Nikon D300 Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D @ f/2 ISO 100 - St Petersburg, FloridaWhy did I photograph this motorcycle? Simply because I like to photograph motorcycles. I do not know how to ride a motorcycle. I have only ever ridden on one once as a boy. Yet I am drawn to photographing them. Mostly parked. These are photographs just for me. For my own enjoyment. I photograph them because it excites me too.
I am just trying to say I believe it is important for a photographer to sometimes (always?) make photographs for themselves, first and foremost. To not care at all what people on flickr will think, not what people in your local photography club will say, not what your more experienced photographer friend will say. Just make a photograph that you yourself like to look at. I know I really like looking at all that chrome and green paint above. If someone else digs it, that's cool. If not, it will not lesson my own liking of it in the least.
I used to live in Tokyo where there are many more motorcycles. I even made a flickr set just for them.
What do you like to photograph just for yourself?