Motorcycle Photography - Amateur

[anthony_r6]

I'm not sure how many of you know of Mordeth13 from Youtube, or give a damn about any of his videos. But his latest one > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1WXepcd-54 < was quite interesting.

I'll summarise. Basically he was riding a popular road in his area and noticed a lone guy with a camera taking pictures of bikers as they go past. On his way back, some 3 or 4 hours later, the guy was still there. He assumed it was some random guy who loves motorbikes and photography and left it at that.

He brings this up with two guys he met on a local racetrack and they tell him that it's like an organised setup. Basically they have amateur photographers set up on good roads taking pictures of every biker that goes past. Then they all upload them to a site just for the purpose of those riding to get, an action-shot of themselves, for free.

Thinking about it, this would be a pretty good idea. Do you think there is anything like this in the UK and is this something others think would be a good idea? Have you heard of anything like this before?
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[Vincent]

Judging by the amount of posers on bikes nowadays it should do quite well. I wish that digital cameras had come out about 20 years earlier, I really regret not having pics of my early bikes

I wanted to set up something similar with my son in Cambridge - taking pics of people on the hire punts. I worked for someone doing a similar thing in Paris and it was a real winner, the guy was minted within a couple of years.

[0ddball]

Nobody likes to do stuff for free. There are loads of people doing this but they charge for a copy of the pic.
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[anthony_r6]

Not doing it for free : A problem with society or just common sense?

I wouldn't mind sitting for a hour or three taking pictures of random bikers as they came around. No intention of trying to make money from it, just thought it was quite a cool concept. Obviously, given I could find a good spot and get some nice weather, I could get some practice in with the camera. Even if the pictures are crap in the beginning, you can't complain if they're free!

Like the other responses, I bet a lot of people would be interested in seeing what they look like from a 3rd person perspective. I know I would.
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Ted : "Maybe he's agoraphobic."
Dougal : "Jack scared of fighting? I don't think so, Ted."

[0ddball]

Can't say fairer than that. Even the ones who charge do ok so if it's free is think it could be pretty sucessful if you choose your venue/road well. You have to make sure you put up a big sign with the website on (simple easy to remember url) as people will usually have to remember it till they get home.
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[JackDaniels]

i did that once, sat on a corner in teignmouth taking pics for my mate
https://i56.tinypic.com/21lk0n9.jpg
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[JackDaniels]

once being about 3 days ago xDD needed a faster shutter speed though as its slightly out of focus
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[stinkwheel]

There is a guy who does this on Hartside pass.

There was a thing a while ago though where the police were taking pictures of bikes and their riders at and around bike meets to build a database of who was riding what and in what leathers. I think they've given up on that idea now though.
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[KLR600]

You could just befriend a photographer. Everyone knows someone with an SLR these days, I've often gone out with mine taking photos of mates on their bikes.
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[jjdugen]

If you have a free photo site that regularly gets hundreds of hits you make money from Google or by offering advertising space. Dont know how much you would make, but it'll be better than a poke in the eye. You have got me thinking.......

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[DrDonnyBrago]

I had some weird fella stop in the middle of crossing the road and take a photo of me waiting at traffic lights.

About a quarter mile up the road was a police speed trap, I assume unrelated but was still a little unusual. As I was trying to figure out why some random fella took a photo of me I was going nice and slow when met with the speed gun .