Swanning around Castle Rock with Emma Hedley from Scoop Models

My dear friend Bella said I should shoot with Emma Hedley from Scoop Models over a year ago. Emma has the most incredible freckles, and when Bella showed me her profile, I definitely made sure that this shoot happened. It took a while to organise, as good things often do. Emma is profoundly busy, which is no surprise with her fantastic look, great movement, and, above all, incredibly bubbly and friendly energy; she is a dream to work with!

We headed to Castle Rock Beach, a favourite spot of mine, to try floating around on a giant inflatable swan; after nearly passing out trying to blow the bloody thing up, we settled on the rocks, ate some fruit before jumping aboard, and also almost losing our rubber friend to the wind. Despite the misadventure, this is an all-time favourite shoot of mine, and I am so glad to have it online!

Swimwear was provided by Em, the white bikini and red bikini were courtesy of sustainable Australian brand bond-eye swim, and the other bikini was from Oysho.

There is retouching or digital manipulation in any of these images; they are all on film using my trusted Canon SLR film cameras.