Things sometimes just fall into place, which is exactly what happened a few days ago while passing through Santa Barbara. I got a phone call from a bride whose wedding I shot a few years ago, and she was wondering if I’d be in Southern California any time soon. For Mother’s Day she wanted me to take some portraits of her brother, who’s just finishing up his swimming career at UCSB. Well, after a foggy morning shoot and a chilly and wet evening shoot (pools can be COLD when you’re standing in them taking pictures!) here’s what we came up with.
These are so cool! I went to UCSB and was a huge time club swimmer as well as water polo so this just makes me miss pool life as well as UCSB. It’s just around that time when I would love rather then dread jumping into the pool! The weather is getting warm, the days longer and it was just fun time. College is sadly in the past but the memories last a lifetime. These were a great idea to take, wish I did something along these lines. I visit from time to time but it’s nothing like living there! Isla Vista was itself its own little world, can’t find anything like it anywhere. Now when I go I tend to stere clear of the drunken college town and stay somewhere nicer, the South Coast Inn (www.goleta-hotel.com). Right by campus but much much nicer then anything you’ll find around there!