I can’t believe another open house has come and gone! It seems like yesterday we were dealing with torrential rain and tornados. Some of the businesses along South Saunders are still dealing with the effects of that storm. Slowly but surely things have been getting back to normal. I was amazed at how fast the street filled with bikes! Here are a few of my favorite photos from the event.
These are a few of my favorites from the AHDRA Jim McClure Nitro Nationals at Rockingham Dragway last October. These things are crazy loud and crazy fast… so fast that the top fuel bikes are pretty much riding on one wheel the entire race. The rider steers by shifting his body from side to side. They also wear bullet proof vests in case the motor blows up. Yep, crazy dangerous.
I recently had the amazing opportunity to shoot behind the scenes photos of the new Scotty McCreery video for his new single “The Trouble With Girls”. It was a great experience seeing the production side of things. Knowing Scotty’s family from church and shooting everything on my old high school campus made everything easier too. The video is directed by Roman White who has done a ton of videos for some music artists you may have heard of before like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Carrie Underwood, just to name a few! It was cool for Scotty to bring the Nashville video crew to Garner to shoot at his high school. I’m not sure when the video will be out but be on the lookout for it. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day.
The first open house was on April 16th 2011 which was the day that tornados ripped through downtown Raleigh and various other areas of NC. The band and bike show were rescheduled and fortunately things had wrapped up with most of the people leaving before a tornado moved right past the Ray Price Harley Davidson building. I ended up leaving about 30 minutes before everything hit. The dealership only suffered minor damage while buildings right down the same street were not so fortunate.
The second go around was a completely different story with warm weather, blue skies and a bunch of bikes! Hank Williams Jr. tribute band, All My Rowdy Friends, played while people checked out the bike show and vendors. I posted those photos first so I could include the flag shot below in honor of Memorial Day. Check out some of my favorites below.
The photos below were taken just a few hours before tornados ripped through Raleigh.
The calm before the storm.
