Photography Weekend Retreat in Savannah

This past weekend I went on a photography retreat in Savannah, Georgia. It was coordinated for GA, SC, NC moms that were members at Clickin Moms.

Back during the summer, a bunch of us decided to try to schedule a “meet-up” and one of the members, Jill Jarvis, put together a weekend that blew all of us away! She found a gorgeous loft for the out-of-towners to rent and with the help of one of the local moms, got subjects lined up for us to do photo shoots.

I was one of the few non-professional photographers there, so I mostly kept back and watched and listened. And, honestly, I had more fun shooting behind the scene shots than taking pictures of the subjects. 😉

Loft just 30 minutes after arriving on Friday.

First shoot was of a family (of one of our group members).

Evening shoot with an engage couple. We were COLD!

Prepping for twin infant shoot (in downstairs area).

Jill trying to get the babies soothed enough to snap some shots.

Getting a shot of twins with daddy.

Surprisingly, Nikon dominated the camera category: six Nikons and four Canons. However, Macs ruled the computer category. Of the laptops brought all but one were Mac. I have no laptop, but when I do get another one, it will be PC, so actually the count would have been 8 Macs, 2 PCs.

Line of laptops, looking through pics from the shoots.

Chatting before going out to eat on last night of the trip.

Group shot, but missing one of the moms, who left early.

Jill is in the process of doing some preplanning for another retreat next January and you can bet I will be there! It may change location, but as long as it is within a day’s drive, I would not miss it for anything!!

A little/big side note: I had a bit of an emergency last week that put my trip in jeopardy….my Nikon D90 focus quit working! I had been having trouble for a long time, but kept thinking it was me and not the camera. Well, it got to the point where I couldn’t focus on a face if I was further than three feet away, no matter the aperture I used. So, I packed it up and sent it back to Nikon for service. That was Tuesday and I was to leave on Friday….with no camera. 🙁

So, what did I do? I bought a camera! ACK! Yep, went to B&H Photo, bought a camera and paid for faster shipping (thank you, Bill Me Later, and IRS, please give us a big refund). Received it Thursday afternoon and left Friday morning for the retreat. Can you guess what I bought? Veteran Nikon users will probably figure it out from the shots above.