BlackRapid Photo-Moto Ride 2024 – Part 2 by Bry Cox

The BLACKRAPID Moto Ride for 2024 [Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3] from the Bry Cox blog.

After leaving Durango, we took some winding mountain roads and ended up in a town called Silverton where we got some “old timey” cowboy photos.

But before arriving in town, we took a long and beautiful ride through some beautiful mountain roads. We stopped along at various overlooks to soak in the view and snap photos.

The windy road into Silverton makes for some beautiful mountain views.

The town of Silverton is an adorable old mining town with a lot of fun places to explore and photograph.

There’s an old train people can ride from Durango to Silverton. We saw it leave Durango as we were exploring the town in the morning, and it arrived shortly after we arrived in Silverton.

As we explored and photographed Silverton, we came across this old west photo studio. Being photographers, Ron suggested we all get suited up for a photo.

After a late lunch and nice rest, we loaded up and headed out towards the town of Montrose for the night. We continued to hit rain storms and dodge ominous clouds in the distance.

We hit rain at Ouray, so we continued on. When we passed that storm, we could see in the distance another rain storm in our distance so we pulled over at this awesome view to prep with rain gear.

From that point on, we had a rainy ride. I was able to snap a few of these images as we rode. As I mentioned in the last post, I shoot these photos one handed with a camera slung over one shoulder, using the BLACKRAPID Cross Shot strap. On a motorcycle I carry the camera on my left side so I can still steer and throttle the bike with my right hand. And I don’t look through the viewfinder. Instead, without looking I can reach down with my left hand, turn it on by feel, zoom the lens where I think it ought to be, aim it (again without looking through the viewfinder), and then snap a few photographs. Some of these photos of the guys behind me, are shot holding my camera over my shoulder.