Jeremy Pavia Archives – Page 12 of 19

Through The Lens – Catching Up with Kevin Kiraly

October 24, 2012

One of the things that I like most about being a photographer is the fact that I get to build some solid friendships with some goddamn talented riders. Over the years I have met the majority of the best riders in the world and have been lucky enough to shoot with a good amount of them. I have been shooting and chillin’ with Kevin Kiraly for years now and it’s rad to have that feeling of trust when it comes to shooting with certain riders. It’s not easy for a rider to just send themselves without trusting the person behind the lens and building that trust takes time for sure. Once it’s there though it makes things so much easier. I am there to do my job, and the rider is there to do their job and it just works. Anyways, on the way up to shoot this past Dew Tour in San Francisco I stopped and met up with Kevin to work on this week’s column. He recently built up a brand new bike, got on the DC flow team and has been stacking clips for a few video projects so we covered all of that and more right here for TTL #36. Check out the Q&A after the jump then hit the Photogallery to check out a closer look at his bike!

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Photogallery: Kevin Kiraly Bike Check

October 24, 2012

Photobucket

All Photos: Jeremy Pavia

Kevin Kiraly and his signature Varsity frame all built up into one hell of a dialed unit.

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Through The Lens – Canon Sure Shot 35mm Photogallery

October 17, 2012

When I first talked to Kurt about getting this column going with The Union we discussed a few different options as far as how frequently I would want to run it. Well, I like to think of myself as a pretty motivated person so I suggested we do it weekly and the rest is history. Today marks the 35th week in a row that I have sat down and tried to put together an original piece of material for you guys to check out. Whether it be a photo gallery, interview, company check, shooting tutorial, editing tutorial, story from the road or whatever else came along in the past 8 months or so and it’s been an amazing experience for me to be a part of something that I have complete creative control over. As any photographer will tell you working for people can sometimes be a shit show and the only way to have things come out exactly the way you envision them is to do it yourself. So, if there is any theme to this week it’s all about taking control of your work and doing exactly what you want with it. Not only is it liberating as hell but it’s also motivating to know that everything I have done has been completely by choice and I wanted to send a shout out and thank you to everyone that I have worked with since the beginning of this whole TTL project. Also, I haven’t really said this before but I wanted to give a sincere thanks to anyone and everyone that has ever checked out any of my columns, re-tweeted and shared links, sent me emails and given positive feedback. I couldn’t…actually I wouldn’t do this without you guys. On that note, lets see what’s in store for this week.

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Photogallery: Through The Lens – Canon Sure Shot 35mm

October 17, 2012

BMX

All photos by Jeremy Pavia

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Inside Matt Beringer’s Salt Lake City House

October 10, 2012

While Jeremy was up in Salt Lake City, Utah the other week after Interbike, he stayed with Matt Beringer for a few days. While he was there, Matt gave him the full tour to show you guys over on the ESPN website. Go take a peek!

Through The Lens: Creative Minds – Eben Fischer

October 10, 2012

In this day and age it’s pretty difficult to stand out in BMX. It takes a lot of drive and motivation to pave your own path but that is exactly what Eben Fischer is doing. He has been busy behind the scenes working on creating some amazing and 100% original artwork for his company Cement Face aka CEM. He is a true artist that takes pride in his work and regardless of whether or not he is creating a piece for his own company or working on a project for someone like Chris Cole he gives it everything he has and doesn’t settle for less than perfect. It’s that kind of dedication and attention to detail that makes Cemface stand out from the crowd. He spends hours, days, weeks and at times months working and dialing in new designs and although he works for himself and makes his own rules he is truly dedicated to his craft and simply wants to give back to BMX and contribute to the industry that helped shape who he is as a person. I took some time to head down to Long Beach straight to the Cemface headquarters and hung out with Eben and got the chance to pick his brain a little bit. Check out a quick glance into Eben’s world for the 34th edition of TTL.

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Through The Lens Photo Contest #3 Results

October 5, 2012

This marks the third TTL photo contest and each one seems to be better than the last. We had some really good entries this time around and it was hard to make the final decision on a winner. So hard in fact that we opted to let the Quintin Crew handle the responsibilities of choosing the top three finalists. I narrowed them down to a final 13 which you can check out in the gallery and then the Quintin team got together to pick the winners. With a contest like this we just wanted to keep things fair and mix it up a little bit by throwing in the guest judge aspect. Plus, it’s rad to know that a few pros out there were stoked on your photos. So, with that said, we want to give a big shout out to Quintin for throwing down as a sponsor this time around and congrats to the top thirteen for making the gallery. Also, I want to personally say good job to Levi, Aaron and Marco for sending in some rad photos. Keep up the good work and we are already planning the fourth contest so expect it to be the best one yet.

Kevin Porter left us with this quote representing Quintin and the choice for
first place.

“The reason we chose the photo we did for first place is because it shows what we feel is the BMX “street” movement of today. A tooth hanger is probably the trick that could go down in history as this eras staple trick. The rider filming on his bike helps show the rise in edits whether it be a web edit or a full length DVD) of today. The riders cruisin’ in the back with a heavenly waxed ledge also shows what kind of session goes down these days.” -Kevin Porter

Check out the top 3 below or hit up the PHOTOGALLERY to see the top 13!

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Through The Lens: What You Didn’t Know #3 – Dillon Lloyd

October 3, 2012

There has always been something intriguing to me about getting some behind the scenes details on a photo. I don’t know what it is about it but I just get stoked on seeing exactly how someone shot a specific photo and get a little insight into the process. I suppose it has something to do with the fact that every photographer shoots a little differently, which in turn makes each story unique in its own way. I can remember studying photos in magazines and borderline obsessing about the way that they were shot and honestly over the years not much has changed. I still find myself getting lost in photos to this day with the same level of curiosity that I had when I first started shooting. With that said, enjoy round three of WYDK.

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