I wont be doing any shooting this week as i will by sticking close to my mom for the most part.We'll see if she works monday her one day a week to work....Anyway...I thought i'd post a bright colorful image as the days have been so gray and gloomy....
This is from a calendar i was shooting for Hellbent Iron formerly Widowmakers...The bikes are built by a guy named Kevin who once had a Coors Light Bike Build Off against Jessie James...Kevin had the better bike when all was said and done.....if you want a bike built by him its a 3 year waiting list....
I'll see if i can find a shot of the tank, the tank is pretty awesome!! Standing directly behind me is the bike owner and the plant manager.....
On the Bike is Jordan the girl pictured in my Heritage series images posted in another thread which i have no idea where that is....
What is your "Heritage series"?
Erik Jonas: Jordan on a Custom Red Bike
Erik,
Most of you, the bike-maker, Jordan's parents, the roadway architects and God got it right! You brought it together in the right place. This is a nice concept for a bike picture. I like the simple list of components, the impressive grab you colors, bike design, concrete forms and simple gritty landscape.
In fact, since you imagined this, my commendation on making a usable concept and the arranging to get it done. So you have the needed vision. However, there are some issues.
Our job here is to respect your original intent of making a nice picture with jordan, but we still should give you honest professional comment as if this image is to compete in a commercial setting where this picture gets new high paying clients. So don't take our response to your work as a personal criticism of you or Jordan. The "wow" of the picture is there but not the finish it deserves.
Putting this in perspective, a pro team, (Say for Benjamin Kanarek, for example), might have had 4- 20 people on the job working with you. But we're not always blessed with those resources, so what then? I think that there are simple things within our capability and at no cost, that might be worth considering to markedly improving the realization of one's vision despite lack of funding.
- First, as Charles points out, Jordan's expression is not the best for the image. That's why one hires very experienced models. Alternatively one puts on the right music gets however many variations until you both nail it. Hard work and your gentle guidance!
- The lines of tire tracks in the background would be better being more extensive with one clear track ending where the bike is, for example or else should have been raked and brushed flat.
- The job of getting the bike to the exact angle is a rigging responsibility and the factory or your team will build whatever is needed. I know it's damn hard. But given the beautiful sweep of the roadway coming at an angle from left to right, the front fork and wheel could follow that powerful direction.
- Next, the entire shadow of Jordan and the bike should be considered part of the composition and some amelioration of its harshness on her face would be better by controlling that light yourself.
I grant you that this photograph
is as an eye-catcher! It does show you have an ability to conceptualize an interesting idea for a snappy ad page or article. Materializing this can be a huge challenge without funds for lights, (apparently) and the team such projects deserve. It still might be brought to a higher level of execution by making agreements in exchange for pictures.
Asher
