Select Models wrote:
SECRET?!?!?!?... OMG!... dude... driving south on the Coast Highway into Laguna, on the right side of the road, this beach smacks you square in the face for over 1/2 mile with NOTHING to block your view...

Damn, Gary! Let me have my fantasies. That's all I've got left!



Something's missing in this picture. Perhaps 'The Woman in the Waves' (She understands how the blue water behaves).

You see how I am? My whole world is make believe. They tell me that's because my sign is Cancer, The Crab.

Sensual Magic  wrote:
Damn, Gary! Let me have my fantasies. That's all I've got left!



Something's missing in this picture. Perhaps 'The Woman in the Waves' (She understands how the blue water behaves).

You see how I am? My whole world is make believe. They tell me that's because my sign is Cancer, The Crab.

Awwwwww... maybe not ALL you got left... how bout some free chips and guacamole at Taco Tuesday?...    See all you party animals tomorrow night at the big round table back by the taco bar...

Select Models wrote:
Awwwwww... maybe not ALL you got left... how bout some free chips and guacamole at Taco Tuesday?...    See all you party animals tomorrow night at the big round table back by the taco bar...

I need an injection, of guacamole dissolved in a saline solution.

Here's my latest, shot with a teeny, tiny subcompact camera with a 'folded lens', and then run through a computer algorithm to make her look ten years younger than she really is. Ha! It worked pretty well:

Sensual Magic  wrote:

I need an injection, of guacamole dissolved in a saline solution.

Injections?!?!?!?... ... Ewwwwww... ... not really big on those... taste buds will lose out too... ...

Select Models wrote:

Injections?!?!?!?... ... Ewwwwww... ... not really big on those... taste buds will lose out too... ...

My taste buds are fried from drinking too many of those frozen Pina Coladas. Might as well get the medicine directly to the bloodstream.

Sensual Magic  wrote:

My taste buds are fried from drinking too many of those frozen Pina Coladas. Might as well get the medicine directly to the bloodstream.

Had one of those frozen Pina Coladas once... SERIOUS case of brain freeze followed.  Took a healthy drink... looked around the big roundtable... couldn't recognize any of you guys and girls... ...

Select Models wrote:

Had one of those frozen Pina Coladas once... SERIOUS case of brain freeze followed.  Took a healthy drink... looked around the big roundtable... couldn't recognize any of you guys and girls... ...

Ha! That's funny! You'll remember I almost had heart failrure will standing in line at the taco bar after one of those.

Sensual Magic  wrote:
Get happy why dontcha? ...at my 'secret' location

Dude... it's no secret to the thousands of flies that will be swarming all over that seaweed... ...

Select Models wrote:
Dude... it's no secret to the thousands of flies that will be swarming all over that seaweed... ...

We didn't encounter anything like that. Perhaps because of the early season? The cool of February? I dunno. It wasn't an issue on that  day. The best part of this experience was the beach was deserted! Unbelievable! So everybody felt loose and free. Conditions were ideal for this type of shoot. I want to go back.

Sensual Magic  wrote:

We didn't encounter anything like that. Perhaps because of the early season? The cool of February? I dunno. It wasn't an issue on that  day. The best part of this experience was the beach was deserted! Unbelievable! So everybody felt loose and free. Conditions were ideal for this type of shoot. I want to go back.

Yep... in freezing February the beach is almost always deserted... BUT... from May to Oct you can expect some healthy crowds and loads of beach-cop activity...

Select Models wrote:
See you party animals in about an hour... and don't forget to bring a healthy appetite for the free chips and guacamole...

mmmm guacamole....eat some for me

Select Models wrote:
Yep... in freezing February the beach is almost always deserted... BUT... from May to Oct you can expect some healthy crowds and loads of beach-cop activity...

The key to this is shooting on a weekday when school is in session. There's nobody there!

Also, don't bring a tripod or a reflector. To the cops this automatically means 'commercial photography' and they will want to see your permits.

James Rulison wrote:


I might try and make this but depends on my kids little league.  I am usually a sports photographer and work in online media.  I am thinking about branching out and listen well.   

Hope to see you there.
JR

Watch out JR. You're gonna get sucked in to the mayhem!

James Rulison wrote:


I might try and make this but depends on my kids little league.  I am usually a sports photographer and work in online media.  I am thinking about branching out and listen well.   

Hope to see you there.
JR

Hey JR... funtimes fur sure amigo with FREE chips and guacamole for EVERYONE... starting time is 730pm and unlike other meet and greets in SoCal... NO DRESSCODE!... hope to seeya there...

Sensual Magic  wrote:
Just got back from Mike Bean's New Faces Camera Club shoot. Awesome shoot. I found gold! Thanks for all you do, Mike.

I can't make it to this Tacos Tuesdays coming up, but I will see you guacamole addicts in the near future, with some new stuff to share.

Hey Clark... cool... post a pic dude.  I'll be posting one of Vanessa here soon...

Select Models wrote:
Hey Clark... cool... post a pic dude.  I'll be posting one of Vanessa here soon...

Wasn't sure if it is ok on MM, but I guess so. How's this?

Charlie Kristine wrote:
If my flight lands in time I might be able to make the one on the 2nd of April

Waycool CK... would be great to seeya there... free chips and guacamole for ya... and I'll buy you a margarita too...

Select Models wrote:
Cool shots up there Clarkmeisterrrrrrrrr... seeya in a few hours...

Can't make it this time, but I'll be thinking of you...

Sensual Magic  wrote:

Dude... what the heck kinda flash is that?...

Select Models wrote:

Dude... what the heck kinda flash is that?...

I dunno. Looks like some kind of ad-hoc bare bulb contraption, on a Nikon D800!

Sensual Magic  wrote:
I dunno. Looks like some kind of ad-hoc bare bulb contraption, on a Nikon D800!

WOW... the strange contraptions those 'swapmeet photoday' photographers come up with never fail to amaze me...

Select Models wrote:

WOW... the strange contraptions those 'swapmeet photoday' photographers come up with never fail to amaze me...

You can see he added gold tape inside to warm up the white balance. I don't know the camera owner's name but I'd like to see the pics he got. Maybe Mike knows him.

Sensual Magic  wrote:

You can see he added gold tape inside to warm up the white balance. I don't know the camera owner's name but I'd like to see the pics he got. Maybe Mike knows him.

I'm thinkin more like warm up the model's fleshtone.  I believe warming up the white balance involves making a custom menu adjustment to whatever white balance application he has selected to use...

Select Models wrote:
I'm thinkin more like warm up the model's fleshtone.  I believe warming up the white balance involves making a custom menu adjustment to whatever white balance application he has selected to use...

Well yeah, that's what I was trying to say. Sorta like a California Sunbounce in a tin can. And the way the gold tape is arranged might create a sunburst effect on the image. Interesting, eh?