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I had am amazing weekend helping with Tricia Lee Whitmer and Mike Moreland's N-Sight Workshop. I was the all-purpose helper and documented the workshop for them. We had 'amazing' weather in Atlanta on Saturday and were able to shoot in Cloudy/Overcast Skies, Puddles, Wind, Window Light, Indoors, Rain, Hail Storms, Sunshine, Twilight, Dark and in the Headlights. Talk about 'going with the flow'!!!


Tricia and Mike gave us lots of tips on photographing Brides, Seniors and Couples and helped the 8 photographers that were attending with everything from posing and lighting to composition and interacting with your clients.


Our first shoot of the day was at Villa Christina in Dunwoody, where we photographed a beautiful bride in both inside and outside settings. We had beautiful overcast skies, a bit of sun and some wind (where I ended up wrapped in the bride's veil, I'm not sure any of them got a picture of that!)


Here are some shots of the group and a few of my favorite images of the bride.



















After lunch we had a session with a cute teenager and learned about shooting seniors and using ordinary objects and the areas around us to create unique images. We started out in a industrial area outside an auto body shop, and used one of the guy's convertible as a prop.


Then we headed to Roswell Mill where she wore her prom dress and we shot in a falling apart building with these huge rusty gears. During this session it started to sprinkle then thunder and the skies opened up (scampering uphill in the mud trying to keep camera gear dry is FUN!) and then came quarter sized Hail.


Now that we were all soaking wet the sun came out and we headed to Mike & Tricia's studio to shoot a few more pictures in the field and at a cool run-down garage.









This image is one of my favorites. It was taken against a trash dumpster!











We had dinner at Mellow Mushroom and got a chance to get to know each other better while waiting for that magic evening hour to shoot our couple in historic Roswell. It was fun getting their personality to come out while we shot them in an alleyway, in front of stores and then in the dark in front of a brick wall lit with headlights from Mike's car.

I have many more images to edit and lots of information to digest from the weekend, I may have to do another blog post :) I now have more things to add to my gear wish list (especially since I don't plan on giving my dear husband back his camera or lenses that I borrowed!) and to torment the kids practicing all the things I learned this weekend.

Again, thank you so much Tricia & Mike for the opportunity, I learned quite a bit and hope you like the images I took for you. I look forward to hanging out with you again soon.

>^..^<

~Cat~

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I know the models are waiting so here are the last of the 3 day bridal shoot images! We had so much fun with the girls who volunteered their time and modeled for us.

Sunday's shoots were at Big Trees Nature Preserve and Downtown at the Fox Theater. Here are some of our favorites! Thanks to Gaby & Michelle who did hair and makeup for us.

Sarah, Angela, Kim & Holly at the Fox Theater



Holly looked ravishing in the big "poufy" dress. She is getting married soon so this was a trial run for her.










Sarah is a striking girl, and at 6'3" she is taller than me! I love her eyes they are so expressive.





Nelya & her sister Christine modeled for us again on Sunday. We were able to get these beautiful shots of them in the woods.







Kim is one of the moms in one of the On-line Moms Groups that I belong to. It was great meeting her IRL (in real life). She is beautiful and I loved photographing her.





Angela was fun to work with and was really into the session. She was married on October 20th and this was her 2nd bridal session. I love this dress which she planned to wear on her honeymoon.





We loved working with all the models and makeup artists and really wish that we had more time with them!

Enjoy your images!

>^..^<
~Cat~

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Shoot #3 - Saturday Night. The session in downtown Atlanta was a lot of fun, though we could have used more time (as always!) to get more images. We even ran into our friend Lauren who was photographing a wedding downtown.

The makeup artist for the evening was Kim and she was a lot of fun and transformed my friend Jennifer (who came back for a 2nd round!) into a knock out, false eyelashes and curls changed her whole look. No wonder her husband and son tagged along on the session.

Here's Kim in action working on Jennifer and Tamika.





Jennifer had a blast modeling for us again and looked fantastic. Here are some of my favorites of her.









Jennifer, dragged her friend Erika along to model for us as well, she did so well, even though she was a bit hesitant at first. She also made this dress look GREAT!










Tamika is a friend from an on-line moms community that I frequent. She is beautiful and you'd never guess that she had a baby recently! I love her laugh and had a great time with her. Her son RJ entertained us with jokes and kept Jennifer's son company during the shoot. I can't wait to work with her again. I have to get some family pics of her and the kids!





Here's all 3 of them! Beautiful Girls with attitude!!!



This weekend was a blast, and yes we'll have to do it again! Thanks again to all the models and makeup artists that helped with the shoots!

Look for the last installment very soon!!!

>^..^<
~Cat~

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