Mexico City 2017

December 15, 2017

Ok folks, so it has been a while since I last posted, but I will say that I have been busy. This post will contain images I shot while I had some free time in Mexico City, Mexico. I was invited to attend a 100th birthday party. I didn't get to shoot that because there were other photographers there. I will say that the total free time I had to explore and shoot was about an hour. I decided this will be a good time to attempt some street photography. I shot mostly everything with my Canon 5D Markiii with a Canon 24-70mm/f2.8 lens. The mobile shots were with my Samsung Galaxy S8+

Looking out my hotel room, I saw this massive building on the ground and then something that looked like a Canon 70-200 mm lens. So after breakfast, I went down and walked to the Auditorio Nacional. After speaking some Spanish and asking for someone that spoke English, I found out that this was a Canon promotion, #MiLenteCanon where they would allow people to take pictures with a Canon camera with the different lenses they had on display. From what I remembered seeing was that the lenses ranged from 24-70mm, 70-200mm, 50mm, and a fisheye lens. Due to the time crunch I didn't get to test any lenses. Don't worry folks I am still kicking myself for not testing one.

View of the Audtorio Nacional outsde of my hotel room

Outside of the steps of the Auditorio Nacional contained special paved bricks of artists that performed there.

The next day, after the party, I had breakfast and had about 45 min to kill before I needed to be at the airport. While waiting for everyone to check out I captured this magazine stand outside of my hotel and created a 3 shot 1 stop exposure composition HDR shot.

HDR image of a magazine stand in Mexico City Mexico

After checking out of the hotel, My good friend took me to Paseo de la Reforma.

On our way there and stuck in traffic I captured this image of a Piñata stand.

On Sundays the streets near the Paseo de la Reforma are closed to allow people to bike skate or just walk the streets.

Captured this cute moment of a father running with his daughter as she biked around Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City, Mexico.

A boy plays with the toys in his hand as the ladies pose for their photograph on the steps of the Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City, Mexico

Participants take part of a group exercise outside of the Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City Mexico.

Just a boy and his dog posing for pictures in front of a door by the Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City, Mexico

A man walking his big dog near the Angel de la Independecia (Angel of Independence) in Mexico City Mexico

Ok thats all I have for now until my next post. Thanks for stopping by

2AN

Fire In The 4th - Atlanta, GA Part 1

May 25, 2017

Howdy all

This will be a two part post about the Fire In The Fourth festival that was in Atlanta's Old 4th Ward on May 20, 2017. This festival is about remembering the great fire that happen in Atlanta's old 4th ward. Read more about it here. I was picked to be one of the ten VIP photographers for the festival. My assignment for the day was to shoot the Atlanta Freedom Marching Band, Showtyme Dancing Divas, and anything fast action.

For this shoot I knew I would need to shoot with two cameras and didn't want to use the camera straps that came with my cameras. I purchased the OP/TECH USA Dual Harness. This harness is reasonably priced and allow me to use both cameras with ease during the day.

My camera set up for this event was a Canon 7D with a Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 telephoto lens and a Canon 5D Markiii with a 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. Along with back up cards and batteries. I had a four hour shift, but ended up staying near the of the festival.

The threat of rain pushed the schedule back a bit. Shooting the Atlanta Freedom Marching Band was a bit difficult because I was told they would march at a slow pace. Well the pace they marched at was slow for them, it as not a slow pace. There were times I was running further up the road just to get in position to shoot with the Canon 7D setup.

Shooting the Showtyme Dancing Divas was fun and different. I shot them mainly with the Canon 5D Markiii setup. After the parade I walked around capturing shots of several acrobats and performers at the festival. Towards the end of the night the fire performers were on the main stage and I didn't get a lot shots of them. Overall it was a fun and long day of shooting. Shot over 1,800 photos that day. Below are some I will share in this post. I will share the others in another post.

Thanks for reading

2AN

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Nameless Fire Theater

February 23, 2017

Had an awesome time with the Atlanta Urban Photo Walkers this past Sunday. This photo walk walked was a walking tour for the Fire In the 4th festival that will be in Atlanta this May. This festival celebrating the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. For this walk several performers from Nameless FIre Theater performed their fire dancing routines for us. This was the first time that I was able to be really close to fire dancers.

Hope you enjoy the pics below. Until next time.

2AN

West Hall vs Troup County - Georgia Highschool Playoffs

November 12, 2016

This past Thursday I had another opportunity to shoot the Troup County High School football team. Before I get into this I would like to thank lensrental.com for helping me with the shipping conflict with a shipping service that I will not name. Long story short is that there an the shipping services indicated that an attempt was made to deliver a package and it was not. But calling the lensrental.com and the shipper, we were able to resolve the issue and I received the lens in time.

With the lens in hand I had the same set up I had when I shot Troup County last time. My camera bodies were a Canon 5D Mark iii, and Canon 7D; lenses were Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 and a Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 lens. It was chilly that night and I the joy to experience the view finder fogging up several times during the game. Along with view finder fogging up, both teams were snapping the ball quickly. West Hall was snapping the ball within one second off the play clock. Several times I found myself not evening shooting a down because by the time I started to compose my shot the ball was snapped.

I had more success with using back focus and even though it was chilly outside it was still fun to shoot. The game was exciting. Troup County started off fast and West hall kept answering. In the end Troup County lost the game 24 - 21 on a costly interception in the end zone with seconds left in the 4th quarter. I learned that Troup County had a great season to finish 8-3. Why is this season considered great you ask? They were 1-9 last year. Gentlemen, congrats on a good season.

Thanks again for Troup County High school for allowing me to shoot their game. Below are some of the shots from the game. Until my next post

2AN

Lagrange vs Troup County

October 16, 2016

This past Friday I had an opportunity to shoot on the sidelines during the Lagrange vs Troup County high school football game in Lagrange, GA. The weather was nice and there was a huge turn out (earlier in the week I found out that this is the cross town rivalry).

For this game I rented a 5D Mark III and a Sigma 120-300 mm f/2.8 lens from LensRentals.com, and used my Canon 7D body, Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens and Canon 24-70mm f 2.8 lens. The 5D Mark III is the first Full Frame camera I shot with. I must say that I was blown away with the quality of the shots I got with this camera. I didn't have a lot of time to play around with 5D Mark III but from the multiple AF points, low light ISO performance, and other features, this will be a camera I hope to get in the future. Now on to the game.

There was a lot a buzz in the air before the game. In the first half the game was close. In the 3rd quarter Troup County started to pull away. When the clock struck zero, Troup County won 37 - 26 over their cross town rival. There was a lot of nice people that helped me out at Calloway field and I was to thank Troup County High school for allowing me to shoot their game.