AVP in the ATL 2008

For the third year in a row the AVP (Professional Beach Volleyball) made it to Atlanta for a tour stop and played at the Atlantic Station development in Midtown. This year was a little different for me in that I was asked to shoot the event for a volleyball website. In preparation for the weekend I rented a lens (70-200mm f2.8 L), and was revved up for some good shooting. Just before the event though I was contacted by John, from volleyshots.com, and was told I would not be able to receive the press pass for the event as he was going to have a photographer make the event after all. I was l slightly disappointed, but I think I was even more relieved, as I was a little nervous about shooting the event for more than "just fun". Anyhow, I had a blast and as usual, the AVP was great.

check out my photoset on Flickr HERE

Another Architectural Trip

One of my favorite things of late has been taking quick weekend trips to see places and architecture. My most recent trip took me and a friend of mine to New Harmony, In. If you don't know anything about the town, it has an interesting history and is certainly worth a visit.

The highlight in New Harmony is a building that acts as the towns welcome center and has on display a scaled model of the town as it was originally built. This building is a Richard Meier building and was completed in the late 70's. What is really great about the building is its juxtaposition within its context of nature and the town it sits within and serves. If you know anything about Meier you know that he has a very limited color pallet. This limited pallet, white, serves the building well in New Harmony and makes for a building of sculptural quality and allows for a very modern building that doesn't distract with the very historic vernacular in the New Harmony.

There is more discussion on this building at Pushpullbar.com

Here are a few images: