Fixed Gear Bikes: product and location shoots.
May 8, 2009
Here at Garage Studios we are really pleased to announce that M.Halls studio/product shots of the Fixed Gear bikes, and the images DD shot in Italy have now made it safely into the final edit of the book soon to be published by Laurence King. Its written by two friends of ours, well they have to be after all the time they spent in the studio with us, Max and Andy. The full title swiped direct from Amazon is Fixed: Global Fixed-gear Bike Culture (Paperback) by Andrew Edwards (Author), Max Leonard (Author).
The final completed draft has been sent off and as far as we know they are just waiting for things such as cover proofs etc. Unfortunately we cant release any pictures yet, as that would kinda steal the guys thunder but the M.Halls studio shots of the bike look fantastic- especially the stunning all white bike shot on a white backdrop, it doesnt sound like it should work but when you are lighting obsessed you can make the oddest and most awkward combinations look brilliant.
preliminary test shots
When DD went to Italy with the guys for a weekend he covered L’Eroica, a vintage bike race in some crazily demanding terrain shooting Large Format Polaroids on a Speed Graphic (he thought it would fit the nature of the trip- even though it made his life hellishly difficult), and has a great shot of a Fixed Gear bike messenger, steaming down a hillside in a cloud of dust- the guy had flown over from USA just for the race. Then he managed to fit in a trip to the Ernesto Colnago factory and HQ, and the Cinelli HQ (where he saw a hand painted custom frame by the legendary Keith Haring- theres a pic on their homepage), he also took this stunning self-portrait….after one too many espresso’s. Theres a huge amount of history covered in the book and Max and Andy have done a great job, plus they cover the new Fixed scene including hotspots NYC, Tokyo, San Francisco and London- although they decided not to take us with them for those trips, for which we havent forgiven them.
We will get a link up to you as soon as we have some cover images or how to buy the book.
If you have a project like this and need any aspect from documentary to product shots then please get in touch and we can help you out producing unique images. DD has years of experience covering subcultures and is an unobtrusive but skilled snapper, M.Halls is used to very demanding product shoots, from the technical to the dramatic, and in fact will have a new line of work out very soon that we are confident will knock you sideways. So use any of the forms or contact page and tell us what you need.
