Photographing an Early Morning| Davison Wheeler Atlanta Commercial and Portrait Photograph

When I got started ( before I even considered doing this thing as profession ) all I really loved doing was taking pictures of landscapes. I thought I got really good doing it honestly. Black and whites were honestly my favorite and I think by the end of the first year I had gotten pretty good. I had probably taken a photograph at every county park around me. Once I had started school for it, my love for landscape photography kind of took a backseat. Not because I wanted it to. But because throughout school, the assignments were not really focused on that. Now, I will admit, I should have continued to photograph more and more landscapes during my free time, cause I always loved doing them. But, I had to focus on so many other things.

Fortunately about a year in, I was able to kind of use my love for it once again. We began to develop the knowledge of shooting infrared photography. This was a brand new love of mine. I enjoyed being able to use my love landscape photography (what I think I have eye for) and this new thing infrared photography. It was an awesome thing to learn. After I graduated school. I have been more focused on photographing people and shooting weddings.

For the longest time, I kept getting told by my mother that the sunrise on this particular part of a road was such a beautiful thing to see in the morning. She had always looked it on her way to school in the mornings. She always would say “you should take a picture of this, Davison! It’s so awesome!” I had planned on it for months! I had gotten so busy with other things that I had not been able too. But, the other day, I was able too.

I had rented a lens for a wedding the week before, and figured out I had a free weekend coming up. So, I woke up at like 5am on a Saturday morning before a race I wanted to watch started, and needing to return the lens. Drove the spot on that road, stayed in the car for about 30 minutes till I could see the way the sun looked.

I got out and set up my tripod, put my camera on it, set the camera’s settings at F16, put it on bulb and did about a couple of bracketing shots. Got where I wanted it to go when it came to the images on the camera and then went home.

I played around in Lightroom and Photoshop with it, to get the desired look that I wanted to get with the picture, and that was that. I will have to say I think it came out really well, and photographing this scenery honestly brought back the love to shoot landscapes that I once had. Hopefully look for more landscape photography from me.

A Night at The Flux Event (Atlanta+Celebrates+Photography+FLUX)

Every year the city of Atlanta has a even during their Atlanta Celebrates Photography period. This period is basically the whole month of September through October. Through out the period, there are tons of photographic and other art events that happen through out the city. But, there is one even that over shadows them all. This event is called FLUX.

Flux is a one night event that takes place in the Castle Berry Hill District of atlanta. If you have ever been to that area you wouldn’t really take it as an artistic place. Being as its somewhat on the edge of the city and you can see the Georgia Dome quite close off in the distance.

But, the night of the event, this two block area of the city transforms in to an artist mecca. Through out the radius of the event you can find anything from galleries filled with paintings, photography, sculptures, etc. You can even find live music events and live interpretive performances. There literally is something from everyone in every corner of the event area. Somethings that are so small you may even miss, but you wouldn’t want too!

Here is a brief description off their website.

Flux Projects
produces exceptional and surprising temporary public art to galvanize Atlanta’s cultural curiosity. Since our first project in February of 2010, we have commissioned 58 works that have taken place in 18 neighborhoods across Atlanta and involved over 300 artists. These diverse projects have explored the variety of public spaces within our city and engaged people during the course of their daily lives. The highlight of our year is Flux Night, which like all of our projects is free to the public.

For even more of a description on what the organization is and what they are all about, please check out fluxprojects.org

I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to go to this event and it made it even better once I started running into people that I attend school with not to mention family! Running into my sister had to have been the highlight of my night there.

I strongly suggest that if any of you are into any type of art, to give it a checking out. Its definitely worth going, too look at art, to talk to people, and if anything at least an excuse to get drunk and walk the streets of ATL with a bunch of people that are into the same things that you are!

I took the opportunity to take some pictures as i was walking around last night. but forgive me for them not being the “professional quality” that they should be. I was relaxing for once and having a good time! Check them out below. you can get a feel of the “eclecticness” of the event!