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10/11/2008
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Yorick Carroux often works as a hired gun
at Red Bull events and at the Adidas Slopestyle. His images are
then offered to publications like ours to go along with stories from
the events - which means his images have been presented here before.
I recently learned that euro Yorick actually lives here in B.C. - dividing
his time between the North Shore and Whistler. YC grew up in Switzerland,
spent five years working out of Munich and then headed west and landed
in our little paradise. Recently he's climbed several 4000m peaks
- and 5600m Mt. Damavand in Iran - just to ride his snowboard down.
Have a look at Yorick's
Web site to get a feel for his work. |
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Wondering if you can enter? Check out the Money Shot 2007 Rules here.
If you work full time as a photographer you aren't eligible to enter. To quote
directly from the rules it states: This is not a pro contest. If
you have sold more than four campaigns to print publications you are not considered
an amateur in the eyes of Money Shot.
Our sponsor for this month as been Mace Gear
and below you'll see the spoils for this week's winner; a Matrix
jersey and MX gloves.
Shortly we'll sort out the winner for the month of April and that lucky shooter
will get a complete head to toe swag kit from Mace.
Don't forget that all of this is leading up to our grand prize package including
accommodation, lift tickets, priority press passes and bike rentals at Crankworx
07 in Whistler.
To the winner - fine clothes for mountain bicycling from Mace: A Matrix Jersey
and a pair of MX Gloves
Here's Yorick's favourite image of the week. The winner sent me an
email before the contest began asking me if he could participate.
I replied with the rules and
suggested he could join in the fun if he met our criteria. Without
further blather here's what Yorick had to say.
Cam McRae
Lauri Pellerin by Rene Gouin
a wonderful location....a wonderful shot.i like how perfect the rider
and his position fits in the window and the stickframe...everything
fits in this shot,from the warm light inside the house to the redshirt!
Yorick Carroux
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Rider ~ Lauri Pellerin. Photo ~ Rene Gouin Click image
to see original file.
...last light, a good position for a flash
to give the rider a nice silhouette.........and on top, the reflection
in the puddle is great...
This shot has depth and mystery. I like it a lot.
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Second place. Rider ~Olli Eloranta. Photo
~Markus Markkanen. Click image
to view un-cropped original.
| ..what a great graphic...nice! You caught
the trick perfectly, and the position in the photo is very good. normaly,
I don´t like it when you can´t see the landing, but it
works well with the cables from the lift. Also the late afternoon
light makes the photo work.
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Third place. Rider ~ Andreu
Lacondeguy. Photo ~ Doug McMillan. Click image
see original.
..a nice event shot. You caught
Ben Boyko in the right moment and it is not easy to make a tailwhip
look good! The light, the clouds and the colours are great, the only
thing you could do better - for my taste - is the rider is too perfect
in the center. It would make it more interesting if the rider was
offset in some way.
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Honourable Mention 1. Rider ~ Ben Boyko Photo
~ Anthony Brey Oddly the originally posted version of this
shot has disappeared. I can only guess that it was deleted by the
photographer.
| ...this is the feeling of mountainbiking.
I like the diagonal border from shade to sun - it splits
the shot in two. The shot would be even better if you had taken
the shot two seconds earlier.
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Honourable Mention 1. Rider2 ~ Mario Lenzen &
Franky. Photo ~ Anthony Brey Click image
to see original.
Week nine is well under way at this point.
Click
here to see the entries. This week's winner will receive a
Matrix Jersey and a pair of MX Gloves from Mace.
Cam McRae
Money Shot 2007 prizes are being provided by
the following sponsors.
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