Pedaling On The Road Of Life

A fine blog dedicated to sharing the dynamic imagery by me, photojournalist L.E. Baskow, begun during the summer months of 2011 on my cross-county bicycle photo project. It's a great place to monitor my work and see what I see, whom I meet and the interesting things that take place along my twisting road of photographic life.

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My series entry from this year’s PDXSQ 2013 last weekend. I chose to use a circle theme to all the images and it was fun to seek them out as I went about the competition. 

(Source: LeftEyeImages.com)



An awesome weekend as a participant at this years PDXSQ2013 photo competition with 70 talented photographers presented by the ASMP. Great thanks to Leah Nash and Christopher Onstott for their fine efforts in organization along with the many other sponsors and Jim Felt of Studio3 for the space and entertaining judging. Fortunate to have won for Documentary Photography and also Urban Landscape especially with all the amazing images submitted and talented photographers. 

(Source: asmporegon.org)



Having a great time with 69 other photographers at PDXSQ 2013.

Having a great time with 69 other photographers at PDXSQ 2013.



The I-205 bridge from the air at late day makes it look a lot cooler than it is. It’s a tough little climb over it too from the Portland side to Vancouver but the view is worth it.

The I-205 bridge from the air at late day makes it look a lot cooler than it is. It’s a tough little climb over it too from the Portland side to Vancouver but the view is worth it.



A shot I’d been looking to make for a time, saw the potential from the Portland aerial tram but had to wait for a clear night and a free evening.

A shot I’d been looking to make for a time, saw the potential from the Portland aerial tram but had to wait for a clear night and a free evening.



Note to self…Late, late night fun makes ride to Vancouver much tougher the next day. Conclusion: Worth it!!

Note to self…Late, late night fun makes ride to Vancouver much tougher the next day. Conclusion:
Worth it!!



Shooting late day from up at OHSU ;)

Shooting late day from up at OHSU ;)



Another one from the archive I just found again. It’s tragic but also has a very fluid motion to it, dance like. Hope they ended up receiving the help they needed :)

Another one from the archive I just found again. It’s tragic but also has a very fluid motion to it, dance like. Hope they ended up receiving the help they needed :)



What to do on a lazy Saturday morning? Edit some photos to start :)

What to do on a lazy Saturday morning? Edit some photos to start :)



Odd little moment you don’t see every day :)   Training is now starting to ramp up with Cycle Greater Yellowstone just 4 months away. Gotta be in top shape if I’m planning to ride/shoot all the way!  Thinking it might be cool to have some sponsors and create a riding jersey with all of their logos. The ride will have some expenses like new gear, bicycle tune up, food, tent service, etc…   Any suggestions, feel free to let me know.

Odd little moment you don’t see every day :)  

Training is now starting to ramp up with Cycle Greater Yellowstone just 4 months away. Gotta be in top shape if I’m planning to ride/shoot all the way!  Thinking it might be cool to have some sponsors and create a riding jersey with all of their logos. The ride will have some expenses like new gear, bicycle tune up, food, tent service, etc…   Any suggestions, feel free to let me know.