Add ‘Grunge’ with textured backgrounds

Motorcycle Photography Editing

Motorcycle Photography: Editing techniques.

Here we have a photograph of a Triumph Thunderbird photographed outside of Greenway House, a famous National Trust property which was once the home of Agatha Christie.

The bike looked good against the cream wall, but now has a different ‘grunge’ feel to it after textured layers were added and then blended in Photoshop. This style of post processing editing would also work well for motorcycles photographed in an urban setting.

Triumph Thunderbird Sport photo shoot

Here is a photograph of a Triumph Thunderbird Sport motorcycle taken in woodland. This bike photography shoot was set up using off camera flash and if you click and zoom in on the photograph you can see how the detail of the bike is picked out.

Triumph Thunderbird Sport woodland photo shoot. BikePix motorcycle photography.

Motorcycle photography is no different than photographing any other subject and the same portrait techniques and principles apply. In this example the strobe flash lighting was positioned to light the bike and enhance the detail, whilst be careful to avoid direct reflections which would create ‘hot spots’ and blown out highlights.

Exposure is controlled by using the camera in Manual mode to select the correct aperture and shutter speed for the ambient lighting conditions.

The picture below shows just how the photo shoot was set up using wireless controlled flash:

Motorcycle Photography: photo shoot set up

 

Triumph Thunderbird Sport woodland photo shoot