves and their friends, just click here: Rally Pics

-Ball Drop... Off the fingertips

-Knights Joust

-Tire Toss

-Bite the Wienie

-Fun for all ages!

-Pin-striping by Letterfly

-Dice Run

Larry and his bike!

My friend Larry has a pretty cool chopper. We got talking the other day about the upcoming Rally in the Valley in Olean that I will be photographing. He agreed to let me photograph him and his bike. Look for us at the Rally. In addition to taking photos at the event, I will be offering special portrait sessions like I did with Larry. See you there!

~Darrell

CUTCO Shoot

I recently did a series of photos for CUTCO Cutlery here in Olean. They were looking for some photos of their employees to feature in different locations around their building. The conditions were a challenge, mixed lighting, dark backgrounds and loud machinery. Overall, I was really happy with the results. The folks there were great to work with, especially with the time window we had to work in. Here are some of my favorites.

~Darrell