The white Mute Swans from this series were captured on my first roll of film as a college photography student in the fall of 1978. The assignment was simple; go out and shoot a roll of black and white film and present the results for an open class review. As I flicked light bulb on, the my first thought that came to  mind was to ask two coeds from an adjacent dorm to model for my first ever high-fashion photo shoot!   Well, they said yes, yet that quickly became a couple of  portrait sessions… at a very small lake shaped like Texas within the city park across the street. Nearing the end of the roll I suggested to my ‘models’ that we change the perspective and they traverse around the lake for the remaining eight exposures. It was then that these three other beautiful ‘supermodels’ gracefully swam up.
I hope the girls enjoyed their walk.

Dark Knight, the black swan included below, was photographed in Orlando, Florida a couple of decades later. It became another ‘meant to be moment’ as this magnificent beauty presented itself. I knew on first sight that the stature and grace of this large waterbird would be a wonderful compliment to this series.