The VT 1100 Honda Shadow C3 (what a bulky model name by the way) is a luxurious chopper radiating the spirit of freedom. Its 1100 cc engine delivers only 57 HP, but choppers aren’t built for racing, are they? The rider, Björn, suggested a location about half an...
On a Saturday morning I borrowed my friend’s bike and embarked on an early photoshoot. I planned to have another “bike and biker”-session, but getting up at 06:30 in the morning on a Saturday is nothing a sane person would do without an urgend...
A good location is the key ingredient for a successful photo shoot. When Carsten approached me with his custom built Kawasaki W800 Retro Scrambler we both agreed, that a special bike requires a special location. Since Carsten rides his bike with a pilot-style bomber...
You know what I said about noon. Harsh sunlight, not good for photography, go into the shade if you must take images in such conditinos. And don’t photograph against the sun, your subject will just be a dark silhouette against a blown-out sky. I chose to break...
I have blogged many images of motorcycles in the studio in the past weeks. Post-processing these images took time, since the studio background had to be painted black in PhotoShop. Due to spatial restrictions the backdrop is quite close to the bike (our carport is not...
On the blog we’ve had the Suzuki GSX-R 600, the GSX-R 750, so what was missing is the king (or queen ?) of the line, the GSX-R 1000. This beauty in the classic Suzuki colours blue and yellow belongs to Dana and was in her possession only for a few weeks when the...
