Atlanta Photographer - Josh D. Weiss

Track: North Springs High School

Josh D. Weiss — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:09:53 +0000

The past two weekends I’ve shot parts of various track meets for North Springs. I say parts, because track meets last like 9 hours. Unfortunately rain cut the session this weekend short before I was able to get hurdles photos, which actually really bummed me out. Oh well. The photos are from Riverwood High School and Mill Creek High School and in the final photo you can see the rain as it started pouring.

Starting blocks at Riverwood High School.

Spot News: Missing Boater

Josh D. Weiss — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:03:43 +0000

Last weekend I was pulling a shift for the AJC, about two hours before my first assignment I got a call from the news desk asking me if I was able to get up to Johns Creek/Duluth to get some photos of a search for a missing boater on the Chattahoochee River. With that, I busted ass to get up there as quick as I could, because with spot news you never know how long it will last and it was a 30 minute drive up there.

When I arrived, the search was still active so I pulled out my 400 f/2.8 for one of my bodies and shot what I could because usually with spot news, the action is fairly far away. Because the area we could shoot from was on the bridge, it wasn’t too bad but it was still nice to have the extra reach.

Unfortunately, they never found the guy and I believe he is presumed dead at this point (a week later). My thoughts go to his family.

Johns Creek Fire and rescue teams wait on Abbotts Bridge over the Chattahoochee River for signs of a missing boater.

Saturday, March 13

Josh D. Weiss — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:00:29 +0000

Tomorrow I’ll be spending most of the day shooting North Springs track team at Mill Creek before heading down to Philips Arena to shoot the Hawks game. Busy day, but that’s a good thing.

Tennis: Forsyth Central vs. North Springs

Josh D. Weiss — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:57:10 +0000

Earlier this week I traveled up to Forsyth County to shoot the Forsyth Central vs. North Springs tennis game at Central Park in Cumming for the North Springs year book.

Shadow tennis.

Basketball: Virginia Tech vs. Georgia Tech

Josh D. Weiss — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:43:25 +0000

Last week I shot the Virginia Tech vs. Georgia Tech basketball game at Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta for The Macon Telegraph. It was the final game of the regular season, and Georgia Tech laid an egg.

Virginia Tech

No.	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown	High School/Other
0	Jeff Allen	F	6′ 7″	230	Jr.	Washington, D.C.	Hargrave Military Academy
1	Terrell Bell	G/F	6′ 6″	205	Jr.	Stone Mountain, Ga.	Stone Mountain
3	Allan Chaney ¹	F	6′ 9″	235	So.	Baltimore, Md.	University of Florida
4	Cadarian Raines	F	6′ 9″	238	Fr.	Petersburg, Va.	Petersburg
5	Dorenzo Hudson	G	6′ 5″	220	Jr.	Charlotte, N.C.	Hargrave Military Academy
11	Erick Green	G	6′ 4″	185	Fr.	Winchester, Va.	Paul VI
14	Victor Davila	F	6′ 8″	245	So.	Canovanas, P.R.	Starmount (N.C.)
21	Lewis Witcher	F	6′ 9″	218	Sr.	Rocky Mount, Va.	Franklin County
23	Malcolm Delaney	G	6′ 3″	190	Jr.	Baltimore, Md.	Towson Catholic
24	Ben Boggs	G	6′ 4″	200	Fr.	Roanoke, Va.	Hidden Valley
25	Manny Atkins	G/F	6′ 7″	200	Fr.	Stone Mountain, Ga.	Tucker
32	Paul Debnam	G	6′ 3″	195	Sr.	Farmville, Va.	Prince Edward County
33	JT Thompson	F	6′ 6″	210	Jr.	Monroe, N.C.	Hope Christian Academy
42	Gene Swindle	C	6′ 11″	260	r-Fr.	Miami, Fla.	Gulliver Prep

Georgia Tech

No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Class	Hometown (Last School)
13	D’Andre Bell	Guard/Forward	6-6	222	RS SR	Los Angeles, Calif. (Palisades Charter)
33	Derek Craig	Guard	6-4	196	SO	Spring, Texas (Klein Collins)
14	Derrick Favors	Forward	6-10	246	FR	Atlanta, Ga. (South Atlanta)
4	Nick Foreman	Guard	6-3	208	SO	Bellaire, Texas (Bellaire)
24	Kammeon Holsey	Forward	6-8	209	FR	Sparta, Ga. (Hancock Central)
31	Gani Lawal	Forward	6-9	234	JR	Norcross, Ga. (Norcross)
5	Daniel Miller	Center	6-11	252	FR	Loganville, Ga. (Loganville Christian Academy)
3	Maurice Miller	Guard	6-2	189	JR	Memphis, Tenn. (Raleigh-Egypt)
11	Brian Oliver	Forward	6-6	220	FR	Glassboro, N.J. (William Penn)
35	Zachery Peacock	Forward	6-8	235	SR	Miami, Fla. (Norland)
41	Glen Rice, Jr.	Guard	6-5	195	FR	Marietta, Ga. (Walton)
34	Brad Sheehan	Center	7-0	235	RS JR	Latham, N.Y. (Shaker)
44	Sam Shew	Forward	6-5	190	JR	Decatur, Ga. (Decatur)
1	Iman Shumpert	Guard	6-5	209	SO	Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park-River Forest)
10	Lance Storrs	Guard	6-5	221	JR	Decatur, Ga. (Columbia)
0	Mfon Udofia	Guard	6-2	187	FR	Stone Mountain, Ga. (Miller Grove)

There’s no crying in basketball.

Same guy as above, but a different play. He needs to learn to stay healthy.

Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse

Josh D. Weiss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:27:40 +0000

This Friday I’ll be working on a project with Propel Creative at the Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse. I last worked with Propel on a shoot for Georgia Power last month. I’m looking forward to working with them again.

Golf: Chamblee vs. North Springs

Josh D. Weiss — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:23:19 +0000

Last Thursday before shooting the Hawks game (see yesterday) I shot a golf game for North Springs against Chamblee High School at the North Fulton Golf Course. The light was great and made shooting really easy.

Basketball: Philladelphia 76ers vs. Atlanta Hawks

Josh D. Weiss — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:27:29 +0000

Last week I shot another Hawks game for US Presswire. I was incredibly tired because I had pulled my first shift for my new part time job at CNN.com which requires me to wake up really early, then I shot some high school golf for North Springs before I even got to Philips.

Also, when I got down there I ran into USPW head guy Bob Rosato who is also a photographer for Sports Illustrated. Kind of important to have your A-game going when your basically competing with your own boss. I didn’t know he was going to be there, but I guess the pressure didn’t affect me to much because I felt like it was the best game I’d shot since the Tennessee-Kansas game back in January.

Philadelphia 76ers

NUM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB	FROM	YRS
42	Elton Brand	F	6-9	254	03/11/1979	Duke	10
25	Rodney Carney	F	6-7	205	04/05/1984	Memphis	3
1	Samuel Dalembert	C	6-11	250	05/10/1981	Seton Hall	7
8	Francisco Elson	C-F	7-0	240	02/28/1976	California	6
33	Willie Green	G	6-3	201	07/28/1981	Detroit Mercy	6
11	Jrue Holiday	G	6-4	180	06/12/1990	UCLA	R
9	Andre Iguodala	F-G	6-6	207	01/28/1984	Arizona	5
3	Allen Iverson	G	6-0	165	06/07/1975	Georgetown	13
72	Jason Kapono	F-G	6-8	215	02/04/1981	UCLA	6
20	Jodie Meeks	G	6-4	208	08/21/1987	Kentucky	R
14	Jason Smith	F-C	7-0	240	03/02/1986	Colorado State	1
16	Marreese Speights	F-C	6-10	245	08/04/1987	Florida	1
23	Louis Williams	G	6-1	175	10/27/1986	South Gwinnett HS	4
21	Thaddeus Young	F	6-8	220	06/21/1988	Georgia Tech	2

Atlanta Hawks

NUM	PLAYER	POS	HT	WT	DOB	FROM	YRS
10	Mike Bibby	G	6-2	195	05/13/1978	Arizona	11
34	Jason Collins	C	7-0	255	12/02/1978	Stanford	8
11	Jamal Crawford	G	6-5	200	03/20/1980	Michigan	9
1	Maurice Evans	G-F	6-5	220	11/08/1978	Texas	6
15	Al Horford	C-F	6-10	245	06/03/1986	Florida	2
2	Joe Johnson	G	6-7	240	06/29/1981	Arkansas	8
33	Randolph Morris	C	6-11	275	01/02/1986	Kentucky	3
27	Zaza Pachulia	C-F	6-11	275	02/10/1984	Tbilisi, Georgia	6
32	Joe Smith	F-C	6-10	225	07/26/1975	Maryland	14
5	Josh Smith	F	6-9	240	12/05/1985	Oak Hill Academy	5
0	Jeff Teague	G	6-2	180	06/10/1988	Wake Forest	R
6	Mario West	G	6-5	210	06/19/1984	Georgia Tech	2
24	Marvin Williams	F	6-9	240	06/19/1986	North Carolina	4

Jamal Crawford, what you doing down there?

The 76er blew a snot-rocket onto the court.

Friday night in Decatur

Josh D. Weiss — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:49:08 +0000

While Kelvin and I were killing time on Friday we got some yogurt at The Yogurt Tap off the Decatur square. Its a nice little place.

Toppings at The Yogurt Tap in Decatur.

Kelvin outside Mac McGee’s (above) and reviewing photos in Fellini’s (below).

AJC

Josh D. Weiss — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:47:37 +0000

Shot two assignments for the AJC today, one was a spot news assignment up in Duluth, the other was a rally for the census. Check the papers and check back here to see the photos when I can post them.