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The Vulpines @ Nuci’s Space

I shot these last thursday night for the Red and Black.   They were supposed to accompany an arcticle about the band, but there was no space in the paper.  It is always fun to shoot in tight spaces where the only light is from christams lights hung on the wall.  Especially when one of your strobes decides to die.  Oh well, enjoy. 

 

Spot New, Hooray

On Monday night Juanita Cousins, the chief editor of the R&B, called me at around 8pm and told me police were making an arrest at one of the dorms on campus.  When I got there, i managed to get myself into the building and go up to the third floor.  As soon as I got off the elevator, some cops escorted two guys onto it, so I jumped back on.  I didn’t shoot in the elevator for fear of getting screamed at so I waited until they got the suspects outside the building before I shot these pictures.  I don’t know what the charges were, but I did see an airsoft gun in one of the bags the cops brought out.  The two suspects arrested weren’t UGA students so the paper didn’t use them, but it was fun none the less.  Here are the pics.

Paper Cranes ohhhh pretty!!!

We needed to shoot a paper crane-a-thon on campus for the Red&Black and even though we sent a staffer I decided to show up and shoot just for practice.  Here is my favorite shot. 

Sugar Bowl 2008

 With a lot of luck and the perks of my new job as photo editor at the Red & Black, I was able to grab a sideline pass to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans this year.  The Bulldogs were facing the Hawaii Warriors in what was supposed to be a tough match-up.  It turned out to be a slaughter obviously but still a great game.  Hawaii’s star quarterback was sacked 8 times and threw 4 interceptions, welcome to the SEC Colt.    I had strep throat the entire time so I wasn’t able to bust my tail like I would have liked but I got some pretty good shots.  Despite my sickness, it was one hell of a ride.  As soon as I walked out onto the field of the Super Dome I knew this wasn’t just another football game.  Although the Warriors lost, it was still a cool ride for them.  And the bulldogs didn’t rub it in their face at the end of the game. 

       I also like meeting all the big pros from other papers.  The AP did a slide show in the photo room at the end that made me want to stay in school.  I was also really impressed with Pouya Dianat of the AJC.  He looks young but his work sure isn’t.  While all of us were scrambling to get pictures of the cheesy award ceremony (we all got the same shot of coach Richt holding up the trophy, wow), Pouya mounted his camera on his monopod, held it high and remote triggered it.  The shots were cool to say the least, but he also seperated himself from the rest of the pack.  I want to start thinking more creative like that.  Good stuff.

A Dry Spell in The Classic City

Here is the final version of the audio slide show I did about the drought In Athens, Ga. I made it using iMovie instead of Soundslides and I like the software more than the latter. It seems much easier to edit one piece at a time and put the final together than in soundslides. The only drawback I could find was no way to allow the captions to appear. This also isn’t my most polished work, but I’ve been sick as a dog and just tried to get through it. The hardest part of the whole project was trying not to cough while I recorded interviews with people. Enjoy the show, many more are to follow because I will be photo-editor at the Red & Black next semester and I’m going to try and do one a week.

My attempt at time lapse photography

I wanted to work with time-lapse photography for a audio-slide show about the drought in Athens, Ga. I went out to Bear Creek Reservoir and shot this sunrise today then put it together with iMovie. I need to find a program that will allow each picture to show up about a tenth of a second. This is at about one quarter of a second with 71 pics. Check in out though.

UGA v Wake Forest- Mens Basketball

I had a pass for the men’s b-ball game against Wake Forest even though the Red & Black is done for the semester, I decided it would be a good opportunity to work on my portfolio.  Enjoy.

American Politicians and British Rockers

For the thursday Out & About section of the Red & Black I shot these pictures of British musician names Kris Barrat.  They turned out pretty nice.

Next I needed to shoot some general news, so I went to the grand opening of a Congressional office for Paul Broun of the tenth district.  Ah, politically staged photo shoots, always a blast.  The best place to get a grip and grin.  There was even a ribbon cutting, oh boy.