Combining My Two Favorites

I finally got to photograph the world famous TD Five Boro Bike Tour after last year was rained out and the prior year was cancelled due to COVID. Photographing the Bike Tour was an amazing experience combing my two passions, photography and bikes. I worked very closely with Bike NY developing a strategy of how we would efficiently and effectively document the 40 mile ride touching every borough.

How to photograph a large scale NYC event involves planning and some amount of prior experience.

This year, several highly skilled professional photographers were selected to photograph the 2022 bike tour. While there are several dozen photographers capturing the tour, the majority are focussing on capturing photos of just the riders. My goal was to capture the city with rides in it. To tell the story of the day and make the city, New York City, the main character.

Each photographer was assigned a specific section or borough, along with a designated list of key photos to capture. Some of the photographers were assigned specific spots, which they’d walk, while other were assigned large areas only doable by bike. My list was originally just Brooklyn, but it was quickly expanded to the whole route with a focus on Brooklyn. Yes, I biked the whole tour (42 miles and plus some) with my cameras.

Client: Bike New York