"After watching their classmate trip and fall hard to the pavement, seen on the ground back right, University of Georgia students Kyle Renz, left, and Brandon Gorman laugh hysterically on the lawn of North campus Friday, April 25, 2008. Several students got out to enjoy the 80 degree weather on the last day of classes for the year in Athens, Ga."
Today was a crazy because several of the staff here in Athens decided to try and get back to Denver since the girls we done competing. My schedule is pretty open since I'm flying free/stand-by on my flight benefits (my dad is retired from the airlines) but it was a real headache for the other four guys to get their tickets changed. After an amazing lunch at 5 Guys Burgers, the guys were sorting out the ticket situation so I sneaked over to UGA's campus to look for some features. The campus was literally across the street from the team's hotel so I'm glad I got over there to see it. The campus is gorgeous and full of lush green vegetation. After walking around for a few minutes I stumbled upon a group of students smoking hookah on the lawn of the north campus. They were totally cool with letting me take some pictures which was great because I made a few solid frames when one of them tripped and fell HARD while trying to jump over a rope surrounding the grass.
I'm really pleased with the image because it's a true feature compared to some of the stuff I've shot lately. If my editor sent me out to walk the campus to find something to run as a stand alone on the last day of classes I'd be pleased with the above image.
I only had time to spend a few minutes with them before I had to race back to the hotel to meet up with the other four guys who were leaving to head back to Atlanta. It was quite an experience stuffing all our luggage, photo and video gear into a Volvo s40. On top of that the car really isn't made for five guys. I'm low man on the totem pole so I had to sit in the middle in the back seat with my 35 pound bag of photo gear on my lap. Needless to say after the hour and a half drive my legs were numb. We BARELY made it to the airport in time for Mitch and Joseph to make their flight. After we dropped them off we took the rental car back only to realize that Alamo wouldn't let Carl, the assistant coach, pay for it with a credit card since the contract was in Mitch's name. Somehow they were going to handle it when we got back to Denver so we just decided to take the shuttle to the airport and let Mitch handle it later.
The flights this evening were full so I had my cousin Erick pick me back up. I'll crash here tonight and catch a 9am flight in the morning. The trip was a little nerve-racking since my plans were kind of up in the air but it all worked out and I spent less than $20 on the entire trip.
A few notes from the weekend:
-My image of Jessica Lopez ran in color in Thursday's sports section of The Denver Post-- check it out
-The images from the competition aren't up on the website yet but you can see some of them HERE in the meantime
-JCE
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