Lucky me again, to have him enthusiastically say “yes.”
I asked another friend, who worked for the phone company and had a bucket truck, if he would be on call for when the right time on a weekend came, to execute the plan. A florist friend would make a bouquet to add a colorful decoration to the table. The renown Harbor View Hotel contributed a beach lounge chair for the muse to lie on, and small table. I made black panels for the sides so while it was parked people at ground level could not see in, which would certainly have become a distraction… or should I say an attraction. When that day came, I asked the steamship guys to leave a couple of spaces open at the back end, so a truck carrying our nude bathing beauty could be parked in the foreground of the photograph.
ILLUSION REAL PLAY STUDIO SCENES FULL
I can only guess that that my established reputation as a photographer in the area influenced his decision.ĬUT to other (non-Illusion) photographs of the SHENANDOAH docked in harbor among other ships, including the Bounty, and under full sail plus working on the sails. I had been terribly nervous about being rejected, there being no other option, but I was elated when he gave me the go ahead. I needed his permission to use his vessel, and one day I came on board to find him at the helm and asked. This 108-foot square topsail schooner was owned by Bob Douglas, from the Quaker Oats family. The only potential set back was being able to commandeer the only tall ship available, the SHENANDOAH.ĬUT to shot of Bob Douglas approaching the SHENANDOAH on a small skiff, as well as (find) a head shot of him, and QAUCKER OATS products.
In order to represent this historical era of shipping in the Vineyard area, James came to having a growing creative urge to recreate this 19th century vision of a figurehead on the bow of a tall ship anchored in harbor, only this time with a real, live figure.
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