A Night with Harley
These bikes are really a fun subject for photography.  I get excited every time I head out for one of these events.  There are so many styles, customizations, and characters behind them... you never see the same thing twice.

Setting up for these photos is also somewhat of a fun challenge.  Getting the right "background" is very important to me... sometimes it just does not work out, so I have to move on and leave a pretty bike alone.  The other thing about these bikes, which you don't realize until you take thousands of photos of them, is that you probably only have a 12.5% chance of getting a good composition and background.  I break it down thusly:

Read the breakdown and some info on wide-angle lenses at the Stuck in Customs blog!
Le Arc de Triumph from the Champs-Élysées This wonderful landmark is always fun, but challenging, to photograph.  It's right in the middle of a roundabout that is as dangerous as that thing Bond got stuck in to test G-forces in Moonraker.  There was a recent rain, and the Champs-Élysées was shiny and perfect in the cool dusk air.  I set up and kept the f stop as high as possible so that the French passerby would fall out of the frame during the long exposure.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The Majesty (my largest photo ever) This is one of the largest pieces I have ever made; the giant TIFF is about 21,000 pixels across.  I shot it one cool and crisp morning at Glacier National Park in this crystal clear lake that is fed by glacial runoff.  It is comprised of 90 different photos that took a small eternity to mix together into an epic HDR.  I've been thinking about having a 10-foot mural printed at walk-up resolution... but I am not quite sure where I would put it!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

A Night with Harley


These bikes are really a fun subject for photography. I get excited every time I head out for one of these events. There are so many styles, customizations, and characters behind them... you never see the same thing twice.

Setting up for these photos is also somewhat of a fun challenge. Getting the right "background" is very important to me... sometimes it just does not work out, so I have to move on and leave a pretty bike alone. The other thing about these bikes, which you don't realize until you take thousands of photos of them, is that you probably only have a 12.5% chance of getting a good composition and background. I break it down thusly:

Read the breakdown and some info on wide-angle lenses at the Stuck in Customs blog!

A Night with Harley


These bikes are really a fun subject for photography. I get excited every time I head out for one of these events. There are so many styles, customizations, and characters behind them... you never see the same thing twice.

Setting up for these photos is also somewhat of a fun challenge. Getting the right "background" is very important to me... sometimes it just does not work out, so I have to move on and leave a pretty bike alone. The other thing about these bikes, which you don't realize until you take thousands of photos of them, is that you probably only have a 12.5% chance of getting a good composition and background. I break it down thusly:

Read the breakdown and some info on wide-angle lenses at the Stuck in Customs blog!
See photo in original gallery.