Twilight at the Beach

Featuring - Najila
Photographer - Bob Maverick
Added - December 7, 2000

After we left Hunter's place (where we shot Set 1), we headed to the Mandalay Beach Resort in Oxnard, California. As is often the case on Los Angeles area freeways, the traffic was a mess. My intention was to shoot on the beach then move to the suite I had reserved there. It was dusk when we arrived which was later than we planned. But actually I think these photos came out great. Najila is as fantastic a model as I could ever hope to work with. The water was cold, but she was a trooper. I was almost hypnotized when she started rolling around in the mud. Most of you have some idea of my personality by now. So do I even have to tell you that I wanted to strip and roll around with her. We tried to draw as little attention to ourselves as possible, but one guy did spot us and sat about 25 yards away, and watched us the whole time. We don't know how much he saw. If he saw everything he didn't care because he came up and spoke to us as we were walking back to the hotel. He didn't know what we were shooting for, but he wanted to be in on it. A while after we got back to the suite, he knocked on the door. He advised us to close the drapes. Apparently even though we were on the 2nd floor, she could be seen walking around naked from the pool area. Again, I don't know how much he or anyone else saw, but he asked if he could come in and watch the shoot. Unfortunately for him, I had to turn him down, with a "thank you" for the warning.