I arranged this combination of objects. The reggae king along with my book. Quite an honor. The first image has a wider aperture and the background is blurrier than the second. I was experimenting to see how much of the subject would be in focus in return for the background being blurry. 
My friend Mike Toth is a great woodturner, and he was very charming in his support for THE ART OF HUMMINGBIRD GARDENING, wanting to have his photo taken with me. Our friend, artist Alain Andre Moreau, took the photo with Mike’s iPhone. Then Mike took a photo of me. It was fun, can’t you tell?
It’s good to have friends like Alain who are generous in spirit and want to help. Alain is a great artist in his own right. For instance, he’s done album covers for B.B. King, among others.
And one more portrait, for good measure. I’m working here with my Canon 100mm macro lens, opened up to f/2.8. It works very well on butterflies, too.
Nice to see a fellow artist appreciating your work, isn’t it? Alain was checking out the book for the first time. Later, he agreed to pose with the book. 
A little more formal than usual, but what the heck. I hope the birds appreciated it. 
Nice books for the spring.
