shseries.txt
Welp, the SH series is over. The last official number is 1184. I had a notebook filled with sheets of negatives - 2 inches or more thick - solid bondage pulchritude, and I wanted to show you guys how much good stuff we did back about 20 years ago. But....I was new to the digital age, only had a computer for a few months, didn't have any idea about digital photo processing, and had no way to scan the photos. So...I elected to send out a feeler to a guy who at the time was posting in abpeb a lot, and seemed to know what he was doing, to see if I could get some help in bringing these pics to the 'net. I'm not even sure of the name anymore (?Lafond?) - haven't seen him around lately - I sent him a proposal, and got no response. My second choice was Mike Peter (of the mptr series)...the E-mail was titled "A proposal"...and the rest, as they say, is history. Neither I nor Mike have saved that note...
We began by scanning prints, and some of the original Sean Harper mags. I sent them off to him (thousands of miles), he scanned and processed them with PhotoShop, and sent the stuff back. The chosen models and positions were a greatest hits patchwork at first, and many of those early scans were subsequently replaced by scans from negs and slides. Then the best of the bunch were done - the slides. The Lee Swensons and Jana Sanders color scans from slides were perfect...pure sensual perfection...and are unmatched in quality by anything I've seen on the 'net (with the possible exception of some of Felix Dartmouth's scans). And at some point after that, Mike said he could scan negatives - and we were off and running! From A to Uschi - the whole notebook was picked through, the best were chosen, and every scratch and imperfection was meticulously removed through PhotoShop. Yes, there are a bunch of SH tie-ups that haven't been represented. For a while, I didn't even have a camera, and there were lots of busy shoots where I just didn't get time to do anything but dress, tie, untie, dress, tie...(poor Sean :-( ). So if your favorite SH situation never appeared, I'm sorry.......it won't be coming.
That brings us to Mike Peter. Mike has selflessly spent countless hours working on this material over almost 2 years - for no other reason but the love of great bondage photographs. By the end of the series, I also had PShop and was helping with some of the scratch removal work, but 95% or more of the work was done by Mike for me and for you. These negs had been abused and stored for almost 20 years - they were not in good shape. (Mike - send a pre-PShop pic for all of them to see.) We owe him great and effusive thanks. I want all of you to grab your wives and girlfriends, tie them up real tight, take a couple pics, and send them to Mike - he deserves them. And now, if we're lucky, we'll start seeing the mptr series again..... Thanks Mike - you are a great and cherished friend.
Thanks for listening. My 15 minutes of fame are officially over.
Sean Harper
8/26/98
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