Our group has a fun day of games, contests and exploring at another body-freedom event. This scenic beach with many interesting features is not far from Santa Cruz, California. We shot some group arty photos and then played a number of games, free of clothes of course! On-camera: Claudia, Katgirl, Taylor, Mr. No Pants, Brigid, Osiris, Stina, Tiffany, Tim, RestlessOwl, Paul, Dionysus, Cisco, Isobel, Heidi, Ruby, Manny, Micah, Lila, Ty, Johnny, Stephane, Katrina, Simon Photography: AndyO, Alan, Jon, Nomad, Paul, Spencer, T&T
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Bodyfreedom at Panther Beach
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Bodyfreedom at Panther Beach
gallery-1 98 photos by all photographers People start arriving at the pristine beach, getting set up and exploring the landscape.
gallery-2 89 photos by all photographers While waiting for more to arrive, Katgirl climbs a mountain. Others play music, test the cold surf.
gallery-3 86 photos by all photographers Everyone enjoys nature's playground while waiting for the rest of everyone to arrive.
gallery-4 78 photos by all photographers Nomad addresses the group, then group begins some body-art. Can you guess what we are creating?
gallery-5 63 photos by all photographers Creating and shooting the giant body-swirl.
gallery-6 110 photos by all photographers Bodies line up like a naked piano keyboard.
gallery-7 78 photos by all photographers An experiment in chaos as bodies pile up and entangle. Then we shoot a group photo.
gallery-8 127 photos by all photographers Most of the group go exploring to the south, climbing over difficult rock formations.
gallery-9 110 photos by all photographers "Red Rover" - teams try to gain new members by stopping them from running through locked arms.
gallery-10 80 photos by all photographers The "Dressing/Undressing Race" has contestants run while removing clothing.
gallery-11 104 photos by all photographers "Tug-of-War" is a game where two teams pull on a rope as a test of strength and endurance.
gallery-12 71 photos by all photographers It's the end of the day and time to go home. It looks like Claudia does not want to put her clothes on!
gallery-13 79 photos by all photographers Extra photos: Stephane playing in the surf in her "punk" accoutrements.
gallery-14 82 photos by all photographers Extra photos: Stephane, Katgirl, Isobel, Tiffany and Heidi start playing in the surf, attracting the attention of cameras.
gallery-15 62 photos by all photographers Extra photos: Katgirl having fun! fun! fun! "I'm all about fun"! she said.
gallery-16 83 photos by all photographers Extra photos: Miriam and Stina pair up for some interesting photos in the wild terrain.
gallery-17 52 photos by all photographers Extra photos of Miriam by Alan and Jon. Extra photos of Stina by Spencer.
gallery-18 53 photos by Jon Extra photos of Claudia shot at the end of the day as the sun was getting low to the horizon.
gallery-19 57 photos by Spencer Extra photos of Miriam enjoying the late afternoon sun.
nomad-notes
Our third beach gathering was actually a sunny day! But still chilly. That's northern California for you on the coast. Inland it is quite warm but that didn't do us any good on this day. I had a few objectives of the day. Again I wanted to show people how much fun a nude group could have on a beach by organizing some contests. We played "red rover", the "dressing/undressing race", which I invented, and "tug-of-war". You can see people had a great time. I also wanted to do some "Spencer Tunick" style shooting, but with a smaller group and more creativity in the arrangement of bodies. This day happened to also be World Naked Bike Ride Day so one of the images we made was the shape of a bicycle with our bodies. I also wanted to make an effort to have fewer photographers and instruct them not to shoot "modelling" photos of the women. Well, some were shot anyway, and I was guilty of shooting too; there seemed to be a natural tendancy for things to go that way. There were some nice photos as a result so I have included them after the gallery that shows the end of the event.
As on previous occasions I found it very time-consuming to sort the photos as you see them. We had eight cameras once again... too many, but the result was interesting because of the range of perspectives available of the same moment in time. But sorting them took forever! Plus we were still shooting in the jpeg format and automatic white balance was being used by most shooters. What a nightmare trying to match the color of the sand! It still looks rather strange in places, but not too bad.
