BMX in a parking lot

Jon Dowker does a BMX trick in the parking lot of Piedmont College on Thursday, January 20, 2011 in Athens, Ga.

On the way back from a farewell lunch for a coworker, I came across a guy doing BMX tricks in a parking lot.

BMX Luck

Andrew Wickham does a trick on a BMX bicycle in front of the Chapel at University of Georgia on Tues., Jan 26, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

Every once in awhile, the photo gods smile on you.

I was walking across campus to an otherwise unphotogenic assignment through the blustery wind and out of the corner of my eye, i saw this guy doing tricks on a BMX bike in front of the Chapel.

I knew that one story had already fallen through visually and what i was off to photograph was something that was photographed two or three times last week. So if i could pull off a dominant visual, it could lead the front page. Such is the way of life in community journalism.

I worked it for about 10 minutes, made a few nice frames and the one above ended up the front page image.

BMX fun

Kyle Kelsey, 20, does a flip on a BMX bike at the Athens Clarke skateboard and BMX park in Southeast Clarke Park on Wednesday, September 2, 2009 in Athens, Ga.

The local skate/bmx park is going to undergo renovations next week for a day. Somewhere the photo gods smiled on me, had an editor actually ask me to go out there AND miraculously had it for the exact same time a local professional BMX cyclist would be out there.

I thank the photo gods and am humbled by them.