Stefano Gadda: MIAMI AND THE FLORIDA KEYS

Sun, sea, beautiful girls, nice cars … But also architecture, fashion, sculpture, art ..

That’s Miami!

The wonderful and gold town….. The area known as Greater Miami, is a melting pot of races which the Founding Fathers Americans should be proud. Half the population is Latin, and this gives the city a cosmopolitan atmosphere. For the casual visitor, means to find a city steeped in Latin-American flavors, from language to music, from politics to lifestyle.

We were in Miami, to take pictures and video of the entire new model of Harley-Davidson …

Recipients of the shooting, the lifestyle magazines coming from all around the world! Journalists of the most important journals, have received an invitation from Harley-Davidson to meet Miami's art with the HD one!!! A wery exclusive world press launch!!!
GQ, Esquire, Playboy, Esquire, Harpers, Playboy, GQ, Marie Clare, Paris Match and many other heads were present.

hand with two great photographers: the french Lionel Beylot and the english James Wright.
The collaboration for the shooting, has allowed the creation of images full of color and emotion.

We took some pics of the new Softail 'Slim' and the Sportster 72… Great!!!!

Our Studio for the shooting was the Wynwood Art District (must-see for anyone who is lucky enough to visit Miami). In this part of town, you can appreciate the phenomenal ability of these “artists from the wall”, and anyone with a camera could literally spend days or even weeks trying to capture this city of art and is constantly being re-colored.

The program was some pre-shooting days, a presentation at the offices of Gibson Guitars, where an exhibition of tanks designed by some of the leading artists of modern times have been exposed.

Artists such as David “LEBO” LeBatard,  Terry Bradley, Polly Taylor, Chamizo, Tom Fuller and Frank Savage. These guys have completely different styles but they are all great artists.

By Gibson, is the start up of a competition of artists who will see the winner rewarded with a trip at “home”, Milwaukee, home of Harley-Davidson, where it will be presented along with its creation.
The pictures that we have made, out/inside, are fairly simple in terms of light: we use a Profoto with a variety of light shaped with tools such as snoots, softboxes and barn-doors to conduct a little 'extra light in dark areas.
In addition to Profoto flashes, the small flashes mounted on our Manfrotto have been exceptional for the snapshots taken, flying while driving in the urban area of ​​Miami Beach, Gibson, Wynwood and Miami Central.

But the best was given during the trip to Keywest, where all the material found an accommodation in the comfortable spaces of the Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic bags that we used.
In our movement, the Garmin we had, had ensured the safety of the direction in the complicated motorway junctions …
A very  and special big “thank you” to everyone for the c

ooperation in this wonderful shoothing in the beautiful “Hollywood of South” …
And please, you can not miss a photographic trip on the Art deco area, Little Cuba, Wynwood, the Everglades, the Florida Keys!

Simply amazing!!

a wish for a “good light”

Equipment: Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic – Garmin Montana T550 – HPRC 2550W – Manfrotto 5001B – 190CX – Magic Arm – Pump Cup 241FB – Canon Cameras and Lens

Special Thank’s to:

Harley-Davidson – Garmin Italy – HPRC Plaber Italy – Manfrotto Italy – City of Miami – The Florida Keys

By Stefano Gadda

Biography of Stefano Gadda

Born in 1963, Italy, Stefano Gadda showed a strong interest in photography since he was a boy.

After an interesting experience in the human resources area, he approach, in the eighties, the professional photography.

His curiosity and interest of foreign cultures, mixed with love for travelling, led him to the travel reportage.

Then he started to collaborate with an important and eclectic Italian photographer. Working only is not enough, even if valid!!! He realizes that it takes more information. From here, the decision to move to san Diego at SDSU school of art to improve is professionalism.

After working with an advertising agency, for which he produced reportages, still life, corporate images, he moved back to Varese, Italy, but I continued to improve the interest in photography having masters in German Switzerland and Italy.
Combined with the motorcycles’ passion, he is the author of many years of shooting in this area: racing and product, also combined with tourism.

Automotive – sports – reportage – corporate – people – beauty – travel – underwater are the photo areas of interest during all this years.

His photos have appeared in publications worldwide, among them D&A, Dueruote, In Viaggio, Newsweek, Panorama Travel, Quattroruote, and various other publications.

Stefano Gadda, actually, is also the coordinator of an agency that covers several areas of interest: scouting, shooting, website, custom and branded clothing, including the creation of original program for  media and corporate communications and image.

The new television productions department, with broadcasting services, features, commercials, 3 d lab, is specialized with professionals to ensure the best result to the customer.

Airone, Aqva Automobilismo, Automobilismo D’epoca, De Agostini, Dove, Dueruote, Max, Men’s Health, Meridiani, Panorama Auto, Quattroruote, and many more are the publications which he is privileged to work …

Harley-Davidson Italia, Harley-Davidson Europe, Bmw, Tourism Of South Africa, Fimimachinery, Gibson, Mercedes, Yamaha, Range Rover, Volvo, are some of the companies with he has the pleasure of working …

A small and agile team of professionals to be part of your business.