I have been spending a considerable amount of time lately trying to figure out what’s next in my life. I’ve recently bought a couple of domain names and am trying to learn how to host, build and maintain web sites and upgraded my PhotoShelter site. It’s all quite overwhelming, especially my attempts to learn web design. Why can’t web design software be simple? Drag and drop functions would be nice, and tutorials that make sense to an old darkroom tech would be helpful.
On top of all the photography oriented stuff, I’ve been working hard at getting my 40 year old body back into shape and to develop new skill sets for my side career in personal security training. Add to all this three very active kids with soccer games, band shows and football games, and I haven’t had time to shoot photos for myself in months.
Two weeks ago, York Harley Davidson hosted their annual Open House and York City held a parade and bike night as part of the weekend festivities. I was assigned by the newspaper to cover the first morning of the Open House. I’ve covered this event for several years, and decided to try something a bit different for the video I was to produce. I decided to go old-school (kinda) and shoot B&W images for use in the video. I had been using my old Nikon D1 with it’s 2.74 mp sensor for some time as a B&W camera for weddings, as crappy as the sensor is, it produces beautiful B&W’s that have the look of old Tri-X film.

The images and the video looked great so after deciding to attend Bike Night, I lugged the D1 with one lens to the parade. This might be the final year for Bike Night, as Harley is thinking of relocating the York plant out of state, so I decided to shoot some images for myself to remember the event. While I didn’t get real in-depth with my coverage, it was a lot of fun just shooting pictures for myself again and overall I’m happy with the results.