HEATWAVE FAMILY ☀️❤️

Very difficult to maintain a train of thought in this lighting.

When the Airbnb listing says “private pool”, I expect this level of commitment. 👀

Finally, a trip where “I haven’t packed yet” isn’t a problem.

The next day, we find a spot in the sun and make doing absolutely nothing our full-time job.

One paddleboard, two people, and no idea what day it is. I’m sold.

That’s the look my Lightroom catalogue gives me when I start planning another shoot. 👀

You were probably not expecting a lesson in personal growth before breakfast, but here we are. 😂

The sea says we’re stressed and overdressed. I’m willing to hear it out. 👀🌊

Just you, me, somewhere we’ve never been, and absolutely no sensible plan. That’s more or less the entire Heatwave philosophy.

I need an adventure. Not a carefully planned one. Not a “here’s the itinerary” one.

Growing up is realizing you still want the stories, you just don’t want to suffer for three days afterwards.

I like my mornings sunny and slightly inappropriate. Coffee helps. Apparently so does this.

She said five minutes. I said take as long as you need.

So yes, I really wrote an article called The Lidl Sunscreen Principle. 😂 It’s about Mica, ordinary objects, why giving someone something to do can completely change a photo… and why the best ideas sometimes come from the least glamorous things in your beach bag. The full story is now on Heatwave Diaries, in English and Spanish: 🔥 https://www.thatarnold.com/heatwave/lidl-sunscreen Enjoy it, Arnold ✌🏻

The funny part is that the sunscreen was never supposed to become a big thing. I brought it as a random little beach prop. Mica immediately started actually using it, moving around, rubbing it into her skin, laughing… and suddenly I wasn’t photographing someone posing anymore. I was photographing something happening. And that’s basically the whole point of the article.

I did not expect a bottle of Lidl sunscreen to teach me anything about photography. Mica had other plans. 😄 Somewhere between a €12 beach chair, swimming goggles, warm Ibiza light and Mica doing what Mica does, a surprisingly useful little idea appeared. I called it The Lidl Sunscreen Principle.

Okay, break's over. Back to today's lesson in maintaining eye contact. Apparently nobody passed the first exam.