Well the shoot finally took place with Kendra doing the photography for the Celebrity shoot of “Girls of Olive Garden.”  We started at 9:00am at the Mansion after going through the security checkpoints and getting settled into our location.  We set up to shoot at the pool area just outside of the infamous “Grotto”.  It was strange to stand inside the grotto and imagine what has taken place there over the years and many parties.  If those walls could talk Im sure they would have many crazy and colorful stories.  

The Mansion was busy with groundkeepers and security.  They were also preparing for this weekends August 9, “Midsummer Nights Party”. It is the Mansions huge summer bash they put on every year.  Word is that this year they opened tickets up to the public at $10,000 a pop.

I started shooting some B-roll (which is extra footage outside of the set to be used for editing). The flamingos and other animals were all over the place.  

We finished our setup and had lunch from the Mansion kitchen before we began shooting.

Kendra showed up at 1:00 and we started the shoot.  I hadn’t met her but was told we might only have her for 20 minutes so we had to move quickly.  She showed up in low rise jeans and a tank top looking hott as always.  She was really nice and energetic about the shoot. 

I began shooting right away as she picked out the outfit for the model for first scene.  The model was from an Olive Garden in  Southern California.  You could see how happy she was that her shoot was at the Playboy Mansion and to top it off Kendra was the celebrity shooting her. 

Kendra was really supportive of her and kept telling her how good she looked, it really helped the waitress relax on the set.  

After getting her tutorial on the camera Kendra started shooting away. Because of her experience she was able to give some nice direction and even some sample poses for the model.  

Kendra was really great on the video camera for me giving updates through the day on how the shoot was going.  We ended up shooting 3 different scenes and Kendra really enjoyed shooting.  You can tell she wanted to get really nice shots for the magazine.  

Kendra ended up shooting with us for 3 hours and had a blast.  Her favorite shot was when she pulled out an inflatable shark and had the model straddle it like a horse.  It was really hott and she loved it.

All in all it was a really fun and exciting shoot and another enjoyable day at the mansion.  Im sure I don’t need to explain the beautiful girls walking around the grounds that you would expect from the mansion.

We did see Hef’s kids walking around in pajamas and robes though.  lol….  At one point I walked out to my car and they had parked it in Bridgets spot…that was pretty funny……

You can see pictures and the video from all the celebrity shoots at playboy.com….

Got the news today that the celebrity shoot at the Mansion on July 30th will be with Kendra from the E show Girls Next Door. She will be the celebrity taking the photos for Playboys “Girls of the Olive Garden”. I will be shooting behind the scenes and documenting the whole shoot from the Mansion for Playboy.com. I expect Holly and Hef to be there to see how she does. Should be an interesting shoot…

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