I had done a beach shoot this summer in Deal,NJ with my dear friend and photographer Clifton Prescod, model Ai Schrieber and stylist Oye Bekoe . It was published in Ellements Magazine in the Swimsuit Extended Issue. Oye did an amazing job with the styling. The pieces she put together couldn’t have been any more perfect for the shoot. Ali worked her magic in front of the camera and Cliff did an amazing job capturing her behind the lens.

Can I also just add – I definitely came unprepared not thinking I was going to be stepping foot into the water. Why I thought that was beyond me. I had some long jeans on with nike freezes. Shake my damn head! Who wears sneakers to the beach!? Lets just say I had my share of wet pants that day.  Clif on the other hand was climbing mountains just to get some amazing shots (jk they were just rocks). I was more fearful for his camera dropping into the water. haha.  We can’t forget Oye going in to help hold the reflector!

Anyways, there were subtle changes in the makeup. A change in lip color here and there but we wanted to emphasize the summer skin. It was an overcast day (which is when the best picture’s come out) but were fortunate enough for the sun to come out later on which really helped bring this shoot to life.

Heres some photos that made it in along with some behind the scenes + a couple of close ups of the looks.