Every year my wife and I look for opportunities in between our work schedule to take photography retreats. It’s a way to keep churning our creative juices in new directions. We don’t want to get stuck doing the same thing over and over again just because we may do it well.

However with so many responsibilities, it’s hard for both of us to be away at the same time. Last September my wife had a great photography workshop in San Francisco. So this time it was my turn to get away. I chose to head out to Asheville, North Carolina.

Tucked away in the Appalachian mountains of the northwestern corner of the state is where my 4-day photography workshop took place. Parker J Pfister, an incredibly talented and successful photographer was our host and instructor.  I had the pleasure of attending this workshop with a handful of professional photographers from across the U.S and Canada. I can’t say enough good things about the time I spent here learning from Parker and from the others that attended.

The workshop consisted of a series of challenges that placed us in situations where we had to create something out of nothing. These were timed challenges (usually less than two minutes) and with no advanced notice.  Talk about thinking on your feet! Yet you wouldn’t believe the creativity that gushed out of our cameras.

As part of the workshop we also took our challenges to the beautiful Biltmore house. Here we had a styled wedding shoot on property for 2 days straight. What follows are some of the images that came from this exercise. Images that I’m very excited to share with everyone. Hopefully, you’ll see some photographs that you will enjoy as well.

Since this was such an extensive workshop, I will be breaking this workshop into a series of blog posts.

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