It’s kind of weird, but cool, how we can draw inspiration from so many vastly different things. Lately I’ve been really into The Bear, a TV show on F, showing the life of a high class restaurant chef that takes over his brothers Chicago sandwich shop after his brothers passing. This show has absolutely nothing to do with photography, videography, or any other aspects of what I’m trying to achieve in my life. And yet I’ve drawn so much inspiration from it, it’s kind of crazy.
I love the fact that “Bear” (the main character) doesn’t cook just because he Loves cooking, or because he finds it Fun. He does it because not doing it would drive him insane, it’s an outlet for him, almost as if there was no other option but to cook and try to be “the best” at it, or prove himself (in some ways to others, but also to himself). I also love that in The Bear, the “feeling” throughout each episode is that of Intensity, Passion, Chaos, with a hint of Love, Fear, and Admiration. If anyone is looking for a good show to watch, I’d suggest The Bear for sure. I hope they keep going with it.
The hilarity of The Bear being inspirational, is that I’ve talked about those “Feelings” toward my photography before. Mentioning that I couldn’t help but get sucked into photography at full speed. As soon as I picked up a camera that was more than just a point and shoot, and started editing my photos, I was hooked. I instantaneously found myself being driven to shoot more and more, finding new genres to shoot, trying new editing techniques, and seeking out new places to explore in hopes of finding my new favorite photo. But recently (like I mentioned last week) I’ve been finding myself in a slump, which I’m all but 100% positive is due to not going out “just to explore”. But that being said, I think my hike to try and find the Dye Homestead was a much needed "jolt” for my photography, since I shot everything on film (so there was no instant gratification), and because I knew there wouldn’t be any instant gratification I shot things that I would want to keep as memories over shooting for “posting to the gram”.
Another slight inspiration I took away from watching the Bear, but more need to give credit to working with True Northwest Magazine, and also give credit to my friend Tom Buck. Is performing a “pause/reset” (my term, not any of there’s), which I’ve started and hopefully will finish soon. The “pause” inspiration came from Tom, and I decided that sounded like a good idea as well, to take a short break and think about where I’m at before thinking about where I want to go next. The “reset” part came from both Tom and The Bear, which for me was motivating myself to reset my shop in my backyard, and turn it into a “studio”. I started the restructuring of my shop over the 4th of July holiday, and it’ll be an ever evolving thing for awhile. You may be asking “what’s the studio going to be for"?’, and that’s where True northwest Magazine’s inspiration came in. I wanted to build out a Set/Studio for a podcast idea I recently thought of, based around photographers and photography, all due to recording an interview that True Northwest Magazine just did.
I’m hoping that in the next few weeks, I’ll have the studio roughed out enough to start recording in it, and introduce a new outlet from me to share photography with the world. I hope you’re intrigued and as interested to see it as I am, but I also understand that you may not be (since I have found that I am oddly obsessed), lol.
As always, thank you for taking time to read my writings, and I hope you’ll continue to come back from more.
Catch y’all later.
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