Motorcycle Photography, Part II

I once shot a billboard for Ducati with a penlight—and I was paid with a Hypermotard. That got your attention didn’t it? Being a photographer is a lot like being a magician. Sometimes the best tricks are the simple ones, just done extremely well. Today I’m going to show you one of my motorcycle photography tricks—a trick that enables you to get professional-looking shots of your bike without the cost of a commercial studio or even a lighting rig. It’s called light painting. Now, those of you with a modicum of photographic knowledge might know this technique—and like HDR, how...