The Photography of Vanessa Moselle

The Photography of Vanessa Moselle

Shooting a picture is as easy as breathing. Not too far long ago, when an individual would expose a transparent sheet of plastic film covered with silver halide crystals to a light source, a physical reaction would occur. This process involving apertures, film speed and an artistic eye was once a highly regarded art form and still is, yet a bit of the mojo is lost due to the proliferation of camera technology readily available on our smart phones. What strikes a chord though is when an image is created, that is timeless. It could have been taken from a digital camera, cell phone or even a vintage camera and it makes the camera as a tool emerge entirely full circle. Each picture evokes a story and whatever type of camera used is inconsequential. Seeing the photography of Vanessa Moselle on flickr is a window into her artistic eye and we thank her for it.

Brown Dog Welding Crafts An Amazing Knucklehead

Can't afford a vintage Knucklehead? let Brown Dog Welding hook you up

Josh Welton of Brown Dog Welding is never one to rest on his laurels. Forever refining his craft in metalwork and pushing forward with his mechanical sculptures, he has truly blazed his own path. It might be quite easy to grab a few nuts and bolts here and there to weld together and make something feel mechanical. This is where Josh, steps well beyond his contemporaries by creating sculptural pieces that feel real and beg to be seen in a 360 degree panoramic view. Do yourself a favor and keep up with him on Instagram or on Flickr.

Vintage BMW boxster being pushed through the paces

Dick Beets on the Kramer BSA - B33 of 1951

There is no possibility that you could ever claim boredom with the amount of information that is readily available at your fingertips with the web. One of my favorite things to do while taking a break is to look up random images on Flickr and find things such as European motorcycle racing. Hans Viveen has quite the amazing repository of images and definitely worth the look.

1,000,000 Views Is A Milestone, Thank You To Everyone That Views Our Flickr Page

We hit a milestone on Flickr, we reached 1,000,000 views

We reached a milestone on the Rusty Knuckles Flickr page by receiving 1,000,000+ views. Maybe that number doesn't mean a lot to some of you, but to us, it's validation for all the hard work that has been involved in creating a music label and custom merch company from the ground up. Thanks to everyone over the last few years for all the comments, feedback and support on the Flickr page. Those simple elements help to keep the fires lit and to keep it honest and true to the craft.

Photographer Dennis Goodwin Never Fails To Capture A Spectacular Finish

Photographer Dennis Goodwin Never Fails To Capture A Spectacular Finish

Enjoy fast cars and beautiful women? Follow Dennis Goodwin on Flickr...

It Takes Two To Make A Thing Go Right

It takes two to make a thing go right and it takes one bad ass ride to make it out of sight. That song lyric and edit on our end must ring a bell. It serves as a pleasant reminder about social media and communication coming together from opposite ends of the spectrum.

Every now and then while following our traffic reports, we can view where our imagery and links are being shared. Many times it is just a vast amount of click throughs with folks perusing content and media, but sometimes our imagery is grouped amongst a larger collective and tends to feel vastly different. 

I was following some of our traffic from Flickr and found Josh of Wrench Works' bike being featured on a blog page called Fishnet and High Heels. Look at the photo below and you will see one clean ol' Shovelhead with some vintage visible gas pumps, but when placed next to some gorgeous ladies a whole visage emerges. Beauty is everywhere...

Wrench Works' Josh Siler's sexy shovelhead

Super high heels and fishnets

Classic hot rod and a gorgeous woman

Tennessee whiskey and a beautiful lady

Circle track racing and one wild ride

A slice of heaven

Check out http://fishnetandhighheels.tumblr.com/

Rusty Knuckles Belt Loops Featured On Craftsman Slideshow

The biggest honor I think one can ever receive is when folks dig your work and talk on it. We have been producing our signature belt loops for about six months now. They are a clean style and made to function perfectly, plain and simple. It is a great honor to know they are featured on the Craftsman Tools Flickr slide show on Craftsman.com. Sears Craftsman tools and toolboxes have been a staple item with us, since getting our first three drawer tool box as a kid filled with sockets, a few ratchets and some other hand tools from the bearded one up north. Stoked beyond belief, is probably the best way we can sum things up.

Got a tool junkie in your family? Order them some new tools

Rusty Knuckles Belt Loops designed for Rough Design Co. featured on Craftsman.com photo page

Our Custom Wrench Knives Are Getting Posted On Various Sites

It is quite refreshing to see a cool project start to take off in a way that is unexpected. We have been making a variety of versions of our wrench knives for fun and for give aways, apparently now they are liked by quite a few folks. Check out the recent posts on Make and Neatorama. Thanks folks, we really appreciate the write ups and link backs.

Rusty Knuckles Wrench Knife - featured on Make.com

Rusty Knuckles Wrench Knife - featured on Neatorama.com

Original photos of the knife as posted on our Flickr page

Wrench Knife created for giveaway on the 2012 Run What Ya Brung, Motorcycle Run in western North Carolina

Wrench Knife outside of sheath

Length view of Wrench Knife

Sharpened tip of wrench knife ready to be honed into a fine edge

Bonneville Speed Week 2012, First Glance

Another year and another missed opportunity to make it out to the Bonneville Salt Flats for Speed Week. As the music label continues to grow at a rapid pace it is becoming more difficult to get to some of our other projects for which we have been planning for quite some time. Have a look at some of the photos we found over on Flickr from Rudy Van Bree. Can't wait to see more and hear about some of the racing.

Link to Rudy Van Bree's photos on Flickr

AJ Fosik's Monsters Mix Well With Mastodon

Have you ever heard the name of AJ Fosik? I sure as hell hadn't, as of this morning. The funny part is that that I already knew his work through one of his other projects. Finding tidbits such as this which pop up during a random commercial makes for an interesting day.

AJ Fosik's mask sculpture for Mastodon's album The Hunter

Now here is the thing that we know about AJ Fosik. Chances are you have seen his iconic cover created for Mastodon's album The Hunter. Visually it is stunning and once you see the process of his work, it gets even more interesting. His approach is three dimensional and uses a variety of material to make the work come to life.

Dive into more of his work through images from Flickr, videos from youtube, with Mastodon's Curl of the Burl while you check it out. Or you can also check out the Noteworthy Project put on by Samsung, as that is where I found one of the videos below about his work.

AJ Fosik's - The Third Way Out

AJ Fosik's - The Time & The Way

AJ Fosik mask sculpture

The Horse Smokeout 2012

Another Smokeout has come to pass and more good times and memories were made. One aspect of the show that we always enjoy the most is running into a plethora of friends from around the country. The show is always full of amazing bike builds and the party goes on for multiple days.

We have a few gripes though and they are easy fixes. With the amount of money and mass of folks that show up, why can they not get better bands as they have in the past. The last few years have been a joke for music. Why have an AC/DC cover band on a Saturday night, when they could easily afford many other bands playing original music that would go over huge and actually pull more folks in for the event. If they want to grow the event, they need to really think over what bands they are hiring for the main stage.

Another issue that didn't sit too well with us is if you see someone shooting photos of a bike that has setup a shot, don't try to side bust the photo and claim that since you work for a magazine that you can just get by with it. Be cool and ask the individual who owns the bike, if you can get some shots as well. Have some damn manners and artistic integrity with your work, will take ya much further for the long haul.

See all the photos on our Flickr page

Flounder's Honda 750 Chopper

America As Fuck sticker on a Panhead

Eric and Randy's swingarm Shovelheads

Rob and Wes loungin' at the Justified Defiance booth

Killer FXR that was way too trick to capture in just one photo

Iaconia Custom Board Tracker From AMD Championships

The AMD Championships highlight a plethora of interesting builds from clean customs to bikes that almost go into the realm of sculpture compared to ridability. After seeing a few images of this bike from Iaconia Custom Cycle it goes beyond being an amazing one off custom, it enters the realm of a master technician with a complete eye on the design prize. Every line and angle is accounted for while also looking to be a great handling ride. Damn good looking bike for sure.

Check out Iaconia Custom Cycle

Iaconia Custom Cycle's "The Challenger"

Iaconia Custom Cycle's "The Challenger" rear view

Iaconia Custom Cycle's "The Challenger" front view

Iaconia Custom Cycle's "The Challenger" winning at the AMD Championships

Iaconia Custom Cycle's "The Challenger" custom for steering stabilizer

More info from AMD Championship Flickr Page

"Steven Iacona of Iacona Custom Cycles took the Modified Harley Class at the 2012 United States Championship of the Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show. His bike, Challenger, has both Board Tracker and Cafe Racer influences.

Special features includes hand fabricated fuel tank, rear fender tail section with built in oil tank, exhaust pipes and tips, handle bars, rear peg sets, headlight number plate, seat suspension, taillight, battery box, steering damper mounts, motor mounts.

Ignition coils are located near battery box along with all electrical connections. Brake and oil lines are hand formed stainless steel. The Sportster frame has been converted to a hardtail. Engine rebuilt using Buell heads and cylinders, dual 30mm Mikuni carburetors, stainless steel hardware and has been re-powdercoated."

Hellbound Glory - PJ's Lager House, Detroit, MI

Band photos are always welcome here at Rusty Knuckles. If you are a photographer and want to see your work featured here, just send us a link to the imagery and we can get them posted for all to see. Check out the great work from CupcakeDetroit over on Flickr as these were taken live at PJ's Lager House on 7.19.11.