Custom Chopper

I had fun today photographing a really cool custom made chopper. It is actually a cross between a dirt bike, flat track racer, and a chopper. The owner is Monte Frank, AMA Pro factory supermoto racer, and built by Tony at www.tfabmetal.com. We were doing this shot for a national motorcycle publication.

Brought it into the studio yesterday and set things up. I started working on it last night but had brain fade. The pictures were just not turning out like I wanted. It was a very long day.

I slept on it and came back early and refreshed and came up with these two shots, plus lots of detail shots that help tell the story of the bike for the magazine. Next week we are doing a location shoot with the bike and some girls to give it a sense of "place" for the story.

This is certainly my idea of fun!

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