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July 24, 2015

Mango Café, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

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Photo taken by Malena Sharkey

Isla Mujeres, Mexico; Eggs Benedict...must be the best on the planet.

July 20, 2015

Isla Mujere MPW Trip; Prep Session

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Pre-Isla Mujeres, Mexico session day before yesterday. We ended up with some frames we want to try in the island waters. Also, testing the capability of the new Canon EOS-5Ds 50-megapixel camera. This is a vertical crop of a horizontal file and the detail is still sharp as a razor.
Model: Rachel Faulkner
Location: Lakeside Studio Pool Underwater

July 17, 2015

The Awakening Kiss

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I keep going back to this corner of the Lourve in Paris to marvel at Italian Antonio CANOVA's 1796 sculpture "The Awakening Kiss." This amazing sculpture was done from a single piece of white marble depicting Cupid and Psyche. The short version of the story is that Cupid's mother, Venus, the Goddess of Love, was jealous of mortal Pysche's beauty and sent Cupid to harass her. Instead, he pricked himself with one of his arrows and fell in love with Psyche. In retribution, vain and angry Venus cast a spell over Psyche and she fell into a deep sleep. At some point, Cupid kissed the sleeping Psyche and broke the spell. You'll find it no surprise that this formed the storyline for "Sleeping Beauty."

July 16, 2015

Rainy Day Mermaid

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Experimenting one day last week with new Canon EOS-5Ds
Model: Nicole Carter
Location: Lakeside Studio Pool

July 15, 2015

14 Hour Creative Underwater Day

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Yesterday was something of a 14-hour gathering of underwater art creatives.... through overcast, rain and nightfall.
This Model: Nicole Carter
MUA: Shay Reinert
Designer Dresses: Elizabeth St John
Location: Lakeside Studio Pool, Virginia Beach, VA
Other Models/Creatives: Malena Sharkey, Robert Minnick, Kristi Sherk,Tiffany Nicole Lang, Alfred Ellison Gregg IV, Jackie Burwood

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Through overcast, rain and nightfall. Fed by sliders, dogs, veggies and waters.
This Model: Malena Sharkey
MUA: Shayna (Shea) Reinert
Location: Lakeside Studio Pool, Virginia Beach, VA
Other Models/Creatives: Nicole Carter, Robert Minnick, Kristi Sherk,Tiffany Nicole Lang, Alfred Ellison Gregg IV, Jackie Burwood

July 5, 2015

It's a little "sharky" in here

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A young pre-teen with braces showed up today for a post-Independence Day lunch with a watermelon she carved. Shark lovers will appreciate this...

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