Letting It All Hang Out

** Warning – there is a low-resolution photo that shows nudity at the bottom of this post. If that bothers you, or if you’re in a public place that frowns on that kind of thing, you should stop here. **
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Now that some of the inauguration hoopla has died down a bit (5.5 million views and counting), it was time for me to get back to work.

I mean “work” in the loosest sense of the word since my job last week had me on a 5-day Caribbean cruise with the Barenaked Ladies. This is the third annual rock cruise for the band and I had the enviable pleasure of documenting it again for TourPhotographer.com.

I made a stealth portrait of the newly svelte Steven Page while he was waiting to greet surprised passengers at the Port of Miami.

The band played a “sail away” show as we left U.S. waters on the Norwegian Jewel.

I always like to look for little details that you normally wouldn’t see.

I was thrilled that Sarah McLachlan came out this year. Battling through laryngitis, she still sounded angelic.

Tyler Stewart thanked the crowd at the end of one of the big shows in the Stardust Theater.

Of course, I shot the traditional naked photo. We had around 850 people this year – fewer than last year but more than the first one.

Since this ship had a big pool right in the middle of the deck, I decided to let in a group of “floaters.” When we asked for volunteers, about 30 exhibitionists agreed to drop their robes and jump in the water while everyone else was still covered up.

The band then took their position under the gazebo in the back, but the fans started chanting, “Get in the pool! Get in the pool!” Being the good sports that they are, the guys also dropped their robes and joined the floaters near the back of the pool.

The motto on board was, “You never know what’s going to happen on the cruise.”

All of my images – except the naked photo – are available as prints at TourPhotographer.com. You had to be on the ship to get that one.

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