Harley-Davidson Art of Custom Media event
Currently in Miami shooting a whole range of Harley-Davidsons for some high class ‘Lifestyle’ media, GQ, Esquire, Playboy and many others. Working with a couple of great colleagues, French photographer Lionel Beylot and Italian Stefano Gadda. We shot some of the CVO models as well as the latest Softail ‘Slim’ . . . models as well as the latest Softail ‘Slim’ and Sportster 72 in the Art district of Wynwood, and anyone that is fortunate enough to visit Miami really has to see this area of the city to appreciate the phenomenal skills of these ‘wall artists’, and anyone with a camera could literally spend days or even weeks searching out and capturing this City art, which is constantly being re-coloured. After a presentation at the studio of Gibson guitars, tanks designed by some of the leading edge artists of modern time were on display. Artists such as David “LEBO” LeBatard, Northern Irish Character Artist Terry Bradley, Polly Taylor, Chamizo, Tom Fuller and Frank Savage. These guys have completely different styles but all are great artists.
The images here are reasonably straightforward in terms of lighting simply using the trusty Profoto B2’s with a variety of light-shaping tools such as snoots, softboxes and barn-doors to direct a little additional light into the dark zones. For me, the shots stand out due to the location – it is absolutely spectacular!
There are so many great images coming out of this shoot so please keep an eye out for them in your favorite lifestyle mags over the coming months. I may even put a limited number on our web shop as prints – watch this space
And to end, anyone with an interest in either Art or Harleys should take a look at the Harley-Davidson web site during the next couple of weeks as they are launching an exciting, free to enter competition that will see the winner flying out to the US to be presented with their amazing prize!
