A while back Sarah Rico and I put together a shoot and invited local photographers to come out and shoot. I had a great time meeting some new friends and hanging out with the ever so talented Beth. Big thanks to my stylist Laura Nunes for always bringing the fire!
Last week I traveled down the coast to the heart of Mexico, Guadalajara to the Hacienda Del Carmen. There I met some amazing people and made awesome friendships! I spent the whole week eating delicious meals, enjoying the warm sun, and of course shooting images! I have tons to show you from walking around the town but that will have to wait for another day.
Here are some of the images I shot walking around with the models. Special thanks to everyone who helped make the workshop, and shoots possible: Jose Villa, Karina Puente, Cameron Ingalls, Citro Modelos, and Mar Romero. On with the photos!
Sidenote: I am officially caught up on emails, but it has been drawn to my attention that some emails did go missing on November 9th. If I havent responded to you please please please send it again 
I’m sad this is my last post from the workshop. It was so much fun and I hate to say goodbye to fun. 
On the last day of the workshop we got to work with Fred’s super cute boys, and Hannah our bride from the previous day. The clouds were amazing once again and so was the location!
A few shots of the boys, being boys!
Hannah working it! She was such a trooper, she laid, walked, and steped anywhere we asked her to! Well worth it for the photos!
So I bet a few of you are wondering “Natalie we love the new pictures from the workshop but how was your trip?!” I left out all the juicy details on the previous posts, and yes I still need to blog day three. But I thought today I would post a juicy details only post!
The best thing about Texas… the clouds! They have clouds like no other! The only time we would ever see anything that resembeled these in SoCal would be air polution, or smoke from a fire. The worse thing about Texas… the humidity! Yuck! But I’ll let that slide and we will focus on the positive. When we were about to land this was what was out my window, yummy clouds!
Oh and please forgive the poor quality images. They were all with my point and shoot I did not have the opportunity to take too many personal photos so the next few wil have to surfice.
Everyday while we were in Texas we had a totally different dinning experience. We even had teppan one night, my fav! On the second day we went to a little BBQ joint, which was super delish! This is a picture of us on the way.
As you can see we are all smiling in this picture. These smiles quickly deminished as somoneone who will not be named pulled infront of a semi. The car following us thought we got creamed. But we arrived safe and sound. Here are some from the resturaunt.
Yum!
Some of the girlies! Im sorry I didn’t get a shot of everyone 
On the way home Jonilyn and I had an adventure of our own. Because of tornados and lightning and thunder our flight got delayed. Then we caught a new flight but had to run to the other side of the airport to catch it. We made it in time only because that flight was also delayed. We finally got on the plane thinking we were going to get to go home, but actually sat on the runway for at least three and a half hours. No bueno! But we were lucky enough to be allowed to sneak off the plane to grab some Taco Bell. Needless to say not too many people were happy with us after they smelled the food. Here is a picture of us waiting for them to decide if we are going to be able to board or not.
All in all this was one of the biggest most amazing experiences I have had in a very long long time! If Michael Norwood, Amy Coffey, or Fred Egan offer another workshop I would highly recommend you get on the list and quick!
The second day of the workshop we had the opportunity to shoot even more amazing models. There were so many helpful people and everyone was willing to help me. There really couldn’t have been a better group! I got lots of pictures so I’ll cut the wordiness down to a minimum
I started with another senior, she was seriously the sweetest girl ever, and had a killer look!
Next we got to work an engagement shoot
And to ice the cake we finished up with a super cute bride and groom
