Associated Press

There was a story about this tutoring center in Anniston that I shot last week and ran in today’s paper.  The kids were pipe’d in by them so I didn’t want to stage shots so I opted for this portrait with the kids as props basically.

My biggest complaint with the photo is that the lady in the middle put her hand up on the shoulder of the woman in front of her.  I didn’t notice this till it was too late though.  The reason I don’t like it is that with the lens I used, it makes the distance between her and her hand quite unnatural and thus awkward looking.

This also marks my final Anniston Star related post.  I start at The Gwinnett Daily Post on Wednesday.

Edit - Apparently the AP picked up this story for the wire.

Wanda Reid, front, Janice Lee and Alva Willis are responsible for tutoring children at Independent Reading and Counseling Services.

I was asked on Wednesday to shoot a portrait of this UGA baseball player.  I had some ideas for portraits that were more creative, but when it started raining it became more a matter of trying to make sure the equipment I was using didn’t get fried so I went with something more standard.

The conversation between myself and my contact at the AP that occurred earlier this week:

Mr B.: Hey Josh, can you shoot the Thrashers game on Saturday?

Me: Yes, one thing though.

Mr. B.: Whats that?

Me: Does it matter that I’ve never shot hockey before?

Mr. B.: No, not really.

And then there I was, shooting an NHL game as my first experience with hockey. I’d try to give some evaluation of how I did, but I have no basis of comparison nor have I been able to look at hockey photos from other people because I’ve been so busy over the past few days.

Let me know what you think.

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Tonight was my final UGA basketball game of the season for The Associated Press.  Given that, I wanted to do it right and knock out everything I felt I’d been lacking over the past few months. If only I’d been able to figure it out faster.

First thing I did was be realistic, Georgia didn’t have a chance so I shot Florida for the first half.  It was the right call.  Also, I tried to get some good reaction shots of the coaches and players.

So, hopefully I left a good impression.

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South Carolina came into Georgia today hoping for a repeat of Georgia’s visit to South Carolina the other week. Well, despite being down to seven scholarship players Georgia managed to dominate the Lady Gamecocks.

Two more photos here.

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