Pardon Me!

This is not the kind of photo I generally post here. But today I will make an exception. What's wrong with the picture? Aside from breaking several aesthetic and technical rules of photography, it is a model shoot. And I don't do model shoots. But here's the story behind this photo.I was wandering the streets of Mykonos when I noticed a boat in the harbor. It was clearly a photo shoot of some kind. And so I photographed the event from . . . the backside. The thing that fascinates me about this picture (aside from the nice little white boat) is that there are five people present on this boat. The roles of the model, the captain and the photographer are obvious. But what about the two other men? Are they artistic directors? Agents? Close personal friends? And the real question is: Are they getting paid? The man at the front of the boat certainly seems to enjoy his work!

08-09-01 Harley Art

I took this photo during the famous Sturgis Rally Week in Keystone, SD, in 2002. The photo isn't the art, of course. The beautifully chromed and crafted engine of the Harley Davidson is.

Incidentally, this photo shows up as part of a tutorial on a web site called Tutzor. This tutorial turns various parts of photos into a chrome horse.

Canon 1D 1/250s f/8.0 ISO400 70mm

03-31-09 E Pluribus Unum

By Scott Shephard

2009 03-31 E Pluribus Unum

Ethan's second birthday party was this past Saturday and it was an interesting event - twenty-nine guests and enough presents to keep a young person and his parents occupied for a long time.

In between the action my eye was caught by a series of Russian nesting dolls sitting on a hutch that had been stained nearly black. The red and black were a great combination. I shot this with my 50mm 1.2L lens and you can see that the depth of field with this lens can be very narrow.

Canon 5DII 1/125s f/1.2 ISO1000 50mm