SoCal Fashion Photoshoots

# 🌿 Rainforest Café 🌿

### A High Fashion Editorial Experience Inside a Lush Tropical Oasis

📅 Date: Sunday, August 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
🍽️ Group Lunch at Rainforest Café: 11:00 AM (included with registration)
📍 Location: Rainforest Café – Ontario Mills

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## Rainforest Café – Editorial Experience

Step into a lush tropical world before the doors open to the public. We'll have exclusive access to create throughout the immersive rainforest environment of Rainforest Café, surrounded by towering tropical foliage, winding stone pathways, glowing lanterns, waterfalls, and vibrant aquarium displays.
Rather than photographing the restaurant itself, we'll use its incredible atmosphere as the backdrop for a high fashion editorial inspired by nature, adventure, and effortless luxury. Think destination fashion with a tropical twist—where rich greenery, warm light, and beautiful styling come together to create portfolio-worthy images.

This shoot is a wonderful opportunity to capture:
• Vibrant editorial portraits
• Tropical fashion imagery
• Beautiful environmental compositions
• Rich greens and warm, natural tones
• Storytelling through immersive surroundings

Following the photoshoot, we'll gather for a group lunch at Rainforest Café, which is included with your registration. It's the perfect opportunity to relax, connect with fellow photographers and creatives, and share the morning's experience together.
Whether you're looking to expand your portfolio, experiment with editorial fashion, or simply enjoy creating in a truly unique setting, this promises to be an unforgettable creative experience.

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## 📸 Details

Arrival & Flow
Photographers who RSVP simply need to arrive at 8 AM.
Everything will be taken care of for you — permits, wardrobe, models, and makeup artists.

This is a portfolio-building meetup, not a formal workshop. You’re welcome to ask questions, observe, and learn from fellow photographers throughout the shoot. All experience levels are welcome.

Shooting Style

• Bring your cameras, lenses, and any small, portable lighting you’d like
• This is a meetup-style shoot — everyone shoots together in a natural flow
• Expect a mix of brief one-on-one moments and shared shooting time
• Space is limited, so please RSVP early

Collaboration Etiquette

• There are no group rotations
• You’re free to shoot with anyone and are not required to shoot every model
• Most of the time, multiple photographers will be shooting the same model
• Please be friendly, respectful, and courteous to everyone involved

Important Guidelines

• Do not touch models without asking
• Always ask before adjusting pose, wardrobe, or hair
• No generators or cords that could cause tripping hazards

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### 👗 Model List & Creative Credits

• The model list will be posted in the comments prior to the shoot
• After the event, I’ll update the comments with makeup and hair credits for easy tagging

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### 📤 What’s Required of You

## 🌊 Endless Summer 🌊

### A California Denim Editorial Inspired by Iconic Fashion Campaigns

📅 Date: Monday, August 31, 2026
⏰ Time: 4:40 PM – 7:20 PM
📍 Location: Bolsa Chica State Beach
17851 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, CA 92649
We will be near Parking Lot 18 - there is a little walkway in case you have a wagon

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## Endless Summer – A California Denim Editorial

Sun. Salt. Sand. Denim.
Inspired by the iconic denim campaigns of the 90s and early 2000s, Endless Summer is all about effortless California cool—sun-kissed skin, wet hair, sandy denim, ocean waves, and that beautifully undone feeling of summer at the beach.
We'll keep the setting simple and let the models, denim, sand, and water tell the story. Expect models walking through the surf, lounging along the shoreline, getting soaked by the waves, rolling in the sand, and bringing that confident, effortless energy of a classic denim campaign.

This shoot is a wonderful opportunity to capture:
• Fashion-forward denim imagery
• Wet and sandy editorial portraits
• Movement and interaction with the ocean
• Natural, sun-kissed beauty
• Classic California lifestyle images
• Campaign-inspired fashion photography

We'll be working with multiple models styled in different denim looks, giving photographers plenty of opportunities to create a varied collection of images while keeping the overall editorial cohesive.
We'll begin in the beautiful late-afternoon light and photograph through the final golden light of the evening—the perfect setting for our last summer editorial of the season.
Whether you're looking to expand your fashion portfolio, experiment with campaign-style photography, or simply spend an evening creating along the California coast, Endless Summer is our love letter to those last beautiful days of summer.
Sun. Salt. Sand. Denim. 🌊👖☀️📸

Details
Arrival & Flow
Photographers who RSVP simply need to arrive at 4:40pm.
(best place to park is parking lot 18 or 19)
Everything will be taken care of for you — permits, wardrobe, models, and makeup artists.

This is a portfolio-building meetup, not a formal workshop. You’re welcome to ask questions, observe, and learn from fellow photographers throughout the shoot. All experience levels are welcome.

Shooting Style

• Bring your cameras, lenses, and any small, portable lighting you’d like
• This is a meetup-style shoot — everyone shoots together in a natural flow
• Expect a mix of brief one-on-one moments and shared shooting time
• Space is limited, so please RSVP early

Collaboration Etiquette

• There are no group rotations
• You’re free to shoot with anyone and are not required to shoot every model
• Most of the time, multiple photographers will be shooting the same model
• Please be friendly, respectful, and courteous to everyone involved

Important Guidelines

• Do not touch models without asking
• Always ask before adjusting pose, wardrobe, or hair
• No generators or cords that could cause tripping hazards

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### 👗 Model List & Creative Credits

• The model list will be posted in the comments prior to the shoot
• After the event, I’ll update the comments with makeup and hair credits for easy tagging

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### 📤 What’s Required of You