Archive for July, 2010
July 2010 Tweetup
Last night was the July “Tweetup” for Twitter users in the Atlanta area. It was held at Batdorf and Bronson Coffee Roastery on Carroll St. near Howell Mill Rd. I took my new 35mm f/1.4 lens to see what I could get. I was pretty casual about shooting so there isn’t anything ultra fantastic here, [...]
News: Sgt. Chris Duke and Rufus [NYP]
Late Wednesday night I got an e-mail from Atlanta Journal-Constitution photographer Hyosub Shin letting me know the New York Post was looking for someone to shoot an assignment for them the following day. As soon as I got the e-mail I pulled out my cell phone as fast as I could to call their photo [...]
Canon 135mm f/2 first reaction
Today I got a Canon 135mm f/2 lens. After years of hearing how great a lens it was compounded with my desire to rely more heavily on primes for my non-sports work, I decided I’d make the jump as soon as I found a good deal on the lens. Well, a good deal I found. [...]
University of Georgia stock photography
I shot these about three years ago and just found them. They are some generic photos from the UGA campus I shot for the Red & Black the summer I was photo editor there. I really need to update my stock photography of Athens and hope to make it up there again in the near [...]
Wedding: Jenna Findlan and Drew Scott
Saturday morning I got to shoot the beautiful wedding of my friend from college, Jenna Findlan and her husband Drew Scott. I met Jenna when we went through the photojournalism program at UGA and she was always one of the people in the class that I knew I could count on to push me to [...]
Killbot 3000
Today I went out and got a kitten and named him “Killbot 3000.” The name dates back to when I was a senior in college and my then roommate told me she wanted to get a kitten. I told her I’d be okay with her getting a kitten as long as I got to name [...]
Grindhouse Killer Burgers
On Saturday I decided to go check out this place called Grindhouse Killer Burgers that’s located inside the Sweet Auburn Corner Market downtown. The place had a cool atmosphere and the food was pretty good as well. The single, 1/4 lb, was enough to fill me up in conjunction with the fries and drink so [...]
Baseball: The iPad & the New York Gothams [WSJ]
Last week I got a call out of nowhere from the Wall Street Journal asking if I was available for an assignment the next morning. I was in fact available, so I accepted the assignment. The next day I woke up early and made my way up to Smyrna, Ga., to cover a game at [...]
News: Seventh-Day Adventist Parade of Nations for the AJC
Last week the AJC called me up and asked me to shoot the Parade of Nations event at the 59th Session of the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists at the Georgia Dome. I really wasn’t sure what to expect. It wasn’t anything completely outrageous, but the abysmal light at the Georgia Dome was even worse [...]
Sam E. Lawrence turns 22
Last Friday my friend Sam celebrated his 22nd birthday by going to Spoon and Morelli’s Ice Cream in East Atlanta. I’d never been to either before and both are definitely worth checking out. My future roommate, Sam, doesn’t look a day older than 12.
