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This is one of my favorite nudes. The model is our friend ~ Revina
And in honor of the day - there is a 'silly' component to ponder on this Tuesday:
There was a classic American TV show titled "McMillan & Wife" starring Rock Hudson and Jill St. John as a San Francisco Police Commissioner and his spouse. This double stairway is directly below the house that served as their Russian Hill home in the series.
(we shot this at 8 AM on a Saturday morning - I'm glad we had a get-away car)
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@ordinaryimages: Nah, Jerry - my open container days are long behind me. This is a multi-use public facility and it looks as though it was secured for a party the previous evening before our engagement as a photography studio on this Saturday morning. I could look into who's responsible for cleaning the space between engagements - but it's generally not my nature to complain - besides - the price was well below market value!
Here's a map of the facility: http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g34/spphoto/421bc032.jpg
@Ted: This started out as blind simple 'stumble upon' dumb luck, Ted. There was no design and no plan. I knew the stairway and it was the general area of where we were heading. But as soon as I got up there and Revina was heading down the steps - I saw IT ! I remember telling her to put her feet in the center of the 'diamond' and to lean back - arched against the wall. It did come out better than I'd hoped for in my wildest imagination. Like I said - one of my favorites.
@Ted: I completely agree! The positioning for opportunity - patience - light observations - - - we do make our luck with frequency. But there are times where planning enters into the equation more than in others - and I was merely saying this was more by surprise than by design...
@Susan: This is a retaining wall where Vallejo Street meets Jones Street on Russian Hill. If you want to go back to my response to Kentucky Jerry (ordinary images) - there's a link to a Google map. It doesn't show the situation as well as I'd hoped but you'll get the idea. The street (in front of McMillan's) comes down to the top of the retaining wall and then splits to get down to Jones Street. The stairways offer away for pedestrians to get to the intersection without walking down the traffic ramps. Steep hills bring about creative engineering solutions - especially for real estate as valuable as that on Russian Hill.
@Magda: Thank you, Magda - I'm glad you appreciate my playing the angles. Revina and I are going to try to get in a shoot tomorrow.
@Laurent: Thanks, Laurent - greatly appreciated!
