Today, instead of bringing Darryl and Ashwyn to see the light rail train (something they both enjoy very much), I decided to have them do an “adventure” just outside our house.

They emulated what they saw from the cartoon “Dora, the Explorer”, and happily went on a treasure hunt – collecting stones, dried branches and duely displaying them in front of our door steps.

Darryl asked, “how about a picnic?”. “Hmm, a picnic? no problem”, I said. Out came the cookies, biscuits, bananas and grape juice, and we all had a blast enjoying our little “picnic”.

I have the good fortune of shooting with Courtney this recent Sunday in many favorite locations of mine.

Courtney initially found my profile on Model Mayhem and wrote me when she read about my project, i.e. location-based fashion and swimwear images.

We collaborated on our individual ideas before arriving at a series of concepts. Based on that, I further fine-tuned the various locations that we will shoot at. Separately, Courtney proceeded to secure similar-looking outfits, and came to the shoot with hair and makeup to match!

Talk about being ambitious and totally driven!!

I’m extremely pleased with the resulting outcome and l look forward to working with Courtney again.