Kevin Dillon from HBO's Entourage stopped in at the Buzz Entertainment Magazine Launch Party. Buzz is an online publication due to debut on October 1st. The party was filled with lots of beautiful people. While the party was hoppin' local photographer Joey Gouge was putting on a photo shoot and the DJ was spinning tunes by MGMT and more. 
The 30th Annual Stone Mountain Chili Cook-Off was packed with chili lovers despite the rain. Every year it blows me away how much people put into their presentation. I personally had three favorites on presentation alone...The Pirate Ship Chili, Trailer Park Chili and the Outhouse Chili. The chili smelled so good, I will be making some this week for sure. Throughout the day cover bands played and there were games going on all around the event, such a great event for the whole family!
More photos at MetroMix!
Guinness lovers came out in full swing for the celebration of Arthur Guinness Day at RiRa Irish Pub. The guys from 99x were there to give away all kinds of cool Guinness prizes. It was a fun night for everyone who came out!
Lisa Wu Hartwell stopped by the grand opening of Premiere Essence Medspa in Lilburn, GA where she posed for photos with family and guests and enjoyed food and drinks while guests checked out the new facility. She was really excited about the new spa and truly believes it will be a big success.
The High Museum had their kick-off party for the annual Wine Auction event that will be happing in March of 2010. The night was perfect for the gathering on the patio of Table 1280 where they unveiled the poster for the upcoming event. The posted includes a car in the design to go with their upcoming exhibit "The Allure of the Automobile". 
I had the opportunity to shoot a very different event, The Big Rock Out! It was a boxing event paired with bands performing. Boxing is something I have never even seen in person, so it was a new experience for me. Those guys weren’t playing around and all I could hear was the Rocky theme song playing in my head. Cowboy Mouth was one of the bands that perform. This was the second time I had seen and photographed them and as always they put on an action packed show. 
The Cindy and Ray show on Star94 grabbed up sixteen single men and sixteen single women and decided to try this "Dating in the Dark" thing. It was a little different from the show on TV. In this date the guys and girls would go through the Dialog In The Dark museum, located in Atlantic Station. They would not get to see one another until the end of the museum. At the end they wrote down names of people that they wanted to learn more about and there were about four couples that choose each other. Afterwards, they had an after party were everyone seemed to really enjoy meeting all the new people that they had literally just bumped into in the Museum. 
First home game of the season and the fans came out in full spirit. Some of these fans were at the dome at 9am! Fans were cooking out while others where taking swings at the dolphins van. More photos at MetroMix.
It was a beautiful day for the Atlanta Arts Festival. There was so much great art at Piedmont Park this weekend. If you didn't make it out this year mark your calendar and be sure to check it out next year and support your local artist. 
He currently has put together the “Perez Hilton Presents” tour. I wasn’t real sure what I was getting myself into as I headed down to the Variety Playhouse, but when I got there I was pleasantly surprised. The bands that performed here in Atlanta were Semi Precious Weapons, Ida Maria and Ladyhawke…all of which I was impressed with. Perez Hilton hung out in the crowd as the bands played and in between took pictures with his fans. Although I was a little hesitant when I was first assigned to cover this event, it turned out to be something I was glad I didn’t miss!
I recently had the opportunity to shoot a couple of the bartenders at the W Downtown. I had a lot of fun on this shoot and hope to do more of these in the future.
My brother-in-law spoke about his recently released book at Twain's for the Decatur Book Festival recently. His new book "Murderous Intellectuals" is a nonfiction book about the German Elites and The Nazi SS. He spoke very well about what brought on the writing of such a book, which was very interesting. There are talks about him touring the book in Germany. Be sure to look for this book in Barnes and Noble in November. I think he has found his niche. 
Smyrna put on their 6th Annual Beerfest this year and it was a big success. People came and enjoyed all the beer samples they could handle for $35. Lots of the people were decked out in their college football attire being that it was the first game for UGA. The cutest thing was the dogs that were there that were showing there team spirit. It was a fun day for all who came out.
Recently, I shot some of the products for Innovolt an energy management company here in Atlanta. The images can be seen on their website (www.innovolt.com) as well as brochures, product book and other publications. 
Fashion Cares 2009 was packed with beautiful people last night at the W Downtown. Jason Wu’s designs filled the runway. Also, there was a live auction as well as silent auctions that raised money for Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund and Susan G. Koman for the Cure-Greater Atlanta Affiliate. It was truly an honor to be a part of this event. 
