There was a press conference at the county jail today.  While I was there they let us shoot some other stuff that was going on, so even though some of it wasn’t directly related to the press conference I took advantage of the access.

Once you enter, you may never leave.

County diving championship at the West Gwinnett Aquatic Center.  Only the second time I’ve shot swimming or diving, so I think I did alright.

County diving championships, yay!

Stand-alones at Rhodes Jordan Park.

This nanny was pushing them on the swings by running under the swing and launching them into the air.  Don’t worry, the yellow things were like roller coaster harnesses and the kids were completely safe.

Shot this portrait for the getting to know feature the sports department does.  I would have liked to have had softer light, but the gear necessary was not available to me that day so  this is what I had to do to light the background like I wanted with the second light i had laying [...]

Early last month I shot the first practice for a new youth wheelchair basketball team in Gwinnett called The Gwinnett Heat.  The story finally ran today so here are the photos from the shoot that I liked.

Martinez Johnson practices sprinting across court with his wheelchair during the first practice of the Gwinnett Heat.

Part 5 of the Best of 2008.  Today is portraits, like sportraits but without sports.

Honorable Mention: Ed Butchart is a professional Santa at Stone Mountain Park. He wrote a book titled, “The Red Suit Diaries,” and will soon be releasing a sequel.  Would have made the list had he been wearing a Santa suit, but [...]

Parkview’s Brandon Jacobs was named the Gwinnett County Football Player of the Year by the Gwinnett Daily Post today.  I shot his portrait for the story last week.  Our Player of the Year Portraits are supposed to be very casual so after I was able to get Brandon to loosen up a bit, the shots [...]

Shot this the other day before the Gwinnett Rivalries All Star Game practice started for the South team.  This was an example of having to do portraits quick because the coaches want the players back at practice.  This was one of three portraits of different people I did in about 15 minutes.
Sometimes you’re able to [...]

This year I was given the opportunity to shoot the Super 6 for basketball.  It was a two week project that had me shoot the best 12 basketball players in the county.
The concept was given to me before the first shoot, stylized mugshots with a powerful directional flash, further they are going to be looking [...]

On Sunday the paper ran a page spread of photos from various parks from around the county because Gwinnett placed 1st for best park system in the country.
Not all of these ran, but I liked them enough to post them here.
These are from the Mountain Park Aquatic Center, Ronald Reagan Dog Park and Rhodes Jordan [...]