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I know this post is a little late but I just wanted to post an update to say I’ve uploaded the photos from Day 3 of the 2011 Tulsa Tough races. The easiest way to view the photos is to visit this event page that I’ve created, there is a slideshow and links to all of the galleries where I’ve posted photos organized according to the race.

I know I’ve gotten a lot of requests from specific racers and teams looking for photos and I’m getting along in processing those. I’ll keep you updated and should be getting back to you in the next few days. Thanks for the interest! Below are some of my more favorite shots from the races on Riverside Drive.

Here is blog post #2 with some new links for photos I took during day 2 of this year’s Tulsa Tough races. Here are a bunch of links (event page link coming soon):

• Day 2 Race 2 – Men’s Cat V 35+
• Day 2 Race 3 – Men’s Cat V Under 35 (includes crash photos from turn #1)
• Day 2 Race 4 – Women’s Cat III/IV
• Day 2 Race 5 – Men’s Cat IV
• Day 2 Race 8 – Men’s Vets 40+
• Day 2 Race 9 – Men’s Cat III
• Day 2 Race 10 – Women’s Pro I/II
• Day 2 Race 11 – Men’s Cat I/II
• Day 2 Race 12 – Men’s Pro Cat I

If you missed my earlier post I’ve also uploaded a bunch of photos from Day 1 at the Blue Dome District races. As usual, if you’re looking for photos of a particular racer I may have something that I didn’t upload, let me know and I’ll look through all my shots. Below are some of my more favorite photos:

I’ve started to upload photos from the Day 1 of Tulsa Tough. Click these links to go to the galleries:

• Day 1 Race 1 – Men’s Cat III
• Day 1 Race 2 – Women’s Pro I/II
• Day 1 Race 3 – Men’s Cat I/II
• Day 1 Race 4 – Men’s Pro Cat I

I’m not uploading as many photos as I uploaded last year but if you’re looking for any shots in particular please send me a message (I may have something you want). I’m uploading and processing more shots, and soon I’ll create an official event page with a nice slideshow. Until then here are some of my more favorite photos from the first night of racing:

• 1st Place: Monica Mullins — $100 print credit
• 2nd Place: Seth Likens — $50 print credit
• 3rd Place: Biff Stephens — $20 print credit

I will be e-mailing everyone who won an email with their codes soon. Also anyone who entered is eligible to use the code “FIVER” at checkout for a $5 print credit. I just wanted to thank everyone who entered this contest, and thank everyone who raced in and participated in creating Tulsa Tough. It was a wonderful, exhausting, exciting experience this year and I’m sure next year will be even better.

I really like running giveaways and I’ll probably be doing more in the future so stay tuned.

Also keep looking here or on my Facebook page for more details as I upload images from this year’s races. I’m getting ready to start posting photos from Day 1: Blue Dome Crit soon(ish).

- Robert

COUPONS!

I recently got new business cards and I’ll be hiding them around the courses this weekend. On the back you’ll find coupons usable at my online store. Some codes are good for free prints, others give substantial discounts. Look for my images (or ask for a card if you happen to see me out shooting).

GIVEAWAY!

To celebrate the kick-off of TT2011 I’m giving away free print credits. I’ll be giving away $20, $50, and $100 coupon codes to 3 different people. You can use these codes at my online store to order things like Float Mounted MetalPrints, Photo Stickers, Cards, or Postcards. With the $100 coupon you could even get a canvas print!

To enter, just “Like” RJBPhoto’s fan page here AND comment below on this blog post. You must enter your e-mail address to win, otherwise I won’t be able to contact you. If you’re racing for a team you might want to mention it / post a link as well.

Also: Everyone that enters will receive a free $5 print credit for the effort.

I’ll randomly pick winners Monday night at 8pm. I’ll announce info here on the blog and on Facebook, so be sure to check back to see if you are the lucky winner.

Follow my Facebook page for updates about the photos I’ll be posting from Tulsa Tough 2011 this year.

- Robert

I ended up using Animoto, and it was ridiculously easy. They integrate with Smugmug, so I was able to pull in all my photos already. I just had to choose what to show, arrange things, and write some text. Figuring out what I wanted to say was probably the hardest part. I wanted a kind of flashy theme, and energetic music, and I told it to show the photos quicker than normal to keep it upbeat. Then, I clicked the finish button and they sent everything off to some remote server to render and piece together!

The only other hard part was figuring out where to host the movie file. Animoto has built in hosting, which is nice, but I wanted a link that would play embedded within Facebook, so I uploaded to Youtube instead. They also support uploading back to Smugmug, but I find their player is kind of slow and bulky. Vimeo was another option, but uploading there takes forever and I’m still waiting in a queue for my movie to process.

I updated my gallery website and won’t be using liveBooks anymore (way to expensive).

In the past year I’ve:

• Shot 3 weddings (yikes)
• Shot a Tulsa Tough for real this time (3 days of tired)
• Had to buy 3 more hard drive to store photos (why didn’t I just buy the 2TB drive to begin with?)
• Created an Oklahoma Cycling calendar, and marketing packet (amazing, going to do it again next year too)
• Shot another race at cowskin creek (beautiful place)
• Read a lot of books about photons and optics
• Started, and finished a photo project about diabetes (25years.net)
• and gotten excited about doing new things in new places.

It’s not like I wasn’t doing anything. I just wasn’t blogging about it.