From Last Year: Naughty or Nice?

Brandon Barnes, dressed as Santa, checks on Demarco Flemming after he was put in time-out during a holiday party at the Boys and Girls Club on Thursday, December 16, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

I found this feature at a Boys and Girls Club Christmas Party. Several kids were placed in "time out" and the man dressed as Santa came over to check on one of them.

Catching Up: July 4th Parade

The crowd gathers for the annual Colbert Independence Day parade on Saturday July 3, 2010 in Colbert, Ga.

As I'm catching up, I found the assignment from the July 4th parade (actually on July 3rd) in Colbert, Ga. My city editor freaked out because I just went for nothing but artsy photos instead of something more cliche. That made me happy.

All-in-all, it was your typical Americana. Lots of flag waving, lots of red, white and blue. Just tried to have fun with it. More photos after the break.

Catching Up: Little league

Gainesville pitcher Jonathan Gettys pitches in the top of the first inning as the Walton County All-Stars take on the Gainesville All-Stars in a little league game on Friday, July 2, 2010 in Athens, Ga.

Earlier this month i went and photographed a game two innings of Little League. Good light, fun compositions. Missed a lot while i was trying funky stuff. Held the camera up over my head to get that shot.

More after the jump.

100 Degree Traffic Light

Traffic engineer Rodney Rogers works on a traffic light on Monday, July 26, 2010 in Athens, Ga. Temperatures are expected to rise into the upper 90s on Tuesday as highs have reached 99 degrees or higher every day since Friday.

As i step away from the music photography for a few (there will be something bigger on the horizon with that), it's been 100 degrees of late and by miracle of god, i found a weather feature earlier today.

I came in, nothing was on the books so i walked around downtown looking for people doing anything so i could try to make a photo of it. The key was to make it look HOT plus most people wont be out in 100 degree heat, so you have to go out and find people when you can.

The biggest thing I learned about shooting random features was from Scott Strazzante talking at NPPA about one day pulling over his truck along the side of the road to shoot a cold-weather picture. Shoot the pictures when you see them, don't wait for it to be there when you come back.

(Tech Specs: D700 1/1000 @ f/22 ISO 100, 155mm. WB Shade)

Fountain Frollick

Fionn, a yellow Labroador Retriever, wims in a fountain on the campus of the University of Georgia on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 in Athens, Ga. Temperatures soad to near 90 degrees on Tuesday with the pollen count reaching near 3000. (Image shot with a special-effect lens)


So in the midst of the pollenocalypse, I went around town with just my lensbaby, trying to make something nice, just for myself.

Naturally, not having a regular lens bit me in the ass.