Second game of the day yesterday was Alabama vs. Virginia Tech at the Georgia Dome as part of Chick-Fil-A’s kick off event.  Last year Alabama played in the event as well, facing Clemson.  The game is supposed to pit an SEC team against an ACC team to mirror the Chick-Fil-A bowl at the end of [...]

This is my final preseason countdown post (see the others here here, here and here).  Today’s football photos are all high school level.  They are all copyright The Anniston Star, the Gwinnett Daily Post and OurVarsity.com

Central Gwinnett High School’s Malcom Moulton got decked during a play against Birkmar High School in 2007.

Last night I was contacted by someone I met through the Anniston Star during Talladega in April.  They needed a ride from the Atlanta airport to Anniston to visit their ailing father and offered to pay me for the ride.  Always looking for a good reason to cross the state line, I accepted and around [...]

Today at Talladega was the big race, the Aarons 499.  My vantage point was somewhat boring again, but then as the last lap was coming to a close, the below happened.  It happened really fast and I wasn’t sure what had even happened because the car basically bounced into my point-of-view and I just happened [...]

Last night after the races I came back to my friend Kevin’s, where I’m staying, and then went to meet up with some of the other friends I made last summer while I was interning.  They were all hanging out at Brothers in Jacksonville which was only about a 15 minute drive so I head [...]

I’ve never really watched Nascar, but for some reason I decided to come shoot it this weekend for the paper I interned at over the summer (The Anniston Star).
Today was my first day of shooting, shooting the big race tomorrow as well, buht I think I did alright.  I’ve shot one other race before and [...]

I’m in Anniston, Al., for the weekend to help shoot Talladega for The Anniston Star.

Colonel Jack lays on the desk of Kevin Qualls in Anniston, Al.

I suppose one of the advantages of leaving  photojournalism is that the realm of post-processing creativeness opens up.  After wondering around the internet for a bit I came across some threads about this thing called the “Dave Hill Effect.”  Dave Hill is a portrait photographer who has a very specific style, no one is quite [...]

Welcome to the conclusion of my series of posts for my photos of the year.  Today is features.

Honorable Mention: Ricky Harrell stands outside of his barbershop on MLK Jr. Blvd in Macon as he waits for his nephew to return for a game of chess.

Day 8: News.  One more day!

Honorable Mention: Sept. 11 ceremony at the Gwinnett Fallen Heroes Memorial in Lawrenceville, Ga.