random weekend

I went to the beach with some friends directly after shooting a project.  I had all my camera gear with me and so I decided to use it.  I wanted to shoot something a little off the wall and out of the box.  This is what I came up with.  I used off-camera lighting and some post processing.  I edited my picture using the original jpeg.  I edited Terry's picture using the original RAW.  I never realized how much of an editing buffer you get with RAW.  Its not even comparable.  You get so much more room with RAW than you do with jpeg.

Edited jpeg below

Edited RAW files below

The skies look different because they are.  I swapped them out with photoshop.  The original sky was super bland, grey, ugly and dead looking.  I wanted my pics to look at least a little decent.

Monday we trekked on over to Apple Valley to this natural hot spring.  It is a two mile hike to get there.  The twist: clothing optional.  I am one to always try new things but this is where I drew the line.  There was a very attractive chick there whom I acquainted myself with while I was there.  She was nude; it was really difficult to look at her in the eye without my eyes wandering to her boobs and the rest of her hot tanned body.

There was also a film being shot there too.  Horrible acting by the way.

Pack your shit.

Very nice view from ontop of the hike trail, we went to the river that you see below.

These guys