Back at the beginning of January my wife and I traveled to Nashville. I had the honor of getting to attend Jeremy Cowart’s photography workshop. His work has always been a constant inspiration for me. What I learned at the workshop was totally different then what I expected. I went in with the notion of learning a bunch of technical aspects of photography and left with so much more: feeling more inspired than I have felt in a long time. This past year I have become very complacent with my photography and have not been exploring my own personal projects. Being in the commercial world for several years has sort of snuffed out my flame of inspiration and creativity for doing my own personal artwork. Well, this will continue no more. 2010 will see the return of me working on my own projects. I’m very excited about this. Here are a few shots from the workshop. On the second day of the workshop we split off into groups and photographed our own model for a group critique. Those pics are below as well.
The other great thing about the trip to Nashville was getting time spend with Avery House Creative. It was great to share the workshop experience with Matt while our wives got to explore the city of Nashville. You should check out their work because it is amazing. Here are a few shots I took of them at the Hotel just goofing around.
After the conference ended my wife and I got to go to David Bean’s Studio for a photographers’ party. It was a great time and was very fun to meet and talk to David. He has a great body of photography work and an all around great guy. The actual party would have been a little awkward if it weren’t for two photographers we met, Aaron Greene and Jeff Hall. They noticed us when we walked in and struck up a conversation with us right off the bat. It was great to talk to them about the different types of work they do and what we do. They made us feel like we were home, even though they weren’t from Nashville either. Definitely check out there work as well.
To sum it up, the 5 days spent in Nashville really changed me and inspired me beyond belief for the upcoming decade.
I think getting back to working on personal projects is a great idea. Can’t wait to see more post regarding your new work. Cheers to 2010.
Comment by Josh Chapell — February 1, 2010 @ 6:14 pm
Hi Ben!!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I think the whole inspiration boost happened to all of us at the workshop, I know it definitely happened to me too!
It was great meeting you and seeing your work, I look forward to seeing more of it and keeping in touch!
Take care and have a wonderful week!
Greetings from Guatemala!
~Ana
p.s. is it possible to ask you for a copy of that photo of all of us at the end?!
…thank you!!
Comment by Ana Aguilar — February 1, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
Hey,
Good meeting you guys too. I enjoyed the dicussion and have also enjoyed looking through your work.
I’m headed into some personal projects as well and it feels good working on them.
Take care, I’ll be following the blog.
AG
Comment by Aaron Greene — February 2, 2010 @ 9:40 am
Nice post, and great shots!
You’re super talented, and I look forward to seeing your new work this year.
Comment by Jonathan Rollins — February 2, 2010 @ 9:42 am
Hi Ben!
It was a fun time in Nashville! Great shots! I love the headshot of that model- And like Ana, could I get a copy of that group photo? I should really do a post on Jeremy’s workshop too- =)
Thanks!
Comment by Kenny Nakai — February 2, 2010 @ 11:25 am
It was awesome meeting you too. I’m diggin the shots from the workshop. I’m excited about what 2010 brings for both of us!
Comment by Jeff Hall — February 3, 2010 @ 12:48 pm