Sometimes things work out pretty well and whatever glaring weaknesses or faults a photograph may have does not bother me... Too much. That's the case with this image that will be appearing in the Arts and Entertainment section of The Sun this weekend.

(Nikon D2X, 17-55 mm lens @ 17 mm, 1/20th sec. @ f/8, ISO 100)

This concoction is just a hoot. Metal, funky frames, guy sweating in a harness, 45-pound plates and two anvils -- what could be better on a warm day in July? Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius maybe, but that's all I can think of at the moment.

Back to serious business for a moment, this photograph is a profile of Laure Drogoul to precede Artscape's opening next week. The Aerial Sculpture is by artist Tim Scofield, who will be taking part with two of his flying machines. Everyone seemed to enjoy the moment as we worked to make this image, one of the last in the take. It would have been more smooth if not for the multi-false starts as I returned to my car three times for different pieces of equipment. (I really need to clean up my Honda's trunk.)

For lighting I used a Dyna-Lite Uni400JR monolight with a medium-sized softbox to the right. A Nikon SB-800 Speedlight with a yellow gel filter was to the left and aimed to add detail to the cantilever weights. The 1/20th sec. shutter speed allowed ambient light to fill some of the shadows and add a warm feeling from the tungsten lights.

The only faults I can find are the marks on the wall and the tape on the floor. There was nothing to be done about the marks, short of hiring a MICA student to do some touch-up work, and the tape did not catch my attention (most likely because sweat got in my eyes from running back-and-forth from my car.) Not enough to make me cringe but not great in hindsight either.

All in all, just a lot of fun and a cool image to boot.