Ducati Mach 1
I photographed this beautiful Ducati Mach 1/s 250cc racer at Hallett Raceway in 2008. Owned by Gerald Tims of Performance Cycle in OKC, we were doing this for his 2009 calendar. I trailered the Ducati to the track and photographed it during the lunch break. I used two SB-800 flashes to light the bike against [...]
Kawasaki KLR
Normally when you think of doing a cool bike photograph, most people don’t think of a Kawasaki KLR as “cool”. But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and the venerable KLR has developed a cult following of riders who love their bikes. We did a story in Adventure Rider magazine about the “Ultimate [...]
Monte Franks' Chopper
I think this is one of the coolest choppers I have photographed. AM professional supermoto racer Monte Franks had this built by Tony Baustert with T-Fab Metal Fabricators. The bike is a mix of chopper, dirt bike and supermoto bike. It has a knobby 21″ front tire, the forks off a Hyabusa, dirt bike handlebars [...]
Drag Racer
I love shooting sunset drag racing photographs at Thunder Valley Raceway. In the summer the sun goes down right at the end of the track. Racing normally goes late into the night, so if you time it right you can get some incredible shots. Since the people at the track know me well I have [...]
1958 Ariel Leader
Gerald Tims with Performance Cycles Oklahoma City owns this 1958 Ariel Leader motorcycle. We photographed it for a calendar he published in 2008. We took the bike down to the Oklahoma City Farmers Market for the photograph on a nice summer day. Our model was the lovely Sharis Fajardo from Puerto Rico. Lighting was fairly [...]
Yamaha DT-1
I had the opportunity to photography this beautiful 1968 Yamaha DT-1 a couple of years ago in my studio. This bike was in pristine condition and owned by Gerald Tims, a vintage motorcycle collector and owner of Performance Cycles OKC. The DT-1 was a game-changing motorcycle. It was the first affordable, light weight and reasonably [...]
Hayabusa drag bike
My job from my customer was to photograph a Hayabusa sport bike with a beautiful girl in a bikini. This is pretty well standard fare in the motorcycle business – guys love girls in bikini’s on bikes. So per the customer request, I shot the beautiful Emily Cochran on this red Hayabusa customized by Tommy [...]
1960 Honda Dream 305
I photographed this 1960 Honda 305 Dream for Gerald Tims at Performance Cycle in Oklahoma City. He has a large collection of well restored older bikes and this was one of the first I photographed for him. My goal was to make it look like the girl, Mickey Oyler, was out riding one morning and [...]