I know its a boring photo but it means a lot to me.  For years I have been putting up with a bike rack which has no sides -so when I go over bumps or turn the panier bags I have bump into the wheels.  Finally the Heath Robinson way I tried to prevent this failed yesterday – so I’ve had to ride to work for two days without a bag and my support stuff.

So I was forced to buy a new rack finally, and its now on the bike. 

How i did the smoke pictures – the flash gun has a snoot that I made out of black straws which stop the light from splashing over the background too much. Also a blue and red gel over the flash (under the snoot) Sorry about the low quality – was a mobile pic in bad light as my camera was obviously otherwise engaged

An incence stick and a gelled off camera flash.