Tuesday, June 5, 2007

People of Blood and Fire

So after 10 years, Blood and Fire Ministries are tearing down their 110-year-old building and selling the old wood and bricks to raise money to put back into the Kingdom of God. With a group of 7 workers and a supervisor, the team goes to work six days a week tearing up old wood, and knocking down and cleaning bricks, all to get them ready to package and sell. There is such a high demand with contractors for old wood and old bricks,which is what homeowners are demanding in todays day.



Saturday, June 2, 2007

Screen on the Green

Every Thursday during the summer at sundown, there is a movie shown on the green at Piedmont Park. People flock form all over the city and surrounding areas to stake their blanket size plot early in the day, to relax into the evening with a picnic.

This Thursday marked the first of the summer series starting off with Casablanca.



note to self: there is always that one guy... I'll make sure to bring my tripod this week when they show Carwash.

Little Five Points

So a lot of the fun of this week, outside of working on my story, has been exploring. The guys at work took us out to dinner the other night in Little Five Points.. So Fun!

P.S. A little story update, its going good however I am not going to be able to post any of the photos till the end of the summer due to publication issues. Like any story It is forcing me to grow and push my limits. YAY for internships..lol.. so for now enjoy my fun photos outside of my serious story!

Land Locked Memorial Day

With Atlanta being land locked and Memorial day usually involving sun and water,Atlanta residents got creative.

While I was out and about using the day to explore this amazing city, I found Centennial Park, AKA, a watering hole to those who can substitute city retention pond for enjoyable day in the water.. Being from the beach, I just can't do it.

I saw the signs, but I also saw all the people in the water so I didn't think a big to-do about it, until I was on my way out of the park when I walked by the water again to see it empty with police around it, apparently it was really against the rules to swim in the water.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Lake Lanier

Today was such a beautiful day at a lake house with new found friends... I love the Atlanta area around sunset, it is so beautiful. The weather is crisp and the scenery so breath taking...The people are awesome too...

For a man made lake, Lake Lanier is a close second to the God made coast I am so blessed to have been raised on.



Jazz Festival in the Park

I am learning very fast that summer time in Atlanta is AMAZING... there is constantly something going on in the city and the young adult professionals are all about living life and that is a refreshing feeling.

This weekend is the 30th annual Jazz Festival in the Park.. What a wonderful way to spend a summer day;) enjoy....


Traffic in Atlanta is bad yes, but Traffic on the way to the jazz Festival is HORRIBLE.. So this shot just shows the po-pos regulation and served as a time passing piece to keep me busy while sitting still


The amount of people in Piedmont Park was incredible. Such a fun afternoon filled with lovely jazz and some refreshing cool breeze


This was such a cute cople that I was sitting behind


I stumbled upon these athletes dancing capoeira and I was drawn to them thanks to my Barcelona friends and their addiction to the Brazilian dancing/Fighting rituals.


The park makes for a great place to showcase ones artwork right under the majesty of the beautiful city

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Craft Day

So yesterday, a group from my internship headed to Gainesville GA, to hit up a friends art studio and work on making materials to print photos on. We had some fun building frames and gluing raw materials to make backdrops. I learned a lot about presentation and added effect and textures that can make your photos stand out.

This is artist Chad Shore as he welds off a piece of scrap we found laying around our studio.