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L’oreal Paris @ Emory

Josh D. Weiss — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:26:52 +0000

Today I shot an event for L’oreal Paris over at Emory. They were handing out samples of products and letting people try them out. I was kind of surprised to see as many girls as there were trying out the stuff in the middle of the campus. Oh yeah, they also had yoga lessons going on on top of it all. Easy enough shoot though.

Zombies in the Virginia Highlands

Josh D. Weiss — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:07:45 +0000

Saturday I was shooting for the AJC again but they had only given me one assignment which wasn’t until later in the day. I had marked this event on my calendar about a month ago and really wanted to shoot it so I pitched the idea to the Visual Manager. He liked it and since no breaking news popped up, I was able to go and shoot it for a bit.

The turnout was lower than what they were expecting, especially in contrast to the Zombie Walk where a few people showed up. Maybe some came later on, but there couldn’t have been more than 20-30 while I was there shooting.

Today’s zombie on the go is rarely seen without some form of portable communication.

Unintentionally zombiefied phone.

Agnes Scott Block Party

Josh D. Weiss — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:35:24 +0000

Earlier today I went over to the Agnes Scott campus in Decatur to take some photos of the block party they were putting on. There was free hamburgers, veggieburgers and turkey hotdogs along with cookies, snow cones, funnel cake, yogurt from The Yogurt Tap and cotton candy. There was a DJ there and some inflatables too.

Seemed like everyone was having a good time, I didn’t see anyone crying anyway.

Face painting!

The Atlanta Fair

Josh D. Weiss — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:24:11 +0000

A few weeks ago I found out about the annual Atlanta Fair that sets up shop across I-85/75 from Turner Field. Kelvin and I went out to get photos of it before the fair goes away tomorrow. Kelvin had prior commitments, so we weren’t able to get out there until after it was already dark. With that in mind I decided to do a series of blurs using the lights on the rides.

The sign for “The Zipper” with the ride in the background.

Wedding: Tom & Anna Hamlin

Josh D. Weiss — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:20:38 +0000

Sometime last year after I went freelance my friend from high school and UGA, Anna Tyler, asked me if I would be interested in shooting her and her fiance Tom’s wedding at Little Gardens in Lilburn/Lawrenceville. I was thrilled she asked me because I still didn’t have a ton of experience at that point and really appreciated them taking a leap of faith to give me a chance to document their special day.

Anyways, the wedding was beautiful and the two were great to work with. Also, Tom’s idea of having a Groom’s cake made entirely from Krispy Kreme donuts was a brilliant idea (although I personally prefer Dunkin’ Donuts).

Also, I’d like to thank my friend Charles-Ryan Barber for assisting me on the shoot. His help made the wedding a breeze since he was able to help me set up my lights and move them around as needed. This was actually the first wedding I was able to use the lights for and they made life a lot easier. Unfortunately, do to their size they don’t travel well if I’m not able to drive them in my car. I wish shipping weren’t so expensive.

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Tom and Anna during the ceremony.

Tom, right, and his Groomsmen. I told them to act as “thug” as they could.

“Think you can pick her up?” The answer was yes.

Tom and Anna stand on their cake, while UGA/Athens, Ga. sits atop the Groom’s doughnut cake.

Atlanta Twestival in Detail(s)

Josh D. Weiss — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:58:54 +0000

Last night at Hub Atlanta a bunch of people met up for the Atlanta “Twestival” organized by my friend Sam Lawrence. For a $10 donation to the humanitarian organization Concern, participants were treated to free Chipotle burritos and then drinks at Cypress Street Pint & Plate. Money raised by Concern went to benefit the people of Haiti.

Chris Bayle was there, as was Homer-the-Brave

There was no button to press though.

Sam Lawrence, the guy who organized the event.

Education Protest @ Georgia State Capitol

Josh D. Weiss — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:27:28 +0000

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The other week I heard about a big student protest that was going to take place at the Georgia State Capitol in response to a proposed $300 million budget cut targeted at the University System of Georgia. I looked over the proposal myself and it seemed rather harsh, but I took the opportunity to get some practice doing protest photos.

The event started with most everyone meeting at Hurt park next to Georgia State University. Everyone eventually marched over to the Capitol and there was a formal speaker thing then a march back to the park afterwords.

Georgia college students hold a mock funeral for the Georgia Educational System if proposed budget cuts are passed Monday outside the Georgia State Capitol Building.

Someone brought their puppy.

I love out of context/partial signs.

Tea Party of Georgia

Josh D. Weiss — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:44:47 +0000

Last Saturday I shot a Tea Party rally at the Georgia Capitol that marked the group’s one year anniversary in the state for the AJC. Turnout was considerably smaller than the big bash they had last year that I shot (see here). I’m not sure if its a sign that the group is losing supporters or if it was just a bad day, but the group who was there was still really into it.

I will reiterate that this is not a political blog, so any comments not pertaining to the photos themselves or photography will be deleted.

U.S. Rep Tom Price

Pillow Fight at Piedmont Park

Josh D. Weiss — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:40:53 +0000

A few days ago I heard that there was going to be a giant pillow fight down at Piedmont Park. Obviously, I made sure I was there to capture it. There were a lot of photographers there, but none of them seemed willing to get knee deep in the fight, well, except for me.

I did it, I survived (as did my gear) and I think I got some good shots from it.

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Rachel Bailey takes in the moment.

All Night Meeting: Upstairs

Josh D. Weiss — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:10:52 +0000

Went up to Athens this weekend for my old debate society’s 207th anniversary. Demosthenian was founded in 1803 and I’ve shot them randomly and regularly for the past few years while I’ve developed as a photographer (see previous coverage of Demosthenian events by clicking here).

Anyways, every year since 2007 I’ve taken whatever new gear I’ve accumulated over the past year and try to figure out how to best deploy it in what is a nasty (light wise) place to shoot. The upper chamber is dark and normally you’d have to shoot at ISO 3200 at nothing slower than f/2.8 if you want to make a picture.

Well, this time I had studio lights. So, with permission, I set the lights up in the back of the room before the meeting started and triggered them via remote. It worked perfectly and as a result, some of the cleanest looking photos I’ve ever seen come out of the upper chamber.

Also, I shot about 700 frames, so there are a lot of photos that I have that I didn’t post. If you were there and think I may have shot you, send me an e-mail at josh@joshdweiss.com. And we’ll figure out if I got you or not.

Alumna Rachel Aaron speaks from the lectern in Demosthenian Hall during the “All Night Meeting” on February 20, 2010 at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga.