At Swim Bike Run Photo we specialize in action portraits and race photography and are lucky to have access to a talented pool of award-winning photographers who are just as psyched to get outside and get moving as you are. Racers love us because we tend to make them look good and race directors love us because we have over 20 years of experience with race and event production which allows us to anticipate their needs before they even realize it.
As our name implies, we specialize in running, cycling, and swimming event coverage. Many of our client’s events are trail and road running races of all distances, but we love the unique challenges of multi-sport and adventure racing events, too. We cover events with runners racing through miles of city streets, mountain bikers navigating rocky trails, and swimmers, kayakers or paddle-boarders crossing pristine lakes.
Our current clients include EX2 Adventures, Pacers Running, the Dulles Greenway, and individual athletes and their families. We have covered the Across the Bay 10K, Primal Quest Adventure Race, The Nation’s Triathlon, the TriRock Philadelphia Triathlon, the REV3 Quassy Half triathlon, and many local races. Contact us to book your next event!
BRIAN W. KNIGHT
Owner/Principal Photographer
Photography has taken me from the streets, rivers, and trails of D.C. and the mid-Atlantic, to the hot Utah desert and rocky mountains of Montana, and the distant peaks of Patagonia. I love the unique challenge that each race provides. I’ve photographed events while halfway submerged in a lake and from rooftops, scissors lifts, bikes, cars, trucks, motorcycles, jet skis, boats, helicopters, and airplanes. Even photographing the same races at the same parks year after year is actually different thanks to ever-changing weather conditions. Feedback from racers has led me to expand into individual athlete-centered photography. I find it awesome being able to spend more time with people beyond the few seconds during a race when they run past me.
My photos have been published in The Washington Post, Shape magazine, Yahoo! News, Backpacker, Competitor, Run Washington, Blue Ridge Outdoors, Metro Sports DC, and DCist.com and I’ve written articles for Trail Runner Magazine and Tri DC.
I created Swim Bike Run Photo in 2007 after first learning the ins and outs of event production at EX2 and after a two year apprenticeship with amazing adventure sport photographer Will Ramos. In 2009, the international photography competition, Fotoweek DC, awarded me first prize for Sports Photography.
CHRISTY W. KNIGHT
Owner/Assistant Photographer/Athlete Liaison
While newer to being behind the camera, I have participated in many races and have had my fair share of less than awesome race photos. I am a 3x Ironman finisher (Maryland, Louisville, and Mont Tremblant), 11x marathon finisher, 16x Half-marathon finisher, 2x Great Chesapeake Bay swim finisher, and have finished more shorter distance races than I can count.
As it happens, it is thanks to a race photo that I met (and eventually married) Brian. It’s been enlightening seeing all of the thought and effort that goes into getting excellent race photos. I enjoy being able to lend some athlete perspective to the approach for race and action portrait photography while learning the more technical aspects of photography beyond the iPhone camera.
I’m very excited that Exposed DC selected one of my photos (taken during a morning run in Alexandria) for their 15th annual show that highlights photographers and scenes from the DC area.