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photos of me

Posted by mareadyphotography in fitness/sports on September 27, 2009

every now and then i get on the other side of the lens. here are some shots of me from this summer and the talented fellow photogs who make the magic:

you know how sampson lost all of his power after delilah cut off his flowing mane? well jeff brockmeyer used to have a long, flowing mane of dreadlocks – but after they got chopped, his camera skills are as good as ever. i’ve known him for ages and every shot this guy has ever taken has been crazy good. go to his site right now and check out his stuff at jeffbrockmeyer.com

by jeff brockmeyer

bennett weinberg was a camper at woodward learning photography. his sensei, eli phillips (at elyphillips.com) was dragging him around the camp and they ended up near me. the crazy thing was that during the first few shots he took, i snapped 4 of the plies of my board (in this shot you can kinda see one of the plies sticking out a couple inches from the back truck). but 3 were still hangin on hard so i kept at it knowing that my board was going to explode and i was going to end up a twisted pile of wreckage at the bottom of the ramp. never did. yay cape fear skateboards for making crazy strong decks.

by bennet weining

robert burch (at robertburchphotography.com) grabbed a couple shots that came out nice

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air, frontside, heelflip, josh, kickflip, maready, ollie, pa, park, skate, skateboard, woodward

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shawn johnson

Posted by mareadyphotography in fashion, fitness/sports on August 28, 2009

shawn was crazy easy to shoot. i mean, most times i end up looking through the photos at the end of a shoot to see which ones are usable, then i make my selects from those. but with shawn, every time the shutter opened it was a winner. and that pretty much how it’s been for shawn lately – she just can’t stop winning. she nailed down the gold on balance beam in the 2008 olympics in beijing (check out the standing backflip full twist at 2:07 – holy moly!) and just won dancing with the stars. that’s pretty much a big deal. especially when you have all that under your belt before 18. when i was 18, i was living out of a VW bus eating little debbie snack cakes and drinking half-and-half out of the carton.

check shawn’s website HERE

and her twitter HERE

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: this kinda reminds me of that picture of drew barrymore from “firestarter.” except a lot less evil. and less windy. and.. ok, it’s nothing like it. but kinda.

: earlier in the day shawn went riding horses and got caught in a rain storm. got soaked to the bone. before we took these shots i asked to to throw on some jeans, so she did. after the shoot she told me the only jeans she had were the ones that got soaked. she wore cold wet jeans and never complained once. what a trooper.

: she likes to laugh and i like that. it’s a giggly and sincere laugh. it’s like… idunno – laughy.

: yowza

: aaaawwwwwwww

balance, beam, beijing, dance, dancing with the stars, fashion, fitness/sports, gold medal, gym, gymnast, gymnastics, johnson, location, natural light, olympian, olympic, olympics, pa, photo, photography, portrait, shawn, woodward

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skateboarding legend mike frazier

Posted by mareadyphotography in fitness/sports on August 15, 2009

when i first started skating i remember watching video of frazier killin the vert at the skatepark of tampa. and throughout the next 16 years, i’d bump into him at tampa, woodward or some random skate event in some random part of the country and the guy is still killin it. these days, me and frazier are both rocking the balding-buzz cuts with some scruff – so whenever i’m at woodward, there’s always 2 or 3 kids that come up to me as i’m skating by and ask if i’m mike frazier. i’ll say “yep” and sign their shirt. but i’ll actually sign it “maready rips!” and skate away. that’s a lie. well the last part’s a lie, anyway. last week when i was at woodward a campers mom asked me if i was mike frazier. i told her “sure am, can i sign your boobs?” see, that last part is a lie again. actually it was all a lie. it was really a camper’s dad and i never signed his boobs.

check out a few tidbits from the mike frazier legacy:

90’s powell peralta video of frazier completely destroying a vert ramp

20 minute fuel tv episode about frazier being on the vans warped tour

frazier gets scientific and finally admits to nasa that he needs retro rockets

woodward – life on the inside

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action sports, air, camp, frazier, hand plant, location, mike, pa, pennsylvania, photo, photography, portrait, ramp, skateboarding, sports, vert, woodward

kevin tan – 2008 olympics gymnastics men’s team captain

Posted by mareadyphotography in fitness/sports on August 14, 2009

my shoot with kevin was fast and furious, but i snagged some rad shots. this guy is pretty much like wow. underneath that calm looking facade is a gymnastics machine that is ripped like some jeans in williamsburg.

some vids of him shredding up some gymnastics: HIGH BAR, RINGS, SHAKEY HOME FOOTAGE MONTAGE

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2008, beijing, coach, fitness/sports, gym, gymnast, gymnastics, high bar, location, olympian, olympics, pa, parallel bars, penn state, pennsylvania, photo, photography, portrait, rings, team captain, woodward

olympian jessica lopez

Posted by mareadyphotography in fitness/sports on August 13, 2009

jessica lopez has been a gymnast since she was 3 years old. that’s insane. i mean, when she was learning how to tumble, i was learning to color inside the lines. but all that training has paid off and has given her a laundry list of achievements, including going to beijing for the 2008 olympics. and my coloring still sucks.

check out some vids of jessica i google-lurked: FLOOR ROUTINE, VAULT, BALANCE BEAM