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Samantha Grace

Back to Baja for this post as I continue to edit images from Fest X @ Todos Santos.

As Samantha Grace is a self confessed California beach babe and considering she hadn’t had the chance to shoot outside of the hotels, I thought she would like the opportunity to scrabble over some rocks and get wet at the beach. I think it’s pretty obvious from the photos that she appreciated it icon smile Samantha Grace

Thanks for such a fun shoot Samantha icon smile Samantha Grace

 

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St Merrique @ Casa Dracula

My second shoot at Casa Dracula was with Los Angeles model St Merrique. This space really offers a great variety of areas to shoot in so it’s easy to achieve some very different looks in the one location. St Merrique was absolutely amazing to work with and the way the sunlight bounces off her lovely skin is just breathtaking.

Those of you that know me are well aware that I am a quiet soul and I normally don’t talk a lot during shoots but I think I hardly said anything at all during this shoot but only because I really didn’t have to. St Merrique was so good at posing and interpreting what I wanted all I really had to do was point her in the general direction and let her go for it. It was such an effortless shoot and the results were outstanding. Even if I do say so myself icon smile St Merrique @ Casa Dracula

If you ever get a chance to work with St Merrique, I highly recommend you jump at the opportunity.

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Brooke Lynne

Brooke’s reputation as an art nude model had preceded her and I was very much looking forward to working with her. I had seen her portfolio and even heard first hand about her ability to work with the environment, especially with positioning her body in tight, tiny spaces. So with that in mind I thought the rocks at the beach would be a good place to test her out icon smile Brooke Lynne

Of course she passed with flying colours and I was left amazed at how she carefully manoeuvred her body in behind rocks and crevices and created beautiful poses in such awkward positions. To say I was impressed would be an understatement.

Golf clap for Brookie the little monkey icon smile Brooke Lynne Hope to work with you again real soon!

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Bye Bye Baja, Hello Vegas!

Well the 10th annual Zoe Fest (Fest X) has sadly come to an end. This was my third Zoe Fest, my first outside of Australia and it certainly won’t be my last. Once again I have had an absolute blast working, socialising (i.e. Drinking!) and just plain old chilling out with an amazing bunch of talented photographers and beautiful models, without whom, I would not have been able to create such amazing imagery during my stay in Todos Santos.

New friendships were forged and old ones reaffirmed to become even stronger. This is easily my favourite time of the year and I’m already looking forward to the next one – where ever that may be!

A big thanks to all of those that participated but in particular to Zoe for her tireless efforts, Mick Marlborough for securing all that amazing sponsorship from Lens Baby, Rogue Photographic Design, Expo Disc and Peak Design. Thanks also to Rex from A&I Books for all his help. My travel buddy Mal Grant, it was awesome fun if not a little scary driving on the opposite side of the road with you! Last by no means least, thanks to all of the models. I love each and every one of you and have nothing but admiration for your efforts and modelling skills.

Luckily for me my adventure hasn’t ended just yet and I will now be spending the next few days in VEGAS BABY!! But no, I won’t be sitting in the casinos gambling what little money I have left away. I will be heading out into the Nevada Desert for a couple of shoots with a crazy local model called Wonder Hussy! 

 

So keep an eye out for what’s coming next from the Vegas Desert shoots and I will also continue to add images from Baja as I get around to editing more of the shoots.

 

 

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Ella, an English Rose

Ella Rose is our only UK representative this year as unfortunately we had some last minute drop-outs. Like other English art nude models I’ve worked with before, she is full of  beauty and grace and she certainly didn’t disappoint on our very first shoot together.

We shot in three locations, The Todos Santos Inn, an old cannery which has some great old decaying buildings and the Playa de las Palmas.

I’m not sure I will have time to shoot with her again this trip but I certainly hope our next shoot is not too far away.

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Meghan @ Casa Dracula

My second day of shooting at Fest X started with an early morning session with Vancouver model, Meghan.

I chose to shoot at Casa Dracula because of the beautiful morning light which spills around the grounds and into the many rooms and I thought Meghan would really suit the soft natural feeling that I was trying to achieve. I think I was right icon smile Meghan @ Casa Dracula

Meghan was a real pleasure to work with and I really hope she can make it down to Australia in the near future as I would really love to work with her again soon.

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First Fest X Shoot with Stephanie Anne

The last shoot of my  first ZoeFest was with a lovely New Mexican by the name of Stephanie Anne so it was only fitting that I continued on from that fantastic sunrise beach shoot with another here in Baja.

Mal Grant and I drove Anne D & Stephanie Anne down to Cabo San Lucas in the hope of getting some shots with the famous Arch in the background. Unfortunately the massive ocean liner parked in right in front put paid to that idea so we needed to find another spot real fast before we lost the good morning light. Luckily we found a couple of great beaches only a few minutes further south from Cabo.

My shoot with Stephanie Anne continued later that day when the afternoon cooled down a little and we shot at the Hotelito in Todos Santos. The hotel offers some great locations for art nude shoots so I have not doubt I will be back there to shoot more this week.

It was a real pleasure working with Stephanie Anne again two years after first working together and becoming good friends. We had a real connection that first Zoefest in Mission Beach and it was wonderful that the connection remained. It really felt like only a couple of months had passed instead of 2 years.

No doubt I will be working with Stephanie again before the week is over.

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