Renee double checked the address to make sure she was in the right place. Yep this was it. Well, she'd been in worse looking places, so she headed for the door at the same time as a beautiful blonde came from the opposite direction and also looked with uncertainty at the building.
"Are you here for the photo shoot?" the blonde asked her.
"Yeah," she said, holding the door open, "I'm Renee."
"Scarlett." the blonde said, as they stepped into the lobby. "Do you know anything about this photographer we're working for?"
"Not much," Renee admitted, "I think I've heard the name, but I don't know if I've seen much of their work. Honestly, after so many jobs the names and faces kinda run together. All I know is it's a swimsuit calendar."
They walked over to the elevator and pressed the button.
"Yeah, seems like a strange place to do a photo shoot for a swimsuit calendar," Scarlett said, "I was excited to take the job because I was expecting to be on a beach, not a loft in the middle of the city."
Renee laughed, "Yeah, me too. But hey, I've had photographers use green screens to put me everywhere from the middle of the woods to a spaceship, so it should be easy to put us on the beach."
"True," Scarlett giggled.
Upstairs in her loft Casey Smith was getting everything set up for the upcoming photo shoot. She had divided the loft in half, one half was her living quarters, the other half was her photo studio. She had already moved the green screen into place, had the bikinis and props laid out, and all her camera equipment and lighting was set up. Now all she needed was the girls.
Casey had always been interested in photography ever since she was a little girl. She and her brother loved clowning around in front of the camera for their father, but she became more interested in being behind the camera, and had a natural eye for photography. She went from a toy camera, to her dad's old Polaroid, to her first real camera when she was teenager. She studied photography in school, and even became the photographer for her high school newspaper. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography from college and went into fashion photography. Now at 27 she had successfully built up her brand and was well respected in the fashion and modeling community. Although most people judged the book by its cover and wondered what the girl with spiky purple hair, tattoos and piercings knew about fashion photography. Those same people shut up when they saw her work.
Her work had appeared in catalogs, calendars, and magazines like Vogue, Elle and Cosmopolitan. She had done photoshoots with a full crew where the models required elaborate outfits, hairstyles and makeup to simple photoshoots in her loft where she could handle everything by herself. She had done photoshoots with everyone from supermodels to young models looking to get their foot in the door.
As she was triple checking her equipment there was a knock at the door. Good, her girls were here. Right on time. She smiled at them as she opened the door. (Ooh nice,) she thought, (A tall brunette and a short blonde. Perfect.)
"Hey, I'm Casey," she said, "Come on in."
The girls stepped inside and introduced themselves.
"Okay here's the deal." Casey said. "This is a bikini calendar shoot. I've done calendars for this company for the last three years. They always tell me the same thing: 'Sexy but not sleazy'. We're not gonna be doing generic beach backgrounds. Last year I did US landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon. Year before that I did international landmarks like the Eiffel Tower and Easter Island, you get the idea. Here, take a look."
Casey grabbed the last two calendars she had done and showed them to the girls so they could get an idea of what she was talking about. She had used a green screen to place her models into various locations. And just like she said, the shots were framed in a way that was sexy, not sleazy.
"This year we're gonna do holidays. Each month we'll celebrate the holidays that go along with them. So New Years for January, Valentine's Day for February, St. Patty's Day for March and so on. You'll have bikinis and props that fit in with the holiday and I'll add the appropriate backgrounds later. Sound good?"
"Works for me." Renee said.
"So it is just you?" Scarlett asked, "You don't have a crew or anything?"
"Normally I do," Casey said, leading them over to where she had the green screen set up. "But you're just going to be wearing bikinis with minimal makeup and hair posing in front of a green screen. I've done plenty of shoots like this on my own. It's no problem. Your outfits are laid out over there, so if you want to get changed we can get started."
"Right here?" Renee asked.
"Sure, why not?" Casey asked, "We're all girls here. You don't have anything I haven't seen a hundred times before."
Renee and Scarlett looked at each other and shrugged and started to change their clothes while Casey made one last check of her equipment. At least that was what she made it look like she was doing. In reality she was checking out her models.
Ever since Casey was a little girl she had always felt an attraction to girls instead of boys. She never said anything about it because she didn't fully understand it until her teen years, and even then she only came out to her best friend before she came out to her family when she was 16. Two years later, when she went away to college she would have her first lesbian experience with her roommate Rosie who had also recently come out to family and friends. She and Rosie parted ways after college and Casey continued to have relationships exclusively with women. She could honestly say she had never been with a man in her life. She also worked exclusively with female models.
She ran her eyes over Renee's smooth tanned body, and let her eyes flick over to take in Scarlett's slim, athletic body. Both women had gorgeous tits, smooth firm asses and from what she could see, both appeared to be shaved as well. She felt her pussy tingle with excitement as the girls slipped into their bikinis. She helped them with the minimal amount of makeup and hairstyling before getting them in front of the green screen.
For the next couple of hours they ran through various poses and costume changes for each month. As much as Casey liked taking mouth watering pictures of gorgeous women in bikinis, she also liked framing the pictures to get the best shots. She almost never took a bad picture, and she took a certain amount of pride in that.
