WG Photo Blog

Last weekend, I got to take a 4 day vacation in Yosemite National Park before I went to Pictage PartnerCon in Los Angeles for ShootQ. Yosemite is a magical place that I highly recommend for anyone that loves the outdoors! Grant and I drove through the night in order to arrive in the park before all of the backcountry wilderness permits were sold out. We were lucky enough to get a permit for a 14 mile hike from Glacier Point to the Wawona Tunnel and what a hike it was! We hitch-hiked to the trailhead and camped on a cliff at about 7500 feet on Friday night! I had a great time! I’ll be posting some video soon.

A few weeks back, Justin Glanville invited me to go hang by in the river in Cumming, Ga for some trout fishing. Justin doesn’t get much time off to relax like this because of his job as the audio engineer for the Avett Brothers band. If you have not heard of them, you should check them out! Anyways, we both enjoyed being by the river for the day even though Justin didn’t catch anything worth keeping.

I’ve been working on my image archive a lot lately and today I came across some old images that I have never posted. These were taken around Milledgeville, Ga in 2005. I’m hoping to roll out some official major changes to site very soon! Look for an annoucement soon!

Have you ever just needed a release from something? Today, about an hour before sunset, I just needed to get away from my computer and work for a bit. I grabbed one memory card, one lens, my keys, and left for about an hour. These images are no more than 5 miles away from my home, but I felt like I was hundreds of miles away. It was wonderful to just go and shoot. I hope to do this more often.

 

Yesterday, I went on a photo hunt around Cleveland, GA. My initial hopes were to drive up an old road to the top of a mountain. I made it 80% of the way before some yocal caught up with me on a 4-wheeler. He made it very clear that (even though it was not posted) this was private land (not his) and I could not be up there. After pissing him off with a few sarcastic comments, I turned my car around, totally disgusted. On the drive back to my house, I noticed this lone tree in front of the setting sun. I couldn’t resist, especially after my encounter with the natives. Enjoy! 

 

About a year ago, a friend asked me to take a photo for me her (here is the link to that post) and she asked me to do the same thing on Wednesday. This image was taken solely at her request so I hope she likes it. In case you can’t tell what it is, this is yard furniture and a old lamp in my backyard.  

On Superbowl Sunday, I took a hike to the top of Blood Mountain with Erin, Adam, Jen, Mark, Foto, Fiona, and Wiley. This was a great time to show myself how out of shape I am on the day before my 25th birthday. After the hike we went back to Jen & Adam’s house for some food and fun while we watched the Superbowl. Jen topped the evening off with a double chocolate birthday caked topped with my “WG” logo. I couldn’t have asked for more.

A couple of weeks ago, Ben and I took a weekend trip to Milledgeville. On that nice get away, Joe and I took a nice hike around Bartrum Forest. Sorry for not posting more often. I am going to try and change that in the near future.

 

 Well what a crazy year it has been already. I woke on Jan. 2, 2008 to 1/2 in. of snow on the ground and today it is almost 60 degrees! In hindsight, going out and taking this photo wasn’t the best idea because I had a fever of 101.3 later that evening, but I like the image so it was worth it.    

And finally here is Day 3 from my Wyonming Trip. This was a very long day but well worth it! Didn’t get much sleep the night before because we got up for sunrise at 5am, then went back to sleep for a few hours before heading out again for late afternoon as well as sunset photos. The “window” themed photos were all taken at the Bar BC ranch, in what used to be the lodge.

 

After much delay, I admit it, here is day 2 from my trip to Wyonming. This was a very long day because we were staying in Jackson Hole, Yellowstone is a bit of a drive. We awoke pretty early that morning and made the trip around the lower loop since time didn’t permit us to see everything. But I feel I got a great overview of what the park had to offer, now I just need to go spend a few months there! 

July 19-23, I had the pleasure of spending in Jackson Hole, WY with a photography friend of mine. We had three solid days of traveling through the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone and what a great time we had! I had the chance to get into the culture of the area as well, but I choose the see the parks and I don’t regret that decision one bit. I have seen a lot of the United States and that is by far one of the most beautiful places I have laid eyes on. This post is a selection of my favorite images from the first day where we traveled all throughout the Grand Tetons. There will be two more posts to follow so be sure to check back soon!! Thanks for looking!

Brittany and I went to the otherside of the Lake Sinclair Dam to look for some encouagement for our photography. I have only been shooting weddings lately, thanks to being very busy classes and she just hasn’t felt it in a while. It was a pleasent day out, meaning not to terribly hot for June in Central Georgia, and we had a nice time walking around. We both didn’t shoot much, but I did come away with these images. Hope you like what you see.

These photos are from last friday when my roommate and I went up to Cleveland, GA to spend the night at my parents house and relax in the mountains for a day. More photos to come soon!

Two weeks ago, during the very beginning of my spring break, I went to Lookout Mountain with some guys I havn’t gone to take photos with in years. Dennis, Corey, and Danny were a few of the very first people to help get me started in photography back almost five years now. The three of us had not been out together on a “photo safari” in years and it was really nice to just relax with some old friends and go take some photos. It has been a very long time. Thanks again to the three of you for making this a great day and I hope you guys like the photos; now you just have to show me yours!

On Friday Lindsey and I took a trip out to Brown’s Crossing. I had heard rumors about a very old town in Baldwin County somewhere that was still in very good shape since it is on private land and Brown’s Crossing was exactly what I had heard about, I just didn’t know where it was. The town Brown’s Crossing started back in the mid 1800s and in 1906 it got the first cotton gin in the county. The town hasn’t seen permanent residents in quite some time but in the past they have used it for a crafts fair.

Yesterday, Lindsey, Kia and I took a very short road trip to the lesser known side of the Lake Sinclair dam in Milledgeville. Lindsey is currently taking a photo class at school and I’ve been wanting to take a lot of pictures recently so I’ve taken every opportunity to go and shoot some frames. We had a lot of fun hopping across all the rocks.

This girl and I went to take some photos today around the backside of downtown Milledgeville. I had heard from a fellow photographer that this area was very cool, so I went to go check it out for myself and she was totally right, it is very very cool back there. Anyways, we had a good time and got some cool photos. This was my favorite one though.

The other day, Brittany and I decided to brave the scorching Central Georgia heat and go out and take some photos in the middle of the afternoon. I wanted to go to a place that didn’t seem as great once we went, so we kept driving down that street and found a train bridge that she had been wanting to photograph for a while now. This is what I got, hope you like.

This past weekend, I went to Charleston with my friend, Joe. We spent the first day on the beach, where I took these photos, then later went downtown and saw more of the town. The main purpose for the trip was Mark and Erin’s wedding on Satuday night which was a lot of fun. I saw a lot of people I haven’t seen in a while and met a whole bunch a great photographers as well. Plus, I was able to have fun a party at the wedding instead of having to work.