i love biking. its a feeling of freedom you dont get with any other form of transportation. sure i can drive a drop top ferrari but can it go on the narrow bike paths that snake the country side, the paths that truly take you where not many normally go? nope!

i rode my bike through the rain a couple months ago and ever since, my gears squeaked like mice fighting over cheese. so i took it into the shop to get my gears soaked in solvents and get my bike tuned and cleaned up and that meant it came back to me nice and shinyyyyyy, bling! ive always wanted to take pics of my bike so now was the chance before i dirty it up again.

my bike isnt made totally of carbon fiber, its not the showiest on the road, not the lightest, not the fastest, and definitely not the most expensive (it was actually the cheapest in the store haha) but i love it nevertheless. i think if you paint objects with light (dramatic light) only, it makes the object look like a million bucks when it really only cost about as much as a load of laundry! well at least i think so =).

i must do more of this when i have time so stay tuned! maybe with different objects too.

I love how the light just grabs the edges to define the bike’s form.

sexy curves

out of the world! and to think its just a simple bike!

a view from my flight deck. i think that sliver of light defining the right edge of my right aerobar is so sexy

i’ll admit, for 2 hours i didnt know what i was really doing or trying to achieve but gradually figured out how to place my flash to get the results i secretly wanted but didnt know i wanted. learning like this takes awhile but once you finally get it, its ingrained in your head forever.

the setup was as poor man as you can get really. i used my housemate’s toyota sienna car seat to prop my bike up. used a big foam core board that i use to build my model airports to reflect some extra light onto the bike. then i guess the more expensive stuff is the flash on a stand controlled by a pocketwizard. this all shot in total darkness with a flashlight to help my camera lock focus. try it!