JK send a question wanting to know how we get the bikes to stand up all by them selves on our pictures so here is the big secret that will get you wanting to go take shots of your bike right now.

We borrowed a 2008 Norco for this pic which we'll take for a test so stay tuned for that report.

Photos and words By Juan Fanzio

What you need.
a bike a camera and a friend.
Technical stuff that most people miss.
1. pick you background, don't shoot a green bike against grass or a brown bike against a brown brick.
2.distace, move the bike far away from the background, the farther the background the more out of focus is going to be, making the eye concentrate on the bike no the sign or person behind it, (our pic is not a perfect sample of this it was a quick shot to get the point)
3. zoom in and walk back, yes that's right zoom your camera all the way in and walk back until you can frame the bike exactly  as you wanted on the final picture
4. position. shoot the chain side of the bike so people can see all components on a single picture.
Now you are ready, have your friend hold the bike balanced from the center of the handlebars as shown on the sequence below while staying away from the front wheel, you should only see the person's hand on the camera at this point, make sure you are in focus ahead of time, you can do this with most cameras by holding the trigger half way down.
the the magic moment comes your friend moves away from the bike until it start to fall, this should give you enough time to shoot one picture with any point and shoot camera or 3 to 7 with a pro camera.