Vincent Brown’s Journal and Photography

Charles Ramsey: Philly Top Cop

June 27, 2008 - Police highway patrol and Philadelphia Police Chief, Charles Ramsey have a photo opp. in front of the Art Museum. I stumbled upon this by accident. I drove into the city to do some biking and saw all of the police activity.

What I found out later was that three brand new Harley motorcycles were donated to the Philadelphia Police Highway Patrol Friday.

“The motorcycles were gifts from Bernard and Harriett Gross, James Binns, and Philadelphia residents.“

This is why it pays to have your camera at all times… I think I got some great shots.

People passing by got to try the bikes on for size

Highway patrol officers were in a good mood. I’m always that way when I get new things

Charles Ramsey, Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department hops on a Harley

Philadelphia’s Highway Patrol officers, standing tall (PRINT)

Charles Ramsey, Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, flanked by his officers

Philadelphia Highway Patrol officers

Charles Ramsey, the Commish, being photographed

View the complete set on my Flickr Photostream

Tags: Charles Ramsey, cops, Philadelphia, philly, Photo, Police

06/29/2008 | Philadelphia, Photography | 1 Comment

Commerce Bank International Cycling Championship

So, I got out early today and photographed the huge bike race that was in Philadelphia. It’s important to remember that these photos belong to ME

Photographer: Vincent J. Brown (VincentBrown.com)

What: The 24th running of the Commerce Bank Triple Crown of Cycling: Philadelphia International Championship. More than 200 of the world’s top male professional cyclists descend upon the city of Philadelphia to race in the longest running and most important single-day cycling road race in the United States. The cyclists will complete 10 laps of a 14.4-mile circuit through Philadelphia. They will finish with three laps of Lemon Hill and Logan Circle, having logged 156 miles total in one of the biggest special sporting events in the country. - ProCyclingTour.com

When: June 8, 2008 @ 9:00am EST

Location: Logan Circle on the Parkway: Philadelphia, PA USA

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Exclusive, commercial licensing approval is available upon written request.

Here’s how I’ve broken it down for easier viewing. I created two sets on my favorite photo sharing website Flickr:

Prelude to: Commerce Bank International Cycling Championship

These are photos AND a video of the prelude to the Commerce Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship. Bikers getting ready, warming up and the festivities that proceeded the BIG bike race in Philadelphia on June 8 2008. (VIEW AS A SLIDESHOW)

The Race: Commerce Bank International Cycling Championship

These are photos of the race. The Commerce Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship which took place on June 8, 2008 in Philadelphia, PA (VIEW AS A SLIDESHOW)