Not only is Paulo Rosas the head honcho at the aesthetically pleasing moto gear brand Pagnol, but he is also a talented photographer that is always shooting away at every motorcycle show. Paulo is also a good friend of Pipeburn, so we hit him up for some photos of the Quail Gathering and were impressed when we saw the shots ? he even wrote a few words to go with them. Enjoy…
This year, I was hired as the Quail Motorcycle Gathering (QMG) official photographer for the 2nd time in a row. This all started three years ago when Pagnol was a vendor there and I took some shots of the event for a Pagnol story that they loved and then one thing lead to another and here we are again.

This event is by far the ?fancier? moto show in the USA, but it still has the relaxed atmosphere we all love about the motorcycle scene. It started on Friday with the ?Quail Ride?, which is a 1.5 hour ride that begins at the Quail Lodge and ended at the iconic Laguna Seca Raceway ? this was the opposite way from past years rides.
I had the option of riding a motorcycle, but to properly photograph the ride you have to stop ahead of all the riders to take some shots, then ride and pass them for another spot.  So from last years experience I knew that being in the support vehicle would be a much better option ? I get to shoot as we move with a few stops as well.

The ride went towards Carmel Valley, which is a much smaller version of the actual Carmel town and is such a beautiful valley. After it, ...