Modern Model October 2015 | Page 11

In
 the

Water

Story
 by
 Brian
 Thornton

Photos
 ©
 Brian
 Thornton

Models:

Rochelle
 Lee

Raechael
 Vanderberg

Kris1na
 Guajardo

 eading
 by
 example,

Newaygo
 County,
 MI
 Models

Rochelle
 Lee,
 Raechel

Vanderberg
 and
 Kris1na

Guajardo
 treated
 their
 recent

photo
 shoot
 they
 way
 models

should
 approach
 their
 en1re

modeling
 career
 –
 just
 dive
 right

in.

 With
 shoots
 that
 are

always
 a
 mix
 of
 fun
 and
 fashion,

the
 models
 showed
 off
 some
 of

the
 favorite
 spots
 of
 their
 home

town,
 ranging
 from
 a
 quiet,

serene
 park,
 to
 a
 flowing
 clear

river

 that
 brightened
 the
 day
 of

onlookers
 that
 tubed
 by,
 to
 a

giant
 metal

 industrial
 complex

that
 offered
 a
 bleak,
 urban

background.

 What
 I
 love
 most
 about

working
 with
 these
 three
 models

is
 that
 they
 can
 put
 on
 makeup,

high
 fashion,
 and
 high
 heels

 and

glam
 it
 up,
 but
 beneath
 it
 all,

there
 are
 very
 down
 to
 earth,
 and

very
 real.

 As
 we
 walked
 down
 the

path
 to
 the
 river
 for
 this
 shoot,

they
 pretended
 to
 not
 no1ce
 the

two
 teenage
 boys
 that
 fell
 silent

and
 craned
 their
 necks
 to
 keep

them
 in
 sight
 as
 they
 passed.

Whatever
 errands
 the
 boys
 were

running
 required
 them
 to
 pass

back
 and
 forth
 the
 same
 trail

several
 1mes
 that
 day,
 camera

phones
 in
 hand.

 Approaching
 the
 cool

river
 on
 a
 hoCer
 than
 seasonal

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Model:
 Rochelle
 Lee/Photo
 ©
 Brian
 Thornton