Justin Hadley Phoblography

The Teems....es

2010-08-04T18:22:00.000-07:00

I drove down to Palm City, Florida, in the beginning of July to take pictures of the Teems family. It's about a 10 hour drive and most people ask why I would drive so far just for some family pictures. The simple answer is that I love driving. What is the best thing about driving? Taking pictures while driving. It's not as dangerous as it sounds, I promise. Here are some of those plus some I took while hanging with the Teems....es.

My pick of pics from the last few weeks

2010-06-16T07:30:00.000-07:00

Fashion Comes First (even during the Apocalypse)

2010-05-23T21:20:00.000-07:00

I'm really glad that I am surrounded by so many people who create things just for the sake of creating them. One such creation is Spit Take Magazine. Take a look at the page to learn more about it. Here are the finished products of a photo shoot for some Apocalypse Apparel ads.

Photography by Justin Hadley. Design by Cassi Costoulas. Campaign by Manda Costoulas.
Reality by www.SpitTakeMagazine.com

No context. Just pictures.

2010-05-04T14:19:00.000-07:00

Going Nonstop.

2010-04-16T06:32:00.001-07:00

So. I am a really terrible blogger. I'm just going to come out and say that. This is partly because aside from photography, I own a business called The Grass Being Greener (TGBG) with a friend of mine and we have been doing a lot of work planning a couple of events coming up. We also took our first business trip recently: from March 12 to 14, we attened the Harvest of Hope Fest in St. Augustine, FL. Thanks to Jeffrey Bützer and Tom Cheshire of Dry Ink Mag, we were granted press passes and got to conduct lots of interviews and take lots of pictures. These are all coming soon and will be posted on the TGBG site.

Since our return, I have been crazy busy with photo shoots, printing, framing, editing, and traveling. Here is a bit of what I have done:

(03/18) Kennesaw State University's Africa & African Diaspora Studies Conference:

(03/19) 7th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium at Spelman College:

(Several Days) Land of a Thousand Hills coffee shops marketing photos:

(03/20) Shots of Roswell for Roswell Day of Hope:
(03/30-04/04) Road trip to Alexandria, VA, to shoot my cousin Jason, his wife Dawn, and their new son, Parker (probably one of the chillest babies I've ever seen):

The whole road trip is an entry in itself. I'll try to do that in the next day or so. Keyword is 'try'.

Marium Headshots

2010-03-05T17:08:00.000-08:00

I went out last week to do some head shots of my friend Marium. The pictures turned out great, my only regret is that I couldn't take pictures of our topics of conversation which included religion and Wonder Woman.

KID STUFF!

2010-02-28T21:23:00.000-08:00

Here are some shots from Kid Stuff at 529 in East Atlanta. Probably one of the highest energy bands I've seen. It's obvious that have one goal in mind: to dance and have fun. Okay well two goals. As I was saying...pictures...

The Collective's Rising Sons and Bang! Arts Promotions

2010-02-21T12:57:00.000-08:00

Pretty eventful weekend. Did some production shots for The Collective's Rising Sons on Friday evening and then went down to Eyedrum for Bang! Arts' company launch party where my friend Aaron Whitehouse was playing and had some work on display.

Bang! seems like they are going to be doing some good things for art and our community. Definitely worth keeping an eye on. Here are a couple Rising Sons shots and then a couple of some trapeze/aerialist action as well as Aaron from Eyedrum.

The Collective's Voodoo Revue

2010-02-15T13:46:00.000-08:00

The Collective held their fund/awareness raiser for their upcoming production Rising Sons last Saturday. They held it at a local artist compound/co-op/studio/living space/farm called The Goat Farm. It was an old New Orleans style Mardi Gras event complete with music, dancing, fortune telling, magic, living art, a clown, someone being resurrected from the dead, and someone being crowned king. Oh. And a Voodoo Dragon. You had to be there to believe it. Here are a couple of my favorite shots, but to see the whole album click here.

Self Portrait Update

2010-01-17T23:10:00.000-08:00

Here are a few photos to be added to my Self Portrait. I find it funny that as I grow older I expect to be more independent and able to take care of myself. The complete opposite has happened. I need those in my life more than ever. Thanks to everyone that lets me stick my camera in their face.

White, Fluffy Precip

2010-01-08T21:41:00.000-08:00

It's been snowing for the past couple of days. It's funny how people around here (and other places I've lived that don't normally experience snow) freak out at the mention of snow. Businesses close. Schools close. They just don't know how to handle it. On my drive home, about 2 hours after it had started snowing, I drove past someone who had slid into a ditch. It's just funny to me, that's all.

On my drive home I came around this turn that I had driven around numerous times before, but for some reason the snow on the ground made it just unfamiliar enough to make me look at how interesting it is. So I swung around to take a picture. I ended up spending about half an hour taking a few long exposures and while I was out there I was approached by a teenage boy that was looking for his friends. I told him that I had seen a couple of people up the street and he went off to investigate. He walked up the road that I was shooting, leaving footprints on the side of the road with snow on it. I continued to shoot, incorporating the visual element that he gifted me, and after several minutes he came back down without anyone.
"Didn't find them?" I asked.
"No."
"That's a bummer," I replied.
"You a photograph-er or somethin?"
"Yup."

Let's Wipe the Slate Clean, Shall We?

2010-01-07T22:12:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I have been really terrible at keeping up with this blog, but I am going to try my darndest to do better this year. I figure the best way to start this year would be to review just how last year went. 2009 was filled with amazing people and fantastic adventures. These photos of course can in no way fully describe the year or the people that I shared it with. They are but a glimpse.

In partial alphabetical order by folder name:

2009-07-27T15:26:00.000-07:00

On July 22nd, the Strand Theatre in Marietta presented its second Indie Triple Feature night (two bands and a movie). The bands were Tealights and A Fight To the Death, and the movie was Food Inc., and in conjunction with the movie, Harry's Farmer's Market came out and set up informational booths about organic, locally grown meat and produce and then after Food Inc., there was a panel of local farmers that answered questions from the audience. It was incredible!
To see all pictures, click HERE!
The farmers and panel are under the Events link and the band photos are under the Music link.

PIRATE YARRRD SALE!!!

2009-07-12T13:27:00.001-07:00

You can come dressed like a pirate or not. It's bound to be fun either way. We'll be dressed like scallywags.

We're hosting it to raise money for promotional materials for The Collective's latest theater project. For more information on them, e-mail whatisthecollective@gmail.com.

If you have goods that you're willing to donate to this yard sale, please e-mail thegrassbeinggreener@gmail.com.

There will be pirate themed baked goods and drinks (like grog) available as well.

Friday July 24th 8am-1pm(ish)
Saturday July 25th 8am-1pm(ish)

Hope to see you there.

ARTISTS' SHOWCASE FRIDAY NIGHT!!!

2009-07-01T14:42:00.000-07:00

We are presenting another great event this Friday, July 3rd! Come hang out with us!

Last Minute Road Trips Should Happen More Often

2009-05-08T10:52:00.001-07:00

Played the roll of tag-along last night for a 4 hour road trip to Asheville, North Carolina, to see The Bowerbirds and La Strada. I had never really heard them before and just thought the trip alone would be adventure enough. The show ended up being in a really small bar with probably about 40 people and two dogs. It was one of the best shows I have seen in a while. The bands were amazing and full of energy. The Bowerbirds were having trouble with feedback from their monitors, so for the last song they all came off stage and the guitarist played and sang with the other two as back up singers and the crowd snapping. This is the way shows should be.

Here are a few pictures from our trip:

In case you were wondering how to get to the Bat Cave:

ART SALE IS ONLY 4 WEEKS AWAY!!

2009-05-02T11:58:00.000-07:00

So Aajay and I are prepping ourselves the best we can for this art sale. Stress is rising as we find more and more things that need to be done. We have gained a ton of community support from around the Square and all of the artists seem really excited. We have some musical acts lined up and will be receiving our Silent Auction pieces from the artists this weekend. I'm really excited to meet everyone and to see what they bring. This is definitely going to be monumental and not to be missed!

Tea Time!

2009-04-19T13:11:00.000-07:00

So, on April 15th, I was in the Marietta Square and happened upon a gathering of people who were rallying before going to downtown Atlanta for the Tea Party. Here are just a few things that I saw:

ARTSALEARTSALEARTSALEARTSALE

2009-04-06T12:44:00.000-07:00

We have secured several great prizes from businesses around the square. Here is a list of our prizes so far:

- $10 gift card to Australian Bakery
- $10 gift card to Douceur de France
- Lunch for 2 at Tommy's Subs
- 2 Tickets to Theatre In the Square
- 2 Tickets to The Historic Marietta Trolly Company
- Free Foot Bath from The Herb Shop

We are expecting more soon!

We have begun selling Raffle Tickets at the movies playing at the Strand throughout April. The tickets will also be for sale soon at Cool Beans Coffee in the Square.

Tickets are $2 and you don't have to be present to win. We will take your name and contact information and will get in touch with you if you win.

Stay warm on this ridiculously cold day.

CALLING ARTISTS!!

2009-03-03T12:59:00.000-08:00

I don't have time for an actual post right this second, but I would like to just take a moment to invite any artists that are interested to please participate in an art show that my friend and I are organizing.

Here is the link with all of the information you need:
http://mariettaartsale.weebly.com

Here is the flier:

We hope to get as many artists as possible! Help us help the arts community grow in the Atlanta area!

Cheers,
Justin.