After I processed the picture above, I was sitting on my couch and kept having flashes of this picture in my mind but with all the reds drawn out of the background – must have been the influence of the tie.?? :)?? Red speaks to me of power and passion and I was just going to keep thinking about it until I tried it.?? 🙂

I called the boys in an asked their opinion and they were unanimous in their vote.?? They were all about the red.?? :)?? What is “over the top” really??? I doubt I would ever know.?? 🙂

Last week I attended a local photography workshop with nine other photographers.?? I had an awesome time talking “shop” with my new friends.???? Stuart Thurkill from Eyes 2 See Photography, taught a full day workshop and we had the opportunity to participate in an on location bride/groom shoot.?? While I enjoyed myself immensely throughout the workshop, I must admit that the life of a paparazzi photographer is NOT for me.???? I really admired some of the other photographers who could jump in and work the scene like a seasoned photojournalist but alas…not my strong point.?? :)?????? I intended to shoot some OCF but my batteries in my speedlite died and I didn’t bring my strobe so these are all natural light shots.

Thank you Tara for all your hard work organizing the workshop and Erin and Janelle for getting me an invite!?? And thank you to Justin and Roseann for being our models for the afternoon.?? Seriously fun stuff.?? 🙂

All shot with a Canon 5D and 24-70 2.8L

ISO 250; 2.8f; 1/200

ISO 200; 2.8f; 1/400

ISO 200; 5.6f, 1/200 ISO 320; 2.8f; 1/125 ISO 200; 2.8f; 1/250 ISO 200; 3.5f/ 1/320 ISO 200; 3.5f, 1/320 ISO 800; 6.3f, 1/2500 ISO 320; 2.8f; 1/500 ISO 800; 2.8f, 1/250