Okay, work isn’t exactly what I call it, but “practice” might lead some to believe that I was changing my mind about a career in still photography.

One of my friends who does actively seek employment for her skills as a makeup artist needed a photographer to capture images of a couple of models out at Venice Beach.

These are a few pictures from the first of two shoots we worked on together.

Every picture I take makes me a better photographer.It’s this attitude that found me up at the too early hour of 5:30am on a Sunday morning.

There’s no money changing hands for these shoots, but the experience was valuable. I’d never shot a model on the beach before.
My expectation was that a lifeguard would be coming around at some point with a wistle and running us off.

Sad to say, we’ve been run off before (I’m looking at you Old Zoo at Griffith Park).

The morning was beautiful and I was happily surprised that no lifeguard gave us any trouble.

Maybe next time we’ll push the envelope a bit and bring some light stands with us.