I was fortunate to be able to participate in a photo shoot at the California Museum in Sacramento, CA. It was a fun place with colorful walls, great architectural details and wonderful exhibits. The models were gorgeous and fun to shoot.  The event was put on by Mark Behrens and, as usual, was run professionally and smoothly.

I love these events because I get to meet other photographers and learn from them.  I also get to work with up and coming models and I end up with great photos.  Here is but a small sampling of some of the shots I got from this event.

I participated in a photo shoot on Saturday in Old Town Sacramento.  What a fabulous place for pictures. We were able to get some fabulous shots, even though it had been raining on and off all day.

Towards the end of the day, the sky began to break up and we were able to get some great shots with fabulous sky.  Take a gander at the one above one with the Delta King in the background.

This was my last shot of the day.  What could be better?

More photos later.

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One of the beautiful models at the wedding portfolio shoot.  I think she was very elegant and a little bit 1920′s looking (not her age, the era.)

Her partner was not quite so 1920′s.  But, he still looked very good with her.

I liked this portrait of her because she had a beautiful smile that lit up her whole face.

More brides next time/

Well, as you can see, we had a lot of fun at the Sacramento Executive Airport this weekend.  There were wonderful models, great cloudy skies and beautiful planes.  What more could I ask for?  This model, above, was obviously a highly experienced model who added a lot of excitement to the “shoot”.  She was easy to work with and a very nice gal.

This model was also a photographer, so he had real advantages both in posing and getting some shots in himself.  I love this photo, for some reason.  Maybe it’s his look, the skies or the wonderful blue color of the plane.  I’m not sure, but he sure made a difference to the feel of the photo.

Amadeo was just a joy to work with.  He had wonderful big, brown, sleepy eyes and dimples in his cheeks and his chin.  To top it off, he had a super personality.  I think I could have worked with him the entire time.

The whole photo shoot was great opportunity to network with models and other local photographers.  We also had some opportunities to try some fun lighting gadgets…which I’ve got to add to my gear (don’t tell my husband, or he won’t let me go to these shoots anymore.)

I love animoto.com

Now I am not a high fashion (or even low fashion) photographer, by any stretch of the imagination.  I am more of an old fashioned photographer, so the above photo is the kind of photo I like to take.  This gal had never modeled before, but she had the kind of fresh face and refreshingly innocent personality that really came out in her photos. I liked this model very much for her innocent qualities and she was a joy to work with

These next two gals had some modeling experience under their belts and we really didn’t have to tell them how to pose. Again, these gals were incredibly cooperative and very professional.  I learned a lot from their posing techniques. They did all the work, and i just made sure I had the proper exposure (which much to my horror, I found that I ruined many shots because I did not check my exposure enough…

Okay, so this is my attempt at high fashion photography. This beautiful gal came out in this outfit and I was put in charge of a small group of photographers, finding a location for her and helping the other photographers photograph her.  Luckily she was experienced with modeling and knew the best way to show off her outfit.  I spied this metal corrugated building and thought it would go well with her outfit.  She did the rest.  Although I prefer the softer look on my models, this was a fun exercise for me to be able to do a little edgier shot.  (The male photographers were all clamoring to get her photograph.)

My next post will have the shots with the beautiful black corvette and some of the models.

This workshop was lots of fun and Mark Behrens is already talking about his next workshop, which will probably be held in early November in Placer County.