Loud and Dirty
These are from a long time ago. I was shooting images for a calendar called Seattle Garages and Group 2 Motorsports was the featured Garage.
Kristy and I headed over there for the day and these are a few of the images we took together
I like well built machinery, and women.
Cameras, Motorcycles, Cars, Airplanes, Firearms. All sorts of machinery.
A friend, Ira, came over with some of his collection and I photographed Xesia and Karleena with his equipment. I hope you enjoy.
Continue reading “Girls and Guns”
I go back to Montana to help on the family farm. Here are a few images from my trip. I did not take many this time, too busy working.
Dave at SpeedDealer Motors has been extremely supportive of me over the years.
If you are a regular customer and have his decals on your motorcycle you are more likely to be photographed.
If you are a regular customer of SpeedDealer consider any photographs I get of you as a fringe benefit of doing business with Dave.
I was doing a lot better for the races on this Saturday. The last few races before I had not been feeling well. I think I am getting back in the saddle.
Continue reading “Motorcycle Races at Seattle, August 27, 2016”
The sidecars came to Portland. I was able to see some friends I had not seen in many years.
Continue reading “Sidecar Races at Portland August 14, 2016”
I did not take many pictures this day. Then things happened.
Xesia and I went out and stood in the middle of I-90 on the bridge and took some pictures of the US Navy Blue Angels today.
The WMRRA Motorcycle races were at the Ridge Motorsports park this weekend. I was only able to attend one day.
I took it pretty easy and just played spectator for the most part. I did get a few pictures though.
If you want to see the full set, send a message to me.
I like the mechanical aesthetics of cameras. Here are some of mine that I shot earlier yesterday while setting up to shoot a model coming over later in the day.
http://www.wmrra.com/schedule.html
I am still looking for women interested in being promotional models for the races
| Round 1 | April 22nd – 24th Friday Track Day |
Pacific Raceways | Sprint Races | |
| Round 2 | May 28th – 30th Endurance Race Weekend |
The Ridge Motorsports Park | Sprint Races | |
| Round 3 | June 25th – 26th | The Ridge Motorsports Park | Sprint Races | |
| Round 4 | July 22nd – 24th Friday Track Day |
Portland International Raceway | Sprint Races | |
| Round 5 | August 26th – 28th Friday Track Day |
Pacific Raceways | Sprint Races | |
| Round 6 | September 16th – 18th Friday Track Day |
Pacific Raceways | Sprint Races |
A gallery of images at SpeedDealer Motors from 2009-09-12
I came across some old film images from the IndyCar races in Vancouver BC. I am not even exactly sure of the year right now, it would be the mid 90’s though.
I really did not spend much time taking pictures this day, preferring to hang out with Dave of SpeedDealer Motors.
The gallery of all the good and bad is here
Meet Xesia and Karleena, the Mechanophelia / SpeedDealer girls at the races last weekend.
They will be attending more races this year, and are available for promotional work for your race team or your shop.
As before, if you are one of the people we shot with your bikes or in your paddock, contact me for access to the full gallery
I took way too many pictures yesterday, the initial culling is to ~1400. I am putting up a gallery of all of the images initially un-edited. Please contact me if you want to take a peek.
I am daydreaming this morning about being a real photographer, running around taking pictures of airplanes, motorcycles and cars.
Perhaps one day.
Last Wednesday I had a Day job project up in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island.
The commute was beautiful, but cold. We caught the 06:20 ferry from Anacortes.
Continue reading “Commute”
I just came across my dream job today. I am not fully qualified for it but I applied anyhow.
Imagine flying chase plane in a T-33 and T-38 taking pictures and video of other airplanes?
Pictures are printing so I can go down to Kenmore Air and apply for a photographer job there.
The SpeedDealer Motors Calendar is about to go to print. We will probably make a limited initial print run to see what the demand is. If you want one for sure you should let us know. We are planning on offering them for $20.00 each.
We are planning a calendar signing November 22nd at Smarty Pants in Georgetown. Come on down and purchase your calendar and get it autographed by some of the models.
I am still working on the 2015 calendar for SpeedDealer Motors. Here are some teaser shots from my latest shoot there.
We have two more weekends to shoot for the SpeedDealer Motors Calendar. If you are interested please contact us so we can schedule you in.
Here are some shots from our shoot yesterday:
Latex provided by Essential Latex and Seattle Latex
I was driving home the other day and I missed a shift and over revved the alfa. it started making an awful banging noise. At first I thought the clutch was starting to come apart because it shifted really hard and pushing in the clutch seemed to make the throw out bearing squeal. Upon inspection the clutch seemed fine. I took the cam cover off and noticed the timing chain was very loose. I adjusted the tensioner, checked the cam timing and the valve clearance. I put it all back together. The banging noise is not as pronounced now, and only at idle and right above, but it is still there. I checked timing again and when I reached down to try to turn over the engine, I noticed the crank pulley rotated on the crank about 1/4 turn without the crank turning. I pulled out the radiator to get a better look, with frars of the crank nose being broken. I see that the pulley spins on the crank, but the TDC mark on the crank nose is in alignment with TDC measured with a dial gauge on the piston. I have not puuled the pulley off yet, I am hoping I just sheared a keyway and the pulley bouncing back and forth is what the banging noise is. Compression checks out good in all of the cylinders so I do not think I bent any valves.
Anyhow, here are some pictures of the engine and my helper, Xesia, working on it.
I was asked to photograph the Thundering Angels Motorcycle Rally today. Here is a quick glimpse of what I saw.
The girls have to go through the pictures first before I release any more
The WMRRA Motorcycle Races at The Ridge Motorsports park, Photographed by Patrick and Connor. The images that start with AP1 are from Patrick and the images that start with PCA are from Connor.
http://mechanophelia.com/Races/Motorcycle_Races_20140427/
Kristy andmyself are hosting a group photo shoot at SpeedDealer Motors. You can see the invite here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/257748667736378/
Here in the Seattle Area, whenever it shows, people freak out
