You would think that a comedian whose most familiar character is a gigolo would feel comfortable around a sexy, naked woman. And in the case of Rob Schneider, aka Deuce Bigalow, you'd be right.

On a recent picture-perfect L.A. day, the 41-year-old SNL alum ambled into Playboy's Santa Monica studio clad SoCal cool -- old jeans, Birkenstocks and a loose flower print button-down -- with his West Highland white terrier Oscar in tow. Schneider was taking a break from promoting his movie, Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, to act as a Playboy photographer for the day.

On his way to the set, Schneider bumped into legendary Playboy lensman Stephen Wayda, whom he asked for a few pointers.

"Enjoy yourself!" Wayda advised.

"Yeah?!" Schneider exclaimed. "Well, then this is going to take longer than I thought."

An experienced photographer with a penchant for shooting in black and white, Schneider recently returned from a USO tour in Iraq where he had the opportunity to shoot pictures of Baghdad from an Army attack helicopter. That was definitely a thrill, but so was this shoot, in an entirely different way. "That was one of the better phone calls of my life," he said of Playboy's offer.

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