Downtown Atlanta

Sunlight shines on the face of a woman at Underground Atlanta on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.

Over the weekend, i had to travel to the arctic that was Downtown Atlanta to cover some of the legislative festivities.

Realizing i was given the wrong time, i walked around the Capitol area to kill some time.

Barefoot Hookers & Adam Payne

Tyrus J. Manning III raises his arm as the Barefoot Hookers play Little Kings Shuffle Club in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010.

Opening before the Shitty Candy show at Little Kings Shuffle Club were Adam Payne and then Barefoot Hookers. (No, I'm not related to them.)

Yes, Athens wins hands down for unique band names.

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Sh!tty Candy and the Circus Peanuts!

Weenie Giggins signs while the Circus Peanuts dance as Sh!tty Candy and the Circus Peanuts play Little Kings Shuffle Club in on Saturday, January 9, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

I was pretty excited about this show. An all-Girl Punk Rock Burlesque Troupe. My kinda show.

If only the light was better.

More after the Jump....

Diving!

Brooke George of Clemson dives during 3-meter springboard competition during the Georgia Diving Invitational and Shootout on Monday at Gabrielsen Natatorium at the University of Georgia on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

Despite working around top-flight sports programs at UGA, I don't get to many of the tertiary or non-revenue sports that truly deserve the attention.

Swimming & Diving is one of them. Despite being ranked #1, having Olympians on their squad, and being coached by Jack Bauerle (who has Olympic Credentials), I've never gotten to any of their competitions. Until now. I've never shot diving before at the NCAA level and haven't at the HS level since Florida.

Now the Gabrielsen Natatorium here at UGA is a top flight facility. Light wasn't too bad thanks to the new cameras in the world, 2.8/1000th/3200 ISO And i got access - pool deck, and the 10m platform to shoot from as it was 3m and 1m going off at the same time. I could get more overhead of the 1m diving but the 3m dives were much more interesting. Getting on the 5m platform with a wide made a very interesting photo. Alas this would be better suited with a remote in the future although the divers i shot wide were out of contention and during the prelims.


A giant thanks to the ladies of the Iowa State team for explaining what the dive numbers mean.



Tennessee diver Kelly Marx dives during one-meter springboard competition during the Georgia Diving Invitational and Shootout on Monday at Gabrielsen Natatorium at the University of Georgia on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 in Athens, Ga.



Tennessee diver Kelly Marx enters the water during one-meter springboard competition during the Georgia Diving Invitational and Shootout on Monday at Gabrielsen Natatorium at the University of Georgia on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 in Athens, Ga.



Georgia diver Hannah Moore dives during 3-meter springboard competition during the Georgia Diving Invitational and Shootout on Monday at Gabrielsen Natatorium at the University of Georgia on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 in Athens, Ga. Moore won the event with a score of 306.65.



Tennessee diver Jill Pierce dives during 3-meter springboard competition during the Georgia Diving Invitational and Shootout on Monday at Gabrielsen Natatorium at the University of Georgia on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

Sports POY

Well, this slideshow/video are some of my favorite Sports Pictures of the Year from 2009.

Enjoy.

(PS there is no sound)

25 Degrees? No Problem.

As someone who loves the night sky, the light-pollution folks might have a point.

Tonight is going to be the most clear and dark sky that we've got for a long time because of how brutally cold its going to be. So i decided to try and photograph this old stone chimney i found at Lake Herrick on the Campus of the University of Georgia. Naturally, i wanted to try to do a night/star trail shot. I like that stuff. (ISO 100, f/4, 15 minutes)

Alas..... there's a bit of FAIL here. The sky glow from the Athens & the college just washes out the sky and totally kills the effect. Same with every church and landmark around here - someone always puts up a streetlight. Makes me jealous of those who live in the desert southwest.

Vacation! Dulles Airport

Thats no shopping mall.... its an airport. More specifically, Terminal B at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Its my trip home and with a place like this, how can it not make for good photos?



Fuddruckers hamburger and a Sam Adams. Perfect preflight food.



Thats the plane i would be flying back to Atlanta on. An Airtran Boeing 717.



Another 737 taxing with the original Dulles terminal in the background.



Really, this is an airport. As Everyone i know needs to buy a Brooks Brothers suit at an airport.



It was a neat ad, with all the yellow. Had to wait a few minutes for people to walk by.



A 737 waits for clearance for take-off behind us.



Its the station for the forthcoming train at Dulles.