Egan Invasion and Disaster!

My friend and rockstar photographer Fred Egan came out to sunny SoCal from Texas this weekend... and amidst his photographer duties, I had the pleasure of giving him the grand tour! Having never been to Cali before we needed to make sure he got the FULL experience! .....and what is a tour of Cali if not in a convertible? (Thanks Daddy!)


And what is a visit to Cali without a stop and the beloved In N Out?? Straight from the airport to the burger joint...we know where the priorities lie!After lunch, Egan got the grand tour of Pictage, followed by a mini tour of Manhattan and Hermosa beach in the evening. The lucky bloke then got to experience Persian food with the amazing photographer and my lovely friend Jasmine Star (pictured here with her equally amazing hubby JD)

Speaking of lucky... did I mention Egan was out here to shoot a wedding with the rockin' Jessica Claire?! *sheesh* ;)

so after all the building up of awesomeness....
Now for the Disaster!!
On Friday, we headed down to Laguna beach for a little shoot... Egan brought his two 5D's and i got to experience Canon lust (ooops, did I just say that?!) *wink wink*
anyway long story short... Camera bag was high up on the sand but apparently the tide came in and all of a sudden so did a BIG wave. It was all slow motion but we witnessed the water rush up on to the sand and carry away the leather bag containing the back-up 5D, flash, battery grip, CF cards, cell phone, ipod, 24 prime lens....etc etc. About $4500 in equipment was destroyed in one fail swoop. Salt water is a nasty nasty thing. Needless to say it kinda put a damper on things but Egan was a trooper and didn't let it get him down too much ;)

I mean, come on... look at the fun pictures we got prior to the disaster!




Egan is launching an ASPIRE. campaign for this next season...