At left is a fun shot made between takes on a recent shoot at the DeSeversky center in Old Westbury, an absolutely astonishing home that's been converted to a catering hall/restaurant/office center/convention center, and part of the NYIT campus. They filmed parts of Dudley Moore's Arthur, here, it's gorgeous.

Ytla was manning the welcome area when I needed a sit-in to test the lights, and with a few fine-tunes we nabbed this fun shot. The main light tapers off from being feathered away from her a little, so the brightest part of the image remains her face - where the attention should be. To separate her from the background, though, I added another light (behind her) to spotlight the wall.

And once again, here's adorable chihuahua Eli, who's flying high over Times Square for the next few weeks helping promote the Dog Day Masquerade. If ten years ago you'd have told me I'd be photographing dogs for a Times Square promotion, I'd have gone back to what I was doing with a dismissive wave...what a riot.

Eli (and Karen!), you guys are tops - what a fun shoot!