Faro & Paul Jr. Designs

A few months back I was in Lake Mary, Fl shooting corporate head shots of the CEOs at Faro. At the end of my shoot, the director of marketing walks up and politely asks if I was at all interested in photographing the unveiling of the 30th anniversary Faro bike designed by Paul Jr. Designs. Talk about being at the right place at the right time. Naturally I said yes and welcomed being part of such a special occasion.

For those of you that have never heard of Faro, they develop computer-aided coordinate measurement devices and software. Faro equipment is used by companies around the world such as Airbus, Audi, Boeing, BMW, General Electric, Honda, Lockheed Martin, Jay Leno, Nasa, and Volkswagen, along with a laundry list of other high-end clientele. The crew at Faro are very down to earth and a true pleasure to work with. Not only was I asked to be part of their 30th anniversary custom chopper build, but they genuinely made me feel part of the team.

On shoot day tensions were high as they always are around film/video sets. After the filming wrapped, my 2 assistants and I were able to quickly set up a make-shift studio for some portraits of Paul Jr, Rachel, Mikey, Vinny, Joe and some of the Faro crew. I was pleased to find Paul Jr. super down to earth like you'd imagine he would be. Mikey was also as you'd imagine as was Vinny. Soon after this shoot I started watching Discovery channel and have recently caught up with all the drama that has happened since I watched the show last.

Drama aside, the guys have built a really nice looking bike. With as much as I like the pictures they honestly do the bike no justice. Up close you'd think the carbon fiber paint was real. They fitted a really cool Garmin at the control center which really sets the tech side of the bike off. Overall a really, really cool deal.

For more info on Faro go here - Faro

Here are some pics of the shoot and the film crew..