{"id":9305,"date":"2014-06-16T09:59:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T23:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=9305"},"modified":"2014-06-16T11:14:51","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T01:14:51","slug":"mark-abram-photographer-galeria-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/mark-abram-photographer-galeria-two\/","title":{"rendered":"MARK ABRAM – PHOTOGRAPHER – GALERIA TWO"},"content":{"rendered":"

We trust you are enjoying Mark Abram’s work. It has certainly given us a set of damp underpants.<\/p>\n

We had occasion to speak to Mark about his photographic kung-fu, and we felt the exchange was worth repeating here. After all, when we hold the blowtorch of truth to the genitals of our subjects, there is no denying the flame…<\/p>\n

How old are you?<\/h4>\n

“Fifty-four.”<\/p>\n

Why do you do this?<\/h4>\n

“Because I love the sport.“<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whose photographic work do you find inspirational?<\/h4>\n

“Helmut Newton for the arty side, Scott Jones for the MotoGP.”<\/p>\n

Who is the best rider in Australia today?<\/h4>\n

“That’s a hard one . I would say the best up and coming riders are Daniel Falzon and Hudson Pitt , although young Ted Collins is one to watch for the future.”<\/p>\n

What is your dream bike?<\/h4>\n

“Kevin Schwantz’s 1993 RGV 500 with a stick-on headlight. I’m a self-confessed two-stroke junkie.”<\/p>\n

Have you ever taken the perfect shot?<\/h4>\n

“No, not yet . I strive to make my images convey the feeling of speed and motion and this is still a work in progress.”<\/p>\n

Who or what would you most like to photograph?<\/h4>\n

“The Northern Lights.”<\/p>\n

Have you ever fallen in love with a grid girl?<\/h4>\n

“No. I am more likely to nick the bike than the girl.”<\/p>\n

What kind of gear do you use?<\/h4>\n

“Canon. I use a 1D MK IV camera body sourced from Gumtree for $3000 pre-loved. Most of my gear is pre-loved and sourced from wBay and the like. My current fave lens is the 70-200 2.8 Series II combined with a 1.4 converter . I also have a crusty old non-IS 400 2.8 that I love.”<\/p>\n

Do you ever long for the days of film?<\/h4>\n

“Always I miss the darkroom. I am trying to teach myself Photoshop. This is a long drawn-out process as I am a Luddite when it comes to technology.”<\/p>\n

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We trust you are enjoying Mark Abram’s work. It has certainly given us a set of damp underpants. We had occasion to speak to Mark about his photographic kung-fu, and we felt the exchange was worth repeating here. After all, when we hold the blowtorch of truth to the genitals of our subjects, there is [&hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[50,51,92,49,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9305"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9305"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9365,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9305\/revisions\/9365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}