Shooting an Icon
Ryan Urlacher’s 2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide Special
This 2014 Harley Davidson Street Glide Special has a special place in my heart. I bought this bike from Ryan Urlacher of Law Abiding Biker back in February of 2024. Ryan started his YouTube channel making how to videos for 10 years with this bike. The Harley is known all over the world through his work. I came across him through one of his how to videos, just after he got it. His videos are detailed giving you step by step instructions without missing any steps. A complete thorough flow on everything so you won’t be left hanging with any questions. In 2015 we met in Sturgis and became good friends. I’ve been to his house many times in Washington, and he’s been to mine in Tennessee a couple of times. A good man. Check him out!
I did this photo shoot in my garage studio with a Fujifilm GFX100S medium format camera. Man, I love that camera! The lenses I used for this shoot were the GF80mmF1.7 R WR, the GF100-200mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR, and the GF23mmF4 R LM WR. All excellent sharp lenses. They deliver ultra-high resolution for the 100MP Fujifilm GFX 100S medium format camera system.
The lighting I used were a couple of Aputure MC RGBWW led lights in addition to the overhead led lighting in the garage that I turned on and off individually. Without any overhead lighting I had to use much longer exposures with the high aperture numbers I was shooting with. The Aputure lights didn’t put out enough light for much less than 20-30 second exposures.
It was a very simple setup in the garage to get the shots done. Lighting was the most difficult part for I hadn’t had any experience with this kind before. A lot of trial and error occurred of course. And since each shot was 30 seconds or so plus time looking for a slightly different angle after each one, it took me many hours to end up with a few bangers.
Some of the photos from this shoot turned out pretty good. I hope you got to understand a little of how I did this and the results I got. Go try it out for yourself on something. Something small even with some side light through a window, or cracked door. The light is the beginning, then the composition. Take the shot, and then go edit it.
