Davidson – Arabia Nature Preserve

The view from the top of Arabia Mountain

Along with Panola Mountain State Park, the Davidson-Arabia Preserve make up the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area. It's a part of Georgia that is rich in cultural history as well as unique geology and a number of rare plants.

Little Five Points Halloween Parade

Like the annual Dragon Con parade, but on a more intimate scale and focusing on locals, the Little Five Points Halloween Parade is one Atlanta tradition that is not to be missed.

The Adirondacks Pt 2

The Adirondacks encompass over 6 million acres in a patchwork of public and private lands. That is a larger area than Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Great Smoky, and Everglades National Parks combined. These shots were taken at the 3000 acre Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC), part of Paul Smith's College.

The Adirondacks - New York

My favorite place to be late September and early October is New England or upstate NY.


Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks beyond form Shelburne Farms in Vermont

Shelburne Farms

Lake Champlain

Skate Park - Atlanta Beltline

The Old Fourth Ward Skate Park is another interesting site along the Beltline. It draws its own crowd, sometimes well into the night.

Lantern Parade

I continue to be amazed at what a transformative development the Atlanta Beltline is becoming for the city. The annual Lantern Parade last Saturday brought out thousands of people to parade and watch.

Dragon Con

Billed as the world's largest SciFi/Fantasy convention, Dragon Con has been coming to Atlanta every year since 1987. The parade on Saturday is one of the highlights, as attendees and locals dress up and strut, growl and slink their way around downtown. EVERYONE is enjoying themselves.

 

Beach Week in North Carolina

End of the day at Topsail Island, North Carolina.

 

 

More images here.

Confederate Cemetery - Resaca, Georgia

Confederate Cemetery

Old Car City - White, Georgia

A favorite stop for photographers, Old Car City claims to have "the largest collection of old cars in the world."

Joshua Hoffine

Joshua Hoffine's photographs of his daughters in scenes from horror movies are wildly creative while also being creepy. I can see why some have thought these controversial, but, as a horror movie fan, I find them fascinating and I trust he made it fun for his kids. Check out this article and his images in Huffington Post article.

More from Centennial Olympic Park - Atlanta

New Ferris Wheel almost complete.

Summer Camp cooling off time at the fountains.

Centennial Park - Atlanta

Parks and People - one of my favorite subjects. What is it about green space in the city that we find so attractive?

Michael Kenna

I'm a great admirer of Michael Kenna, a living legend and still working with film and a wet darkroom. This blog has some photos of what that darkroom looks like - for those of us who remember them, however vaguely, and the many who've never seen one at all.
http://cyclopsblog.com/2013/05/29/fresh-from-the-kenna-factory/

Evening on the Beltline

Took a stroll along the Beltline after seeing the opening of the Critical Mass Top 50 exhibition at the Jennifer Schwartz Gallery. It's wonderful to see so many people using this great new asset for the city.

Blue Ridge Parkway

At some times of the year Blue Ridge Parkway is closed to traffic because of ice or snow but still open to walk on foot. Most of the Parkway is cut through rock and there are many beautiful formations along the side of the road you can't normally get close to.

Athens Twilight Criterium

Georgia's oldest and best known bike race - held every year in Athens.

William Eggleston

William Eggleston has been called the grandfather of color photography in the fine art world. He is being honored with a Sony World Photography Award and a permanent exhibition at the Tate Modern gallery in London. He recently gave an open interview to fans, critics, curators and fellow photographers. He is a man of few words, at least in this setting. Here is one of the more provocative questions and answer.

Alec Soth, photographer, Minneapolis: A few years ago Robert Frank said, "There are too many images, too many cameras now. We're all being watched. It gets sillier and sillier. As if all action is meaningful. Nothing is really all that special. It's just life. If all moments are recorded, then nothing is beautiful and maybe photography isn't an art any more. Maybe it never was." What do you think about this?

WE: I don't disagree with any part of that statement.

Read more in this article by Michael Glover.

Brevard Race Weekend

Criterium races are the best for photographing as the cyclists complete the 1-2 mile circuit many times during the race. All the signs on the far side of this turn (where I was standing) were wrapped in padding in case of a crash - not uncommon as these guys turn corners in a tight pack at 25+ mph. Also experimenting with slow shutter speeds.

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Garry Winogrand at SFMOMA

Garry Winogrand has been one of my photographic heros. When he died he left a treasure trove of undeveloped film and unedited contact sheets - over 250,000 images in total. The San Francisco Museum of Art has included nearly 100 of these new photographs, along with many of his well-known images, in this major show. After its run in San Francisco, the exhibition will travel to NYC, Paris and Madrid.
http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/exhibitions/452

Variation on a Theme by Lee Friedlander

I can't help but think of Lee Friedlander whenever I take of photo that includes a rear view mirror, or any shot from a car for that matter.

BeltLine in the New York Times

The Atlanta BeltLine, one of my favorite photo subjects, is covered in the New York Times. This will be one of the most impactful urban redevelopment projects in the city's history.

Chattahoochee River

Flyfishing within the Atlanta city limits, yet it's hazardous to eat fish caught south of the city. the main water supply for five million people, yet it's the smallest river to support the water needs of any city of Atlanta's size in the US. Perhaps the most valuable resource in the state.

The Chattahoochee at Whitewater Creek

Whitewater Creek

David S. Allee

I'm intrigued and inspired by David Allee's "Frame of View" project I first saw on Slate's Behold - The Photo Blog. He explores the notion of the "frame" and ideas of what's inside and outside.

New Orleans Pt. 4 - Jackson Square

Jackson Square, the orginal center of the city, was first called Place d'Armes. In 1815 it was renamed Jackson Square in honor of the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson.

St Louis Cathedral

New Orleans Pt. 3 - French Quarter

French Quarter - the colorful heart of Creole New Orleans.

Southern Photography

John Wall, in his blog Southern Photography, has a nice piece about the Slow Exposures annual juried show in Concord, Georgia. This is one of my favorite blogs - always knowledgable and informative about photographers and photography in the American South.

New Orleans Pt. 2 - Riverfront

I grew up near the Mississippi River and have always be fascinated by America's greatest river.

New Oreans Pt. 1 - Abstracts

New Orleans - endlessly fascinating, inspiring and challenging. I could spend months there just wandering around making photographs.

Jackson Square

French Market

Greenwood Cemetery - Atlanta

Greenwood Cemetery has many sweeping vistas, giving a sense of grandeur, especially on days like this one.

For more photos of Greenwood go to my Grave Grounds blog.

Lenscratch - Favorite Photos of 2012

Aline Smithson publishes the Lenscratch blog and has a mission to educate, motivate and promote photographers of all kinds. Today she published reader submissions of their favorite photos from 2012. It's fun to browse, and I've got one in Part 4.