March 2007

Josh D. Weiss/The Red & Black Jane Russell poses outside the Ramsey Center, where she soon will retire as director of recreational sports. In her 32 years at the University, she supervised the creation of the Rec Sports department and the Ramsey Center.

Taking a break from posting stuff from last weekend’s shoot in Walton, here is the first picture of mine in awhile to run in the Red & Black.

This is Jane Russell and she’s been with the university’s recreational sports department for a really long time.

I really like how the lighting turned out in this photo, a lot of which has to do with shooting it at 8:30 am when the sun was still kind of rising.

If I could shoot it again, I’d have changed my angle a bit to get more of the Ramsey Center behind her, and I’d have asked her to cross her arms. It feels very boring, and I think having her arms crossed would add a little body language to the shot that is just missing.

(Above) Three fire fighters with the Monroe Fire Department work to quell the fire at Carol Head’s home in Monroe, GA on March 24, 2007 that claimed her garage and kitchen. The blaze is believed to have begun after her SUV exploded early Saturday morning while sitting in her garage.

(Left) Monroe Fire Fighter Mark Harrison covers some small patches of fire with dirt while Carol Head’s home burns March 24, 2007. Fire fighters worked dilligently to extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading.

(Above) Equipment of the Monroe Fire Department is spread out after the fire at Carol Head’s home was extinquished on March 24, 2007, in the Kingsridge Neighborhood in Monroe, GA. Air tanks, respirators, gloves and helmets were all needed to fight the blaze.

(Left) A fire fighter of the Monroe Fire Department adjusts his mask and respirator after temporarily stepping away from the blaze at Carol Head’s home in Monroe, GA on March 24, 2007.

Carol Head talks to Peyton Pettus of State Farm insurance before she enters her Monroe home for the first time since a fire destroyed part of it March 24, 2007. Head had to wait for the insurance representative to arrive before she was able to return to recover items necessary for her health.

Carol Head’s automobile after it is suspected to have exploded in her garage early Saturday, March 24, 2007 and caused a fire which destroyed part of her home in Monroe, GA. It is unknown as to what caused the car to explode, but preliminary investigations by the Monroe Fire Department indicated the car was most likely the cause of the fire.

Carol Head (left) holds up a blouse that was in her closet so her sister, Cathy Conner (middle) can determine if there was smoke damage to items in Head’s closet while Harriet Biggers looks on March 24, 2007 in Head’s Monroe Home. The garage of the house caught fire early in the morning forcing Head to leave all of her posessions behind as she watched her home burn.

Carol Head (left) and Harriet Biggers (right) go through Head’s medicine cabinet after a fire destroyed part of her home earlier in the day on March 24, 2007. Head requires a lot of medicaitons and was relieved to find her medicine untouched by the fire.

Various items belonging to Monroe home owner Carol Head that were undisturbed by the fire that broke out in her home March 24, 2007. Although her bedroom wasn’t touched by the flames, there was extensive smoke damage to most of the home.

(Above) Carol Head reflects on the whirlwind morning she experienced after her Monroe home caught fire on March 24, 2007.

(Left) Carol Head stares off into space after walking through her Monroe home for the first time since a fire destroyed part of it the morning of March 24, 2007.

(Below) Carol Head (right) and Harriet Biggers (left) walk away from Head’s damaged home in Monroe, GA on March 24, 2007. As she walks away with her friend and sister by her side, Head smiles for the first time since the fire.

After spring break I decided I wanted to get out of my apartment more. This in turn led me to head downtown whenever I wanted to do homework.

So I head to College Avenue today and look for a table to sit at while I do some reading and notice that there is a huge psuedo outdoor film studio being set up.

Turns out Krystal was shooting a series of commercials, luckily for me I had my camera handy and began to snap some pictures. I did what I could to get a variety of shots, but the way the location was set up it kind of limited my options.

Despite shooting on an open set, I think I did pretty well.

Tony Pardinas sits in the chair at Tattoos in Monroe, GA, while getting tattoo’d by Danny Newnan on March 24, 2007.

Tony Pardinas tries to control a laugh while getting tattooed by Danny Newnan. The slightest twitch could distract the tattoo artist causing them to make a mistake.

Danny Newnan carefully tattoos Tony Pardinas in Tattoos in downtown Monroe, GA on March 24, 2007.

Danny Newnan thinks about his next stroke on customer Tony Pardinas at Tattoos in downtown Monroe, GA on March 24, 2007.

(Above) Everyday after school Social Circle kids congregate at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park . The park will be replaced next March with a new park.

(Left) Bo Day, 17, jumps from a ramp at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA.

(Below) Zac Wisnewski, 15, smokes a cigarette at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA. He wears a latex glove because his mother smells his fingers to ensure he doesn’t smoke.

(Above) Kids from Social Circle, GA gather at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park behind City Hall. The park is a popular place to hang out after school.

(Left) Bo Day, 17, jumps from a quarter pipe at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA. Many of the regulars at the park consider Day the best skater in the city.

(Below) Caleb Hayes, 16, Bo Day, 17, and Tyler Rowe, 12, talk skating while the three break between tricks. The Skaters call each other family.

(Left) A skater at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA grabs his arm after he fails to land a jump. Although the injury would ultimately require stitches, he was fortunate because the fire department was located just across the street.

(Below) Tyler Rowe, 12, watches as Bo Day, 17, skates on the half pipe at the Robbie Baldoni Skate Park in Social Circle, GA. Rowe has been skating for three years and has aspirations to play running back on the University of Georgia football team.