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Well it's finally on the newsstands, the August 2007 issue of legendary Playboy Magazine.

In the back section called "Grapevine" you will find a photo I made of model Savannah Costello. It's favorite of mine as well and I was obviously honored when they contacted me after they'd seen it on a modeling website where they came upon Savannah's portfolio.

I was also honored in that the original shot they contacted me about wasn't the one they ultimately chose, as it happens the editor described the photo, as we'd gotten a great many from that shoot that fit the description, I put together a page containing a few dozen from that effort. A few days later I'd gotten messages which contained comments by the art director who'd said there were so many great images to choose from and asked if a different image might be obtained for the issue. Nice right?

Well in the sample I've posted I can see why this one fit the need so well, as a designer myself the shot they finally chose lends well to the page layout, the white areas allowing an unconventional shape versus so many images that are "so defined" by backgrounds and borders that make the photo insist on remaining rectangular.

The shot seems to cover about a third of the page but then you also see Savannah looming well into half of it height-wise. I don't care mind you - I'm just glad it's there, far too many times in the past I've been inline to be published only to have it fall through at the last minute, so now I always say thanks, but don't really think about it all too much until I see it in print with my own two eyes.

I've censored the sample here and am including some other images from that shoot that fit my criteria for no nudity on this site. (Click for a larger versions)