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Mel barely had time to celebrate before Chiara showed up in white lace. 😏 The next KEEP ONE vote is live. Pick the photo you’d keep in my Instagram Stories 👇 www.instagram.com/that.arnold/

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And somehow, that wasn't even close to being the strangest part of that afternoon. I finally went back and wrote the whole story as an Archival Revisit for 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘄𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀. Probably for the best the bathtub was indoors. 🤣 www.patreon.com/posts/170144...

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Then I caught one of them peeping through one of the little holes in the fence. My first thought probably should've been: stop looking. Instead my photographer brain went: "𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁… 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲." 😂

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There were some British guys staying in the Airbnb next door. Then Eva walked onto our patio in white lingerie with a glass of cava. And suddenly they became a little more interested in what was happening on our side. 😂 𝗘𝘃𝗮, 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗵𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯.

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Perfectly normal start to a sunrise shoot in Ibiza. 😇 I went to photograph Pilar. By breakfast, I had a story that took me 1,500 words to tell. The story and photos are on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thatarnold/p...

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Pilar and I had tried to shoot an Ibiza sunrise at least three times. The sun showed up every time. Pilar was less consistent. 😅 So at 6:18 I sent a “good morning” that really meant: 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗘 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗘. This time she made it. The morning went off script.

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You saved Tania in red. Now I’ve put her up against Mel in lime green. Sorry, Tania. 😏 Only one photo survives. Vote in my Stories 👇 www.instagram.com/stories/that...

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All credit goes to her, my man.

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Yami, Tenerife. A week in a rented villa and a few very good reasons to bring my camera. A little something from the Heatwave Diaries archives. More photos and stories here. 👀 thatarnold.com/heatwave

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“If life puts you between a rock and a hard place, take your top off and make it editorial.” Advice from a man who’ll ask you to stay in a difficult situation because the light looks good. Follow at your own risk.

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I chose the rocks. Yami chose to leave her bikini top at the Airbnb villa we’d rented for the week. I’ll take responsibility for the questionable climbing conditions. The packing decisions were all hers. 👀

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Unfortunately my printer refuses. Gotta choose one to move to the next round!

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How well do you think my first shoot with Sindry went? 🫠

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Here’s the decision screen. Three hours left to cast the vote that actually decides who survives 👇 www.instagram.com/stories/that...

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That Arnold @thatarnold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dani in pink. Tania in red. I need to send one of these photos home, and I’m putting that decision in your hands. Dangerous, I know. 😏 Which one are you keeping? Tell me Dani or Tania in the replies, and make your case.

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Almost three years later, I reopened the original folders and turned all five looks into a new 📁 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧. Find Sara’s shoot in the Archival Revisits collection on The Heatwave Diaries ⬇️ www.patreon.com/collection/2...

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📂 Archival Revisits | Collection from That Arnold's Heatwave Diaries | 4 posts | Patreon

Old shoots pulled back out of the archives and given the attention they probably deserved the first time. Each revisit brings back the photos, the story…

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That Arnold @thatarnold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

At first, Sara kept pulling it back down. Eventually, she accepted that the top had its own plans and carried on posing. A closed inmobiliaria, my cooler, an XXL bag of cheesy snacks and Sara’s increasingly uncovered nipples somehow became one of my favourite looks of the day.

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That Arnold @thatarnold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I cut this top so short that eventually it stopped pretending to be a top. 👀 Every time Sara moved, it crept a little higher. 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 ⬇️ 🧵

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🔥HALL OF HEAT #002: Maya and the Outfit that Needed a Wave | That Arnold's Heatwave Diaries

I’ve put together the complete 14-photo Hall of Heat gallery, a few extras from that Ibiza morning and the full ridiculous story behind it. The entire post is open to everyone. No paid membership needed. 🔥 www.patreon.com/thatarnold/p...

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🔥 HALL OF HEAT - This entire post is open to everyone as a way of saying thank you for voting on my Instagram Stories. No paid membership ne

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The photo exists because a wave soaked an outfit I wasn’t entirely convinced by and suddenly made it approximately ten times better. It later survived me dropping an external hard drive and losing every photo from the shoot that I hadn’t edited yet. Excellent teamwork all around.

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You voted for this photo of Maya three times. 58% against Pilar. 61% against Carole. 63% against Cheyenne. Apparently, the more you saw that wet beige shirt flying, the more convincing it became. 😂 Maya is officially HALL OF HEAT #002. 🔥

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Impossible to argue with that 😉👌🏼

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In this specific example, the prop might have worked a little too well. 🍌

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That Arnold @thatarnold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Props are an easy way to make a pose feel less posed. Give your model something simple to interact with and let the moment happen.

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August already feels like a little summer memory. 🥲 I wrote a bit more about this evening, Wendy’s unpaid career as my golden hour photographer, and why these simple summer moments are usually my favourites. 🔓 𝗨𝗡𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 — free for everyone: www.patreon.com/posts/170325...

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That Arnold @thatarnold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This was our first evening in Les Rotes, Dénia. We camped for a few days at Camping Los Pinos, basically right on the rocks. And Les Rotes gives you both sunrise AND sunset. Dangerous information to give a photographer. 😏

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That Arnold @thatarnold.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Romantic getaway according to me: tent, sea, sunset… and making Wendy take photos of me every five minutes because “𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧.” 😂

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You can follow the battles here, but the actual voting happens on my Instagram Stories. The next round opens tomorrow at 14:30 CET. Come decide whether Maya reaches the Hall of Heat: www.instagram.com/that.arnold/

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Making the Hall of Heat unlocks a full Patreon feature about the winning photo: the story behind the shoot, extra photos from that day and, where possible, video. Every Hall of Heat post is free. No paid membership needed. Carla’s cover even became an actual poster. 😂

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Five rounds in, Carla became our first Hall of Heat entry. Maya has now survived twice and needs only one more win. Unfortunately for Maya, tomorrow she faces one of your all time favourites, photographed on a black beach in Tenerife… 👀

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