This is the prettiest girl in all of California posing in an abandoned homestead somewhere in the Mojave Desert. December 2020. I remember when we stumbled on to this old homestead located east of a small town in the southern Mojave Desert. We'd been driving around looking for places to shoot, following dirt roads that ran north-south and east-west. There were no shortage of places to shoot which made it important to find the best spot. We knew right away that this was it; i

The year was 1866, just a year after the American Civil War ended. A group of 143 people, traveling in 37 wagons, was making their way west toward California. Among them was Ms. Tess, a tall, slender woman with striking blonde hair and blue eyes. She was stunning. Even the pastel gingham dresses and large sunbonnets that she wore could not hide that. She was about 33 years old and carried herself with a quiet grace and purpose that caught the attention of man, woman and child

My pretty girl and I will be returning to the desert in just a few weeks, and I am SO ready to get this show on the road! Of all the...