I absolutely love what you said at the end. About becoming picking something that you love, becoming a subject matter expert, and going out doing it over and over and over again to create your body of work. You are very motivational and inspiring, you’re also super talented
I bought this class on the JGA. It was excellent. So simple and explained exactly what I needed and how to do it but not in a "copy" me kind of way. He leaves plenty of room for creativity. I can't wait to shoot my own '84 Moto Guzzi Cal II. She has no bags or windshield. just bare bones. Can't wait to see how it turns out. I'm hoping to do it near Tempe town lake or one of the old bars out in old town Scottsdale.
Wow! Excellent work! As a local HD rider (Tartesso) and photographer I can really appreciate the effort that went into this project. Not to mention what I've learned from your videos. Thanks!
Hi Joel, Thanks for posting this. I really like the photos and your explanations are super clear and just plain interesting to listen to. Your Harley project is sort of like a new-age version of Danny Lyon's The Bikeriders! Anyway, if you have time and by some miracle you see this, I have a way-too-geeky tech question you might be able to answer regarding the silver Harley photo at 5:49. When you set up the strip light to float over the bike and lay down the highlight, do you try to balance the strobe light's color temp with the ambient? I'm guessing this is shot just after sunset, so the ambient would be pretty cool, maybe around the 2000K range? The strobe would still be in the daylight realm, around 5500K, so a CTB gel could be used to help to balance the strobe with the ambient. I'm guessing the strobe is acting more as a soft fill and to add the long highlight and the daylight-to-strobe ratio is heavily skewed towards the ambient, so maybe the discrepancy in color temp is not really a factor. Thanks for putting in so much effort to do these videos. They're really great and much appreciated.
Definitely a cool project. I wish the tech we have today was available when I was in high school photographing hot-rods on film at car shows. I still shoot cars and bikes once in a while, but I certainly don't have your compositing skills...I'm working on it though.
Joel Grimes Nice, Joel! Man, that a lot of great technique. Regarding the Westcott X-Drop background stand, since you probably deployed it tons of times, how has it held up? I use a backdrop muslin held up on a long, horizontal pole, which in turn is held up left and right by two tall stands. Thank you.
Thanks Joe. You did great. Love the shots. There’s some creative ideas there, especially the bikes in window light. Maybe you should teach us how you achieved that next ;)
I absolutely love what you said at the end. About becoming picking something that you love, becoming a subject matter expert, and going out doing it over and over and over again to create your body of work.
You are very motivational and inspiring, you’re also super talented
I bought this class on the JGA. It was excellent. So simple and explained exactly what I needed and how to do it but not in a "copy" me kind of way. He leaves plenty of room for creativity. I can't wait to shoot my own '84 Moto Guzzi Cal II. She has no bags or windshield. just bare bones. Can't wait to see how it turns out. I'm hoping to do it near Tempe town lake or one of the old bars out in old town Scottsdale.
I knew to do what you were doing with the background... but masking in the strobe. : ) Nice.
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Wow! Excellent work! As a local HD rider (Tartesso) and photographer I can really appreciate the effort that went into this project. Not to mention what I've learned from your videos. Thanks!
Love what you do and do what you love.
Really loving the new content. Thank you for sharing and taking your time to explain.
Really enjoy your vids and photography! Thinking your course could be transformational. At least for me!
Joel is a legend! If you don't believe that you can do it too then you are not listening to his message.
thanks Ethan!
Good job! Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic video & sharing of your thought process Joel 👍
Hi Joel,
Thanks for posting this. I really like the photos and your explanations are super clear and just plain interesting to listen to. Your Harley project is sort of like a new-age version of Danny Lyon's The Bikeriders!
Anyway, if you have time and by some miracle you see this, I have a way-too-geeky tech question you might be able to answer regarding the silver Harley photo at 5:49.
When you set up the strip light to float over the bike and lay down the highlight, do you try to balance the strobe light's color temp with the ambient? I'm guessing this is shot just after sunset, so the ambient would be pretty cool, maybe around the 2000K range? The strobe would still be in the daylight realm, around 5500K, so a CTB gel could be used to help to balance the strobe with the ambient. I'm guessing the strobe is acting more as a soft fill and to add the long highlight and the daylight-to-strobe ratio is heavily skewed towards the ambient, so maybe the discrepancy in color temp is not really a factor.
Thanks for putting in so much effort to do these videos. They're really great and much appreciated.
Definitely a cool project. I wish the tech we have today was available when I was in high school photographing hot-rods on film at car shows. I still shoot cars and bikes once in a while, but I certainly don't have your compositing skills...I'm working on it though.
amazing project and advice!
Excellent. Love your video. Love your commitment. Love your photography.
I love the video being an ex Harley rider myself.
Where can I find a 50% grey backdrop that you mentioned, many thanks
Joel Grimes Nice, Joel! Man, that a lot of great technique. Regarding the Westcott X-Drop background stand, since you probably deployed it tons of times, how has it held up? I use a backdrop muslin held up on a long, horizontal pole, which in turn is held up left and right by two tall stands. Thank you.
Dying to see the pictures Joe. Where are they? Flickr?
Thanks Joe. You did great. Love the shots. There’s some creative ideas there, especially the bikes in window light. Maybe you should teach us how you achieved that next ;)
You mean you spent 100 days during the summer not in Arizona? You lucky man.
I still can't find the softbox he uses. if its wescott, nothing shows up. it's it's own beast
www.fjwestcott.com/westcott-shallow-softbox-4x6-silver-interior
I have been shooting the Black Bike Week for 8 years now and have become very well known among some 50k bikers. They are very respectful and fun.