Joyrides Art Company 2013 Photoshoots

Here is a preview of most of the bikes and people I shot with in 2013.  Looking forward to shooting more in 2014. Thanks to everyone I got to shoot with and the people who support what I do.  I appreciate everyone and everything.  

Powerplant Choppers - Norton

Paul Whitehurst - Knucklehead

Powerplant Choppers shop truck

Joey Castillo - Powerplant Choppers

Top Shelf Customs Triumph Scrambler

Brawny Built FXR

Kade Gates

Mark Drew - Triumph

Dennis Levine - Ferrari

Alan Beatty - Brawny Built Sporster

Dynamite Joe - Knucklehead

The Harpoon - Panhead

Jeff Leighton - Panhead

Top Shelf Customs - Sportster

Caleb Owens - Cro Customs - Frankenpan

Scott "T-Bone" Jones - Shovelhead

Mike Davis - Triumph

Aki Sakamoto - Shovelhead

Casey "Headcase" Johnson - BSA

Top Shelf Customs - Sportster

Brawny Built/Mach Modified - Sportster 

Joe Kramer - CFL

John Edwards - Panhead

Dylan Mingerulli

Triumph Photoshoot Weekend

A few outtakes from this weekends photoshoots.  Started out with Ryan Mullion and his 68 Triumph at the Tiger Shack.  Todd Asin from Small City Cycles Born Free Pre Unit build is in town.  So with the help of friends I was able to get in contact with Todd and shoot the bike before it left back to Idaho.  The last shoot this Sunday morning was down in Beverly Hills.  Shot with Craig Griffith and a couple of Triumphs that he has built.

Ryan Mullion of Tiger Shack

Todd Asin BF5 PreUnit Build

Craig Griffith

Mark Drews - 48 Triumph

Quick drive down the 405 fwy to Sunset Beach today to shoot with Mark Drews and his 48 Triumph.

Making Custom Signage For Tradeshow

Spent the last week building tradeshow signage for a tradeshow on the east coast that needed to be done by Friday and loaded on the trucks for transportation.

Given a small budget I had Matt Chernega of Nexus Metalworks cut out my custom lettering I did out of aluminum.

The finished cut pieces.

Primered each set to prepare for paint.

I strolled the isles of Home Depot looking for wood to build my frames but since the letters took a big chunk out of my budget I had to find a cheaper solution.  Wood pallets are free so I grabbed a few at our warehouse and cut them apart.

Cut and shaved down to decrease the weight.

Letter fitment and then paint.

A few rattle can spray paint touches and they are done and drying.

Finished piece and getting delivered tomorrow. 

Custom Frames Project

My good friend Panhead Jeff from Vegas wanted some photos I shot of his bike framed so he could put them in his house.  This gave me the opportunity to explore some ideas I had for framing and way different how I have been doing them in the past.  Thanks to Casey Johnson for the inspiration.

Matt Chernega 2000 Chevy Silverado

One of the great things of working for Body Glove is I get to work with great people.  Matt Chernega is our team manager and organizes our tradeshow booth for shows in the US.  Matt also builds off road vehicles and runs his own fabrication company called Nexus in El Segundo.  This 2000 Chevy is his daily driver that he modified but he also has a crazy Toyota off road vehicle that he runs out in the desert for racing only.  

Top Shelf Customs Born Free No Show Sporty

Top Shelf Sporty built in time for Born Free 5 but ended being a no show because of getting stuck in traffic trying to get into the show.  Check out Top Shelf Customs blog here.

Black Friday

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Brawny Built FXR

At the shop early Sunday morning to shoot photos of Bob Takahashi's FXR that Brandon Holstein of Brawny Built recently finished.  Check out more of Brawny's work at www.brawnybuilt.com.

Top Shelf Customs 2013 Triumph Scrambler

Barry Lacour over at Top Shelf Customs just finished this 2013 Triumph Scrambler.  Got a chance to shoot it before he delivered it to his customer.