This was shot while passing through Vail, Co. when I was 27 on a trip from Pittsburgh to the California Coast.    I used to shoot lots of modeling portfolios when I was working in L.A. and Orange County, California, and this shot was snapped while I was trying to convince a girl I'd met that she could be a model.    She didn't want her picture taken, and as it turned out, a photo of myself was all I got.    She sure was a pretty one, though.    I never did get her picture.

I usually shoot wearing shorts or sweat-pants and a t-shirt, but this was more of a social occasion.    I keep it to delude myself that I could look good if I tried.