We had a good time at DragonCon this year. It was a strange year and I felt kind of off the whole show. But I had a good time talking with friends and taking pictures. The Costume Contest and Masquerade were great, seeing the BSG folks and Karen Gillian was great, and listening the Jim Butcher is always fun. Steranko was a crack-up and the American Horror: Freak Show folks were a blast. The Georgia Philharmonic Orchestra was amazing and Rasputina was delightful. ...
We had a great time at DragonCon this year. The costumes were amazing, the photography staff did a great job capturing the event, and we actually got some sleep. Our son Eli stayed with the grandparents where he got to run wild and play with new toys. My favorite costumes were How to Train Your Dragon, the Music Box Dolls from Chitty Bang Bang, and The Dreamer. [](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-w6CtMvx) [](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-Rp4Fdrh) Bobbie made a great costume from a lost episode of [Doctor Who named "The Celestial Toymaker"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celestial_Toymaker). [](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-RwbJvgZ) [](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p0122z2l) My favorite panels were Colin Baker, [Ron Glass](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-zPHCpsX), [Jeri Ryan](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-zHs3Q82), [Terri Gilliam](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-B5Kn4d4), [Evanna Lynch](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-PhcGgxm), and [Sparkfun](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-CqQCkVD). [](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-zPHCpsX) [](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-zHs3Q82) [](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-B5Kn4d4) [](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-PhcGgxm) [](http://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2014/i-CqQCkVD)
The last couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of activity. Working my way backwards: Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk and the pictures I took in Little Five Points (L5P) Norcross 9th Graders had a great game against North Gwinnett. As an experiment I posted a lot more pictures of this game than I normally would. I left in a lot of slightly out of focus and poorly framed shots to give more context to the story the pictures tell. Anime Weekend Atlanta was a lot of fun as usual, the Moonlit Forest Gala Ball and Costume Contest were great. DragonCon was good, nothing really stood out for me this year. But Sylvester McCoy and John Rhys-Davies were a lot of fun.
Hey, one of my pictures has been published in Roy Lantz’s Ebenezer Scrooge’s Good Tyme Gazette newsletter. You can also see more photos of Roy on my website https://photo.davenelson.com/Events/Roy-Lantz.
I believe that to be a great photographer I should study a lot of images created by other people, especially those considered great by a consensus. So I spend a lot of time looking at books about art history that contain photos of paintings by “The Masters” and photo books like the two I am writing about here. ...
It was a great game at Shiloh High this weekend. It was great to get out and take my first sports photos of the year. I have a lot of open days left on my schedule, if you have an event you would like photographed please let me know.
The rain did put a damper on things, but it was a great weekend with a lot of vintage motorcycles, racing, stunting, and talking.
The Gallery is at https://photo.davenelson.com/DragonCon/DragonCon-2009/. Here are some quick highlights Shatner & Nimoy on Friday Costume Contest on Friday Night Parade on Saturday Morning Adam Savage of Mythbusters Dawn Costume Contest on Saturday Nimoy & Shatner on Sunday Masquerade on Sunday Arc Attack on Sunday Here are some cool searches Battlestar Galactica Draco Malfoy, AKA Tom Felton of Harry Potter Felicia Day (includes other Buffy guests) Terry Gilliam
On Thursday April 9th I participated in a “Painting with Light Workshop” at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, GA. Judith Pishnery of Pisconeri Studio & Workshops brought us together for a night of photography and learning. We began the night around 7pm filling out releases and donning nametags on the porch of the visitor’s center. After an introduction by Judith and some words from the cemetery staff we were left to wander the cemetery to get acquainted and take some pre-nightfall photos. ...
If you love motorcycles you will love this museum. My wife was kind enough last year to give me a gift certificate for a weekend at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. I finally got to cash in on that gift this January and spent a Saturday touring the museum. I have always loved motorcycles, a Honda Shadow, while in the Navy and now ride my BMW R850R every chance I get. ...