It was a nice day for a moto wedding day

I was asked a while ago to do some photography for  a motorcycle riding, Army Veteran, Brother and while most of the photographs I made where with a digital camera, I thought I'd bring along my Holgas and see what I could do with them as well.  I am really quite happy with what I got back afterwards, so I thought I'd post the best photographs here.  

The happy couple were married at an American Legion post, but after the ceremony they along with about two dozen motorcycles (including myself), rode to a little chapel near the Utah State Capitol where the resulting photographs were made.  

 

 

 I even took my PanHolga and got this photograph with all of the bikes parked in front of the chapel.

 

 

Here's to my friends, the happy  couple.

 

 

Brian

Unknown angler...

I don't seem to get out and fish as much as I used to, so when I got a roll of Ilford HP5 Plus back recently, I was surprised to see that the first frame of the 12 exposure roll was a scene from a fall or early winter outing on the Lower Provo River.  

My first thought was that the lone angler who seems to be adjusting his line before he casts into cold dark water of the Lower Provo River, was one of my Army buddies, but after checking with him, he said that it wasn't him.  

So whomever you are "lone angler", thanks for letting me take a photograph of you.  

Brian

New photographs, what do you think?

 I never know what to put out there as far as my photographs go, typically when I get my film back I'll post what I think are the best photographs on my Flickr page, in hopes of getting some constructive feedback or even a comment like " That's a great photograph!", but all I get lately is a "Like"

So with that, I thought would post a few new photographs from a recent couple of rolls of film  that I haven't gotten any sort of feedback, or "likes" on since I posted them.

 

From a recent motorcycle stunt show at a local Harley dealer in Salt Lake City, Utah

I thought I'd try something a little different with my PanHolga and pan with the speeding motorcycle as the ride was doing a wheelie..

 

I thought I'd focus on the lines the tires made from the burnouts and the texture of the asphalt, rather than trying to stop the action or get closer to the bikes as they sped by with my regular Holga camera and I think that these two photographs  work well.

So there you have it, if you like these three photographs or don't tell me what you think of them, I'd sure love to hear what you think.

Brian 

Ride Safe!

20 Year Anniverrary Giveaway

June, June 21, 2023 to be more precise marks the 20th anniversary of mtbbrian.com, and if you don't believe me or if you want to take a look at what 20 years of my website looks like, check out the "Way Back Machine".

It's been an interesting ride this past 20 years, my site has evolved and de-evolved , from a really basic website that I built using basic web based tools that were hosted by the various internet service providers I have had over the years, to a full on website that I created using professional tools like "Dreamweaver" and were hosted by companies that do that sort of thing, to what it is now, what I call a "blogsite" hosted by blogspot.com (Google) where I have the blogspot URL pointed at mtbbrian.com.  

If you have been following my photography for more than 10 years, you may recall that at that time I was doing a book of my fly fishing photography and to celebrate that and the 10th anniversary of my site, I gave away a copy of the book.

So for the 20th anniversary celebration of my site, I thought I'd do another giveaway and give away not one, but two of my photographs, one fly fishing one and motorcycle one. 

The motorcycle print is one of my favorites of two Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe motorcycles that unbeknownst to me is a bit of a self portrait too.  Can you see me?  I have titled it "Too Deluxe" and is 11"x14". 

  

 

The fishing photograph was in my book and a favorite from that period, I titled it "Rod Holder" and is 8"x10".

 

Both prints were printed by me in the darkroom, on light sensitive, silver gelatin, photographic paper, in other words these are not digital prints.   

So here are the rules:

 

Make a comment (one comment per person) in the comments section below, let me know which photograph you are interested in, how long you have been following my photography, where you saw the post, or anything else you'd like to say about my photography (be constructive at the least, supportive at the most, flattery is great even, but won't get you anymore but one entry!).

 

If you comment using the Anonymous,Open ID or Name/URL options, please leave a name and email so I know who you are are and how to contact you. 

 

Due to shipping costs, I have to limit this giveaway to readers in the United States of America only. 

 

The giveaway begins on the date of the post and ends on June 21, 2023 at 2359 HRS Mountain Time.  

I will select two winners using the random number generator on random.org, based upon the number of people that enter, and announce it with another post shortly afterwards. 

 

All decisions are final and made by me.  

Feel free to  share this post if you like, and please do, but the only way to enter this giveaway is to comment on this post.

Thanks for reading this and if you have followed my photography for any or all of the past 20 years or more, thanks.

Brian

Bike Night..

 

Bike night, at a local Cycle Gear...

It's been a while...

 It's been a while since I have posted something to my blogsite, 738 days if you are wondering,  but I have been making some Holga photographs, it's just a little easier to do some with my phone and post them to my Instagram account @harleys_and_holgas_forever or on Flickr, where I go by "Red Holga Man" a nickname given to me after attending the Maine Photographic Workshops.. 

I have used both my regular Holga and my 6x12 PanHolga, but have had mixed results over the past while, so I thought I'd post a few of the best photographs I have made recently..

This first one is from a vintage motorcycle show, as I recall, these two guys were wondering how the builder had routed and configured the front brake. 

This is from the same bike show, you can even see this vintage Harley in the background of this first photograph. I used my square Holga and did a "Holgarama" with this one, where I made an exposure of the first half of the bike, then advanced the frame "17 clicks" and panned to the right for the second exposure. 

This next one is also from my 6x12 PanHolga, it's my wife on her bike, riding along the Bonneville Salt Flats.

This last one is from a ride I participated in earlier in the summer, at the Brian Head Ski Resort, that I did with my 6x12 PanHolga as well..

That's all for now, I hope to have more photographs before the end of 2022 and will post them as soon as I can.

Thanks for taking a look!

Brian

Ride On!

A few new photographs...

If your 2020 has been anything like mine, it has been filled with lots of unexpected adventures, head scratching moments, and other moments that have probably left you with a certain level of disbelief. Despite all of this, I have been doing my best to keep making new photographs that I have had on my Flickr stream, but I thought I'd post here as well.  

This first one is a portrait that I did of a good friend/Brother, that goes by the name of "Tripod".  He's a good guy, that has an interesting motorcycle story, I am grateful for his friendship and for the miles that we have ridden together so far.

If you have followed my photography for a while, and I know that you have, you'll know that I also have a 6x12 Pan Holga camera, that I love to use.  Over the summer, I met some of my Brothers for lunch before going on a nice ride through the mountains of Northern Utah and I was able to make this photograph with my Pan Holga. 

I like taking portraits, at least that's what I call them, so I will end this with another portrait of my favorite person to ride with, my wife...

Until next time, stay safe, and ride often.

Brian