When Rita (not her real name), and I first contacted and shared very long letters, it was apparent that a very special relationship was forming, and it that was apparent in the fact that Rita wanted to pose as my formal photographer in a public garden setting in my home town and that after viewing my video had many ideas about certain dresses that would look perfect in a garden setting, and thus the "stage" was set. Rita had sent samples of her photography and I could easily tell that Rita knew her way around a camera and certainly about photography. Rita even offered to be my professional photographer by taking her part one step further and informed me that she would be dressing in a tie and jacket, something I felt very special right from the start.

Rita and I talked over the phone for hours, talking about poses, clothes, what she would be doing and what I would be doing in preparation for this event that, for me, is a dream come true. The dream that I have held for the longest time is to pose in a formal garden setting in formal wear, and those clothes were as formal as bridesmaids dresses. At first our conversation focused on only one formal bridesmaid dress, but after I looked into the floral gardens that I was going to be posing in, I found out that there was a woman's washroom, well!, that gave me a crazy idea to actually bring several different dresses, and accessory changes and actually use the washroom in the gardens. Once that idea was passed by Rita, that was it, the plans were in place and she would be filming me in several different changes and had no problem with it. It was also decided that there was to be an entire roll of film taken with each dress, which meant a ton of pictures and a ton of prints. The main focus that Rita and I had talked about was filming me in these wonderful formal dresses that I had, but then Rita and I talked about really making the photo session special and actually taking time to film me in lingerie, yes lingerie!, and I agreed only based on the fact that the shots were to be taken with the utmost of good taste and respect, and Rita agreed that is the only way she would be doing them. So with the lingerie now a factor, pieces and poses were also discussed and that only added to the excitement of the day.

October 6th/93 finally came, and thank god, so did "Indian summer", and the temperature of the day was 65 degrees F, or 18 degrees C, and the wind that they called for did not happen. The week and days previous to October 6th had temperatures around zero and was very chilly, not the best for modeling pretty summer formal clothes outside. The two nights previous to the actual day of the photo shoot, I was up until well after midnight, packing all the things that I would need for the photo shoot, everything had to planned, so that there were minimal changes between dresses and that accessories changes were kept to a minimum. The dresses that made the "final cut" were the better part of my formal dress wardrobe. The first on the agenda was my new bridesmaid dress, complete with matching pink pumps, and bridesmaid bouquet. The dresses that followed were my pink formal prom dress, my favorite blue "mesh around the collar" formal, my mint green formal, etc., etc., for a total of 7 lovely dresses. The last thing I was to change into would be an outfit that was to be worn after the photo shoot when Rita and I were to be going out for a business lunch.

The preparation for the day of the big event was painstaking, I made very sure that my neck and face were baby soft and smooth and that I would look perfect in all of the different dresses. Rita and I decided on leaving at 9:45am, and decided to meet at 9am to make sure everything was set, therefore I had to start getting ready very early in the morning, and event in itself!. I started getting ready by slipping into comfortable lingerie until the time I was ready to slip into my formal bridesmaid dress, and that lingerie and the lingerie for the day was my matching strapless bra and panty set from my wedding and a pair of silky nude nylons. Once baby clean after shaving, I retired from my bathroom to apply my makeup for the day. Once all of the foundation was in place I had to decide on what colours would be right for all of the different dress that I was going to wear for the day. I decided that my eyes were going to be mint green on the lids and pink on the upper lids, a combination that would satisfy allot of the dresses that I was to wear and would not clash with any. I made sure my blush was perfect for the event, not too dark, yet making my cheeks fresh and noticeable. One of the things that I was going to be changing for the different dresses was my lipstick and for the first dress it was going to be my wedding day lipstick. Once everything was done, I moved to my nails and completed them, while waiting for Rita, in the downstairs living room of our house. Around 8:50am, a phone call came, Rita was only a few minutes away and I quickly went upstairs and spritzed myself with Halston's perfume and slipped into a temporary pair of low white heels and awaited the arrival of my photographer.

Our meeting was pensive, but I must say that I was confident and Rita was remarkably calm, despite her telling me that she was very nervous the day before photo shoot. After exchanging pleasantries, Rita helped me slip into the first outfit of the day and that was my new bridesmaid dress. Once into my dress, Rita and I loaded the car and left at the perfect time of 9:45am, right on schedule for the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton Ontario. When we arrived at the gardens I was all excited as I slipped out of the car and stood up into the cool air of the morning, although the daytime high would hit 70 degrees, the morning was cool enough to see your breath. It then hit me, I was going to be entering a garden setting in the fall, on a Wednesday, dressed to the nines in a formal gown, high heels, bridesmaid bouquet, and everyone I would run into would be dressed for the season, i.e., in a spring or winter jacket and maybe boots. Well those feelings only made the occasion more exceptional and with that thought planted in my head, I shut the door to the car and the photo shoot began.

The first series of poses was interesting as I got to learn how my photographer worked and she got to learn how I worked. We began to walk all over the area that I had looked over as a male the previous week before the photo shoot, we started to take pictures, one after the other, and everything was going great, Rita even played her way as the professional photographer and made sure the washrooms were unlocked for me, even summoning the workers in the gardens to unlock the washroom doors. I would be lying if I said everything went perfect, as one little, tiny, obstacle was thrown our way, and that was a bus full of high school students coming and looking at the flowers in the gardens, but they got to see more than flowers on their trip. Rita and I avoided them for the most part as they were getting into our shots, but I could see from my occasional glances over that the girls of the group that saw me in my formal bridesmaid dress, were looking and talking and the teenage guys were ignoring me, which gave me a really good feeling. The school kids were only around for a few minutes and then they walked "en-mass" to another section of the gardens, only for the time being so it turned out.....

Rita and I decided that we would play the day "by ear", and I had all of my changes of clothes and accessories I brought and left in the car until the first dress was taken pictures of, well that was my formal bridesmaid dress. Upon returning to the car and determining that the park was quite empty, we decided on carting all of the things I had brought into the ladies washroom, and leave them there between changes, despite the large size of the gardens, the washrooms were always in site.

Tell the first changes that was made was from my bridesmaid dress into my mermaid style pink prom dress, and that change went very well, that is from the ladies room at least!. I made sure everything was all right and started to leave the ladies room, and was greeted by school kids everywhere!!, apparently they went one way and came back and were all over the area we were to take pictures of, it was quite the shock to me. As I waltzed out of the washroom, I could tell the girls of the group were interested in what I was wearing and the guys could not care less, Rita directed me to another area of the gardens were the kids were not and we continued on, and before long the kiddies ended their field day and left the way they came, which made the atmosphere a little more relaxed.

The changes in the ladies washroom were not a problem at all, I never saw a single soul in the washroom the entire day there and I watched as we were never too far away from washrooms, to see who went into the washroom, which was a total of 3 women.

As I changed from outfit to outfit, Rita became more and more comfortable and found working with me very easy, and I really enjoyed the artistic direction that she gave and we walked all over the gardens and pretty well took pictures from everywhere in one outfit or another. One of the memorable moments in the day was when Rita and I were walking back to the washrooms, when Rita went and got the bag that was her "photographers" bag and one of the people visiting the garden's came up to us and talked with us, and telling us that he was concerned about the owner of the bag, and we had some fun explaining the circumstance of the bag and its owners.

The garden photo shoot ended after 7 dress changes and a roll of film from each dress. Rita and I had planned on going to a restaurant after the photo shoot, and since "she" was dressed as businessman, in a tie and jacket, I decided to dress as a businesswoman and match his style. Rita also asked me if we could take pictures of me next to her car, which was a Pontiac Fiero, and I said that there was no problem and told her in advance that sexy car like a Fiero, deserves a sexy woman. So with that in mind the final outfit for the outdoor photo session was a very sexy one to match the car indeed, it consisted of a black leather miniskirt, a white turtleneck, high black heels and a red business jacket. The skirt only peaked out from my jacket an inch or two and was very well received by Rita as I left the washroom area and headed back to his car.

Once at the car, I posed in many positions, some sexy and others passive, but at this point in the garden photo shoot I was very comfortable with Rita and what she was looking for, and gave her what she wanted. One of the most thrilling this was that, in order to properly film her car and me, she had to park the car in the parking lot, right near the road, in clear view of the drivers. Well as I posed I got several horns honked at me and a couple of cat calls, I got a real thrill out of that and in made the pictures even more sexy.

Rita and I started driving back to the house to make the second part of the day very special. On the way back, Rita and I stopped at a local mall and went to the department store, and there she accompanied me to shop for a new front closure bra and more film. She was really impressed at the ease at which I dealt with the salesgirls, and told me that she was impressed, I just smiled back, and slipping my thigh- high and still rising skirt down, to remain modest.

Once we arrived back home, we rested and talked about how well the photo shoot in the gardens went and unloaded the car. It was around 2pm and we had been in the gardens almost 5 hours!, what a thrill.

The next part of the day was a real eye-opener for me and also a very difficult experience, at least for the first part. You see, I have always wanted to be filmed in lingerie by a photographer that was male, and to have him direct me and my feelings to get the right shot and look on my face to make the lingerie shots, not only show off my lingerie collection, but also to capture a sexy mood. I could tell that Rita was as excited as I was about the lingerie shoot, and as I went to my bedroom and slipped into a shirt and my new sexy bra, I had a feeling that things would be alright. In order to capture a sexier look, I darkened my blush, eye shadow and lipstick and started to get into the "mood" as I looked at myself in the mirror. I then invited Rita to my room and slipped my silky robe off and slithered onto my bed and the photo shoot started. At first it was my sexy bras peaking out from blouses, and then it went to a few of my favorite teddies, and that was about all we had time for on this day.

It was interesting to capture different poses and moods, but Rita was wonderful, all I had to basically do was change into different pieces of lingerie, make sure my lipstick was fresh and ripe, and finally make sure that all parts of my body appeared feminine at all times. Rita did the rest and something very interesting started to happen. Rita started things off, as we had talked about, and she started adding suggestive hints to capture a sexier mood and I reacted to those comments, by looking as sexy as I felt about them, and I started to think about the different situations that she was throwing my way. Well, I cannot lie and some of those thoughts were from a male to a female, and were in regards to male female sexuality. The funny thing was that I started to do was shut out the images that were flashing through my mind and that I started looking at my photographer in a different way, instead of seeing someone else and me, it was him and me!. Well as my very vivid imagination ran wild, I got sexier ad sexier and was really getting into not only posing for myself and to make good poses, I basically was attempting to turn on the photographer!, as a female posing in lingerie. Well the day ended with me posing in my favorite sexy teddy and I changed back into my silky robe and we said good-bye for the day. Now, as far as anything "happening", no it did not, Rita was very cordial and professional about the whole day and we left the day alone hoping that we got the right mood and attitude.

The next day was set for Rita to come out of her "male" shell, and us to wrap up the lingerie photo shoot, and this day was not really planned for lingerie shooting, but we had so much fun and I found a number of other pieces of lingerie that I really wanted filmed. As was the other day, we picked up from the lingerie from yesterday and continued with other teddies. After the teddies, we moved on to peignoirs, both short and long and then a few interesting poses in a couple of my favorite dresses, both highlighting the lingerie underneath. The mood created by my photographer was the same as the day before, and this time, he seemed to really be aware of the look in my eyes etc., but I wanted to capture a sincere look of feminine lust and wanted to direct my lust to him, rather than in my thoughts. Well the day ended on a very calm note with Rita coming over and dressing and doing her makeup with my in front of my mirror, we talked and had a wonderful time, and finally Rita left for home, leaving me a huge and wonderful mess to clean up.

I was also left with 14 rolls of film to send to the photo lab and hope that the pictures we worked so hard to make look good, turn out.