Moira Rose had it absolutely right when she said you should “take a thousand [sexy] pictures of yourself. One day you will look at those photos and say ‘Dear god I AM a beautiful thing!’”

I’m paraphrasing a little, but the sentiment is the same. We only live once. Why not frolic on a beach in front of the camera every now and then? I love bringing my camera with me when I travel, and I was desperate for a muse this trip. Enter Tamiko, an absolute baddie. ;-)

She was such a good sport for this Cannon Beach photo session. These West Coast beaches are COLD, y’all! Maybe I’ve been away from the PNW for too long, but I forgot that the end of May is still chilly AF. But Tamiko absolutely rocked this photo shoot, while my teeth chattered behind the camera.

Thanks for being awesome! Can’t wait to plan another trip out to the PNW.

A woman poses on a piece of driftwood on Cannon Beach, arching her back, knees bent, and raising an arm to play with her hair. She is wearing a black bikini and has tattoos.

A woman in a cropped black hoodie and black bikini bottoms laughs at the camera as she perches on a barnacle-encrusted rock on Cannon Beach.

A black-and-white image of a woman perched on a barnacle-encrusted rock on Cannon Beach as she tosses her long hair.

A woman wearing a black bikini under a pair of unzipped jeans and an unbuttoned buffalo-plaid flannel smiles to someone out of frame as she walks on Cannon Beach with a canned drink in her hand.

A black-and-white image of a woman's reflection, distorted in the wet sand on Cannon Beach.