100th Post, Book Update, New Work

 Do you remember what you did 14 years ago, more precisely on  Apr 24, 2010?  I don't, but I can tell you that the was the day I made my first post here, it marked a new format of mtbbrian.com the website I created in 2003.  

This post marks the 100th post I have made on my blogsite as I call it so I thought I'd give a little update on my second photo book and post a new photograph or two that you just might see in the book.

 While I have a lot of photographs to choose from going back to 2016, I'd have to say that this has been one of the most active periods in my photography in a long time, if not ever, because I brought at least 12 rolls of film to Essential Photography Supply for processing this past two months or so; on one occasion I brought six rolls that I had shot over the course of two days at the King Rally, in Sigurd Utah, and came away with enough good photographs from it, that I may have a section of the book dedicated to the rally.

 

I also have some new photographs from the time I recently rode the route for 2024 Ride To Zero route that takes place from September 6-8, 2024.  The route runs through the town of Hanna, Utah and I made this photograph while on a brief stop.

  Like my first book, Trout Dreams,  I am doing it on blurb.com and am planning on doing two hard cover sizes, the Standard Landscape, which is 10"x8"and their Large Format Landscape which is 13"x11". I am really trying to keep the cost down, but the thing to keep in mind when purchasing a book through Blurb, is that the different paper choices are what cost you the most.  For example, the "Standard Landscape" book and selecting their "standard paper" will run you $54 dollars, compared to $90 by selecting their "Mohawk Pro Pearl" paper.  I also had a softcover version of my first book, which lowered the price even, so I'll check that out as an option for my second.  I am hoping to have some available for purchase from me personally or from a local photography shop, so if you are in the greater Salt Lake City, Utah area keep that in mind.

 In other news last month I was involved in  my first motorcycle related photography exhibit when I had one of my photographs as part of a photography contest/exhibit at the Two-Bit Moto Show, put on by a local motorcycle shop Tucker Speed in Ogden.  They had a great variety of motorcycle related photographs and a lot of cool looking bikes and other related stuff.  

I am really excited about my book and hope to have it published later this year.  If you'd like to see and guess what photographs will be in the book, check out and follow me on Instagram @harleys_and_holgas_forever or if you are Flickr I go by "Red Holga Man" where you can see my pano photographs as well as my square format photographs.

Thanks for checking out this 100th post and if you have been with me since 2003 when I first created a website, thanks for accompanying me on this journey.  

Brian

Let's Ride!