I’ve always thought that my photography was better than simply a snapshot, but it lacked a little something that I couldn’t put my finger on.  So to help my progress as well as just get out of town for some R&R I signed up for a photography workshop through The Mindful Eye (http://tmelive.com).  The workshop was 5 days and taught by Bryan Allen (http://bryanallenphoto.com), a skilled photographer out of Knoxville, TN.

Bryan Allen

Bryan Allen

Once we sat through the initial classroom session, we headed out for a casual walk on our way to dinner.  During this walk we were paired up and told to capture images of our partner.  We could shoot however and wherever we liked.  I was paired with Usha.  She has a unique look so I thought for a while about how to capture her…

Usha Hidden

Usha Stairs

Grabbing The Light

After a great dinner and getting to know the other 6 people in the workshop, we split up…some went home to the hotel, and a few of us headed out to check out the local night life.  First stop was a local tavern with a funky Irish singer, Gabriel.  He was surprisngly quite good and entertaining for being a one man band!  After the show we continued to several other bars, each time clicking and snapping away at anyone and everyone who would we could get our lenses on.

Gabriel

Gabriel

Close and Personal

Lead Singer

Rack'em