have i mentioned how much i love raegan & joe? because…i so, so do. they were TROUPERS! we’d planned to do a day after session, and when i saw the sunrise time…i gulped. i was sure they were going to hate me for suggesting we get started that early. but 0600 rolled around, and they were there with bells on. (joe replete with his “road sandwich.” i believe it was salami and provolone. vegetarian raegan requested that he chew gum before any kissy kissy to avoid the phenomenon they refer to as “meat mouth”. how can you not love ppl who talk about “road sandwiches” and “meat mouth”?)

we headed to their favourite spot on the island, rum point. there will be another, more exhaustive post later, but here are a few of my quick favourites!

rachel hadiashar of merge said this looked like he was captured on captain hook’s pirate ship and wendy darling was going to save him. i love that little story!

you see that light right there? THAT’S why we had to get up so early. that kind of light is only available just after sunrise and just before sunset…early was better for us; we had the whole beach to ourselves!

also, i cannot believe i’m going to show you this, but…knowing we were shooting on the beach, i wore my swimsuit. i wanted to be able to go anywhere…tam got this shot of me and one of my weird contorted positions (if i’ve photographed you, you KNOW what i’m talking about!)

tammy’s view.

my view

and then we saw a giant stingray. the end.

i know, that’s not how the song goes…but i’m going to go ahead and say that i think it was a gross oversight on the part of the beach boys to not include the caymans. because, dude. it is awesome here.

tammy and i are in grand cayman for raegan & joe’s wedding…and we are having an incredibly fabulous time! today we walked across the street to one of the prettiest beaches i’ve ever seen.

the water was PEERRRRFECT.

it looked like a postcard, and on top of that…it was the best swimming temperature ever. not creepy bathwater warm, and not too cool to be shocking when you step in…it was just…refreshing and perfect.

(this was on our return trip…first we played…then we played with cameras. bathing suits and cameras do not generally mix, unless you’ve got highly specialised (and expensive!) equipment.)

as we were walking back…this giant lizard, roughly the size of my cat, was startled by us…though, lemme tell ya…NOT AS STARTLED AS ME! i’m not afraid of it…except when i don’t know it’s there, and it suddenly darts past me.

tonight we shot the rehearsal (and partook in probably the world’s greatest rehearsal dinner) and hung out w/ raegan & joe’s super fun friends…in a weird twist…most of them are from the capital district in ny…where i grew up and my parents still live. tammy was amused that i was able to join in the conversation about restaurants, etc…

stay tuned for more from the caymans!