I went to a workshop given by Sadi Lane of Whimsie Photography last month and it was amazing. The focus of the workshop was romantic posing. I've had a crush on Whimsie's photography since I won a gift certificate from a Facebook contest and got introduced to them.

When I got there, it was obvious that I was the most out of place...everyone had their Mark d's and I had my little 7D. We started at a neat little apple orchard in Oak Glen. The couple had just married the week prior.

The sun was still a little bright but we got some fun shots...I was able to learn tons from Sadi about how to easily move from one pose into another and how to use the same pose different ways!

She was gorgeous and they were a fun (slightly nerdy like me) couple to work with!

As we moved to a second location, where there was a trail, I snagged this shot... it was so Victorian feeling to me, I had to edit it different from the rest. Oh! Here is where I should mention that my camera pooped out on me somewhere between a shoot that I did earlier that afternoon and this shoot. My autofocus stopped working correctly. But, like a trooper, I went back and forth from manually focusing and MAKING it work!

We got to the second location as the sun was setting, it was breathtakingly gorgeous!

The sun started to set, and it started to get chilly. We had been working for a couple of hours and having such a good time we barely noticed it was almost dark. This was such a neat experience. I feel much more confident posing couples (less like a poser) and helping them help me capture their love on "film."