Hot Bike Cover Shot

New issue of Hot Bike Magazine is dropping next week.  I got the cover shot with Brandon "Brawny Built" Holstein with his HD Street 500 that he built for BF6.  The Speed Merchant/Born Free collaboration project. 

Born Free 6 Builder Portraits

I was fortunate this year to be able to shoot every invited builder at this years Born Free 6 thanks to the help of Walter Gemeinhardt of Kickstart Cycle.  Check out the photos at the Born Free website. 

The Speed Merchant/Born Free HD Street Collaboration Project

Out shooting photos with Brandon Holstein of Brawny Built yesterday in Long Beach.

Dave Polgreen

I got a chance to finally talk with Dave Polgreen at the OC Harley Davidson Dealership party a few weeks back.  He has been a person that I've been wanting to shoot with for a while now.  Looks like I will be getting that chance soon when he relocates to Long Beach.

Pre Born Free 6 Gathering at Orange County Harley Davidson

Before Born Free 6 started on the weekend there was a private little gathering with most of the builders and the unveiling of the Speed Merchant/Harley Davidson Street 500 at Orange County Harley Davidson.  It was really nice to be able to check out the bikes before the crowds.  Such a great pool of talented builders. 

Born Free 6 Weekend

I didn't take much photos around the show as I was busy most of the time getting photos of the invited builders and their bikes in a private corner of the show.  So I left it to the other photographers who were there to capture the show.  I was talking with my buddy Panhead Jeff and recalling when I first shot the shows from BF 2 how there were maybe a handful of guys shooting it and even less guys doing video.  It is now a full blown production.  If you were there you were treated to some awesome bikes.  If not you can probably get an idea through all the instagram and blog posts.  Another successful Born Free thanks to the hard work of Mike Davis and Grant Petersen.  It will be interesting to see what is planned for number 7.  Stay tuned.

The winner of the Knucklehead giveaway.  Riding it home that day.  They actually picked a number and gave the guy 5 mins to claim the prize.  He wasn't there so they pulled a second ticket.  I wonder if the original winner knows he lost out on a killer prize.