LIFE THROUGH A LENS
They say a picture paints a thousand words. Which to a busy writer sounds ideal – pass me the camera someone, how hard can it be? Cycling journalism is as much about imagery as it is about words; we drink in the pictures, the mountain scenery, the sunflower fields and the agony on the riders’ faces. And then we wish we could take photos like that.
‘Viewfinder warrior’ doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as ‘keyboard warrior’ perhaps, but nevertheless, and all in the name of serious investigative research, I paused the day job, grabbed my old DSLR camera, and set about finding out just what it takes to be a race
