CLICK HERE to see my new "a scooter's eye view" gallery in which this image appears.

Ever since I became serious about photography, I've done my best to keep my mobility scooter out of my frames. Whenever my basket or control panel happened to appear in an image, I would carefully crop it out. Oh no, now I remember--I did allow it to show in a series of self portraits I called, "Able or not, here I come." But except for that, my scooter has been the invisible partner in my work as a photographer. To be honest, without it I'd be sitting at home.

Wednesday I spent some time reading David Alan Harvey's blog, "Road Trips," in particular his April 6th entry and the dozens of comments posted in response. You may recall that I'll be taking Harvey's workshop, "The Photographic Essay," in Charlottesville, VA in June. There must have been something about the way he and his photographer friends discussed photography that got me thinking about my invisible partner.

Long and short is that, instead of continuing to ignore my scooter, I decided to do a series of shots in which it was the star. After all, I see this control panel every minute of every day; it's time I showed you what that looks like. CLICK HERE to join me in the kitchen before we go on a scoot around the block...