Carnival Parade Covington Highway In Georgia with E37 Photography

This a short version of the Carnival Parade captured on Covington High just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.

Atlanta Carnival 2015 Parade Decatur Georgia May 23, 2015 Saturday

Before writing this blog page, the photographer discovered that it is a good thing to post events  on a timely basis. He tried to find a post on the timeline of blog story for a body painter. He could not find the right post. This lesson served as a reminder to  current record dates and write more often about each key photography event. This writing process does take time but it is necessary to keep good records of flowing events and reminder to document important dates.

This blog displays very colorful images of mostly African American celebrating their Caribbean Carnival on the streets of Decatur which is a suburb city of Atlanta. The photographer decided to photograph the Decatur event for the first time. He had planned to photograph the usual Caribbean Carnival festival in Atlanta. From learning only a week early that a new group started another festival association in the Decatur. A decision was made to try a this new event. The group appeared younger compared to the Atlanta Carnival group. Both events were held on the same Saturday of Memorial weekend. This caused much confusion on deciding where to attend. After reviewing the facts of the day, the Atlanta Carnival had a smaller parade members. The Decatur parade  members appeared much larger with many varieties of colorful costumes. Loud music trucks fill the air with  vibrant  vibrant music. The party began in the parking lot before the members feet touched the parade street that started from Covington Highway and ended at Kensington Marta Station for the festival location. From viewing the stage and ground areas on the Internet, the grounds appeared smaller compared to location in Atlanta. The Atlanta Carnival reached large numbers based on viewing the posted images on the Internet. The Atlanta group had a least three live radio stations broadcasting on remote. The Decatur group had more participants in the parade. The conclusion is that some of the Decatur people may have left to attend the Atlanta festival to pack the  the Fourth Ward District festival setting. Well, now let's show the parade images.  More than 450 images were posted for your viewing.

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The church parking space and other neighbor businesses provided ample space to park. Trying to decide how to photograph the people to eliminate the shadow on the faces took a some minutes to figure out what were the best setting.Using a flash would fill in the shadows. The ladies whore elaborate head pieces that cast shadows. After a few test,  the camera setting were set without the use of flash aperture setting were open larger than normal to give the faces more light at the risk of create more highlight in the background.

 

Since there were many images photographed, we will show a part two. More scenes will be revealed from the street. You see a lot of partying in all areas of the street. Just follow the large music truck.

Piedmont Park Photography Project in Atlanta Ballet Dancer in the Back of Park

The Piedmont Park Photography Project featured creative imagery of E37 Photography by Ralph Williams. The ballet dancer in the park was the theme. She danced her way around the park in a very natural setting with trees, steps, swings, bridges. Christina Simkovich demonstrated her dance talents on two sets of ballet shoes. We photographed in the open spaces in the cool chill of the midday.

Living Art America N. American BodyPaint Competition BodyArt Atlanta, Georgia

The Living Art America N. American BodyPaint competition reviewed artists and models in two categories Emerging and Professional Categories judge by world famous Craig Tracy, Scott Fray and other well known artists.  Atlanta, Georgia hosted the event at the Georgia Train Depot located in downtown Atlanta. The Saturday event began from 10 am to 12am. The artists painted the models for over 5 hours till judging time. Afterwards the models on  performed on a long runway which featured acrobatics, skateboarding,ballet dance and much more action. In addition to the elaborate body painting the some models and performers wore elaborate head pieces. Some head pieces had lights on top or inside them. Each model performed to their prospective theme. The photographers captured artists who covered models with spray paint guns, and paint brushes. The models used earplugs to listen to music and spent time on cell phone to stay occupied while enduring the long session.

The photographs that follow show notable well known body painters who worked as judges. 

ReImagination 2.0 E37 Photography by Ralph E. Williams

ReImagination .20 Atlanta, Georgia

Watch the YouTube video and see the art and activities.

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Ashley DaLaina Headshots by E37 Photography

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Ashley DaLaina is one of Atlanta's multi-talented entertainers. She acts,dances,promotes, models and more. E37 Photography visited her in Atlanta, Georgia for a photo session. We accomplished our goal photographing head shots, photography scenes on top of building, scenes on the bridge of Jackson Street high above Freedom Parkway where you can view those images in another one of the blogs here. The YouTube video shows a variety of head shot poses. This is a fun aspect of photography watching the many changes of expressions on her face.  See more> https://www.facebook.com/e37photography