These were shot at the nude beach at Hanlan’s Point, on the Toronto Islands. It was a super-sunny day and the sun had just ducked behind some big puffy clouds when we took these shots. The top shot is augmented with a bit of on-camera flash (SB-900) diffused with a Gary Fong Lightsphere Collapsible.

The nude beach is an interesting place. Long a hang-out for the gay community before it was recognized as an official clothing-optional beach, it tends to be overrun by tons of naked old men. Many of them were obviously interested in our shoot and walked by our stretch of beach multiple times to catch a glimpse of Samantha. The various states of undress were amusing — some walked down the beach in only a shirt and shoes, but lacking anything in between. Why leave the shirt on?

As the clouds grew more dense and the sky darkened, we found ourselves with a visitor. One of the gawkers decided to come and stand right next to me as I was shooting Samantha. He obviously knew nothing about personal space. As I tried to keep one eye on my gear to make sure he didn’t run off with anything, I turned my attention away from my light stand/umbrella/flash combo, which promptly fell over into the sand. One of the umbrella arms broke. Sand will pretty much destroy electronics on contact, but luckily I was able to get the sand off my flash before it had a chance to worm its way under the buttons. We decided to call it a day at that point, since Oldie McCreeperson wasn’t going anywhere. He continued to stand right next to us as we packed up, and then paraded his naked self a couple times in front of us as we worked our way back to the paved path.

Randall as photographed at Heather Windsor Studio in Bowmanville, Ontario. Randall made the trek all the way from Oakville to Bowmanville on a busy Saturday afternoon, and we burned off a ton of photos in about an hour before she had to trek back to Oakville for a function. Her round trip took about three times as long as the actual shoot! This is further proof that she’s amazing.

If you missed it, a behind-the-scenes image is here and you can also check out our swank video from the shoot.

Wardrobe: Victoria’s Secret PINK. Both Randall and I are super-excited about real Victoria’s Secret stores opening in Toronto soon!

Lighting: Nikon SB-900 on camera with Gary Fong Lightsphere collapsible, Nikon SB-800 to camera left, Alien Bees 400 with pink gel on the background.

1. New pictures
2. New video
3. New, uh, “enhancements”

One caveat, though — the new pictures are in the new video. So you’ll have to watch it to see them. But don’t worry, real static versions are coming to the blog soon.

Without further ado, here’s a little video I put together of Sam, made from stills and video of our latest beach shoot, as she competes for Miss Hooters of Canada 2010:

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You might notice that Sammy looks a bit different since the last time you saw her… that’s what #3 above was referring to.

If you like what you see, do Sam a favour and vote for her from your mobile phone. Like the video says, text the name SAM to 747474 once per day, and you’ll be entered to win a trip to Hollywood, Florida for the Miss Hooters International Pageant.

She’s also on Twitter and has a Facebook Group too!

Randall is seen here posing in the freight elevator at Heather Windsor’s studio in Bowmanville, Ontario. This is pretty much the hottest photo I’ve ever taken of Randall; she amazes me every time we shoot by constantly stepping it up. During our shoot, she acknowledged studying the contact sheets from our previous shoots to learn her best angles and poses. This is why she can look six feet tall in this photo despite being nowhere near that. Is she ready for the Victoria’s Secret catalogue? I think so.

In summary, Randall is the awesomeness and I love her. Can’t wait ’til we shoot again.

Wardrobe: H&M lingerie that I got on sale ($7 for the bra, $5 for the thong).

Lighting: Profoto Pro Ring 2 and daylight.

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Here’s me and Randall in the studio on Saturday. Keep checking back for the results of this shoot!

Music by Goldfrapp and Richard X.