I’ve had a grow­ing inter­est in video pro­duc­tion for a long time and always appre­ci­ated the art and tech­ni­cal aspects involved to make it hap­pen. So recently, an oppor­tu­nity popped up for a chance to attend the Atlanta Film Fes­ti­val as one of sev­eral event pho­tog­ra­phers and I thought to myself “Great! I can meet some inter­est­ing cre­ative peo­ple, maybe see some cool things and enjoy one of my favorite hob­bies at the same time, photography.”

Must admit that I am a bit excited for the event– first time attend­ing and still not sure of all the details on what I will be cov­er­ing but so far, it appears to be karaōke one evening. That event should pro­vide some great can­dids as well as some laughs.

It is a good pos­si­bil­ity that I will be cov­er­ing some more events on the week­end it wraps up. Hope­fully, I will have some nice pho­tos to share. Con­sid­er­ing the event and loca­tion I may even have some celeb pho­tos. I’ve never been much into the whole fan/​idol idea about celebs but I must admit, there are a few like Sam Elliot, that will be in some of the films, I would love to pho­to­graph or meet.

It is not unusual to find me on a hike in north­ern Geor­gia or neigh­bor­ing states. Love the out­doors and all the friends it has opened up since becom­ing a part of one of the southeast’s largest and most active hik­ing groups, Geor­gia Adven­tur­ers Group. I also use my out­door time to find the photo oppor­tu­ni­ties which some­times comes as the ded­i­cated pho­tog­ra­pher for some group events.

About four months ago, I had planned to join my hik­ing friends for a long week­end in Dahlonega, Geor­gia at a hiker hos­tel. Hav­ing done this in the past, I knew it would likely be a good time with new and old friends. Lit­tle did I know 6 weeks later I would be con­tacted by one of the old friends and asked if I could do pho­tos of her wed­ding cer­e­mony on top of a nearby moun­tain that weekend.

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Sat­ur­day morn­ing came and it was a rare week­end day when I have noth­ing planned. I imme­di­ately remem­ber see­ing a Red­dit post about the Red Bull soap­box races hap­pen­ing today, Octo­ber 24^th 2015, and I decide to make it a plan for a day of enter­tain­ment and photo opportunities.

After grab­bing a quick shower, I check the loca­tion of the races a again on Google Maps. I decide it would be wise to take the Marta train south and just walk North Street to avoid traf­fic and park­ing prob­lems. This proves to be a wise choice later.

Next I grab my bag of cam­era gear that was sit­ting on my kitchen table. It was already packed with every­thing I would need and so I rushed out the door to drive to the North Point train sta­tion in Dun­woody. It was about fif­teen min­utes after 10am at this point and fig­ured I would make it to the races just as the pits opened at 11am, so I could get a close view of the cars and teams.

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