Re: [CR]Robb Report -- Bikes As Investments

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 06:00:54 -0800
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Jan Heine" <heine93@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Robb Report -- Bikes As Investments


>Jan Heine wrote:
>>
>> Beautiful bike, Chuck. But that photo is uninspiring at best. Or does
>> that bike really have black components instead of chrome and
>> aluminum? You mentioned multi-million dollar equipment for the photo
>> shoot... I guess they need a better photographer, or at least
>> somebody with some experience photographing bicycles.(snip)
>
>
>Never a good idea to be too quick to judge Jan. I wouldn't judge a
>photographer's talent by what an ART DIRECTOR chooses to run in a mag!
>
>At the photo shoot was the Confente with the black anodized Campagnolo
>Super Record, the '60 Masi Special, and the '55 Gillott Road/Track.
>Lots of amazing detail shots and beautiful composition. No, I must
>rephrase that... sublime composition!

Obviously, I didn't see the beautiful composition, because they only published one, composition-free, shot. I just was looking for the highlights or lack thereof, and the ability to make chrome look like chrome, without overpowering the image. I am not saying I can do a better job, but having worked with pros who specialize in motorbikes and bicycles, I have seen what is possible. Even when comparing to motorbikes, bicycles are hard to photograph, because there is so little material and so much air! In the end, it's all a question of illumination - even the best camera can't do anything but capture what it sees.

From the photos, I couldn't tell what was black anodized and what was chrome...
>
>The mag used ONE shot!

Well, it's not a bike mag... ;-)
>
>Now you got me wondering what you say about me behind my back... ;-))

I posted in a public forum. Hardly behind anybody's back! ;-)
>
>Chuck Schmidt
>South Pasadena, Southern California
> . -- Jan Heine, Seattle Editor/Publisher Vintage Bicycle Quarterly c/o Il Vecchio Bicycles 140 Lakeside Ave, Ste. C Seattle WA 98122 http://www.mindspring.com/~heine/bikesite/bikesite/