Freewheeler
by Kris Rasmusson
Title
Freewheeler
Artist
Kris Rasmusson
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
On Leonard Street in Grand Rapids there is a bike shop that is second to none. Freewheeler has been involved with BMX bikes since Day One. They will also custom build any bike you want and sell everything from tandem to mountain to folding to city bikes. The window display with its motley assemblage of shapes and colors is what caught my attention. I setup my tripod mounted Linhof across the street in front of the YMCA. For this nighttime shot I wanted everything in focus which meant I needed a tiny aperture with requisite long exposure. This required a gap of at least ten seconds between the cars buzzing by on the busy street. As it turned out I ended up having the oncoming traffic, from both directions, adding to the illumination of the bike shop with their head lights. This was an unexpected bonus. When I optimized the image with Photoshop I decided to use selective colorization to add emphasis to the colorful store window as well as the warmish room lights that illuminated the apartment above the store. This photograph won the ‘County of Kent Purchase award’ at the 2009 ‘Grand Rapids Festival’ art competition.
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January 13th, 2012
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