Erik Seo Photography Blog

Have you ever heard of a Tall Bike?  In the case you haven’t heard of or seen one, they are quite the site.  Some friends of mine here in Salt Lake City, UT have made a few of them.  You chop up a few bike frames and weld them together to form one real tall monstrosity of a bike.  They are pretty damn cool actually!

I recently stumbled upon the underground bicycle scene in slc. A friend of mine had mentioned a tall bike jousting event happening in a random dark corner of downtown Salt Lake City. Immidiately I knew I had to shoot it, the mix of local culture and the overall oddity of a tall bike and the carnage of jousting on a tall bike was enough to get me out shooting for the first time in a month.   The event was helped along by the SLC Bike Company and prizes donated by Cycle Logical so props to them for helping this out.  Here are some shots from event… Armor was optional.

Not knowing what to expect, I brought a pretty simple setup with me.  Just two light stands and three Nikon SB80 DX’s to shoot this event that went down in some pretty low light conditions.  I can’t wait till the next one so I can go nuts and bring the everything and the kitchen sink with me.  They aren’t the raddest photos I’ve taken but I was just trying to figure out how the hell to shoot something like this the whole time!  I can’t wait for the next round.