Photo Night at Grady College

Mark Johnson interviews Kevin Liles, a documentary and commercial photographer based in Atlanta, specializing in covering religion, politics, and sports in the South. His career has included working as a small-town newspaper reporter and photographer, as well as a full-time assistant with Sports Illustrated, before transitioning to a full-time, independent photographer in 2012. Kevin has covered hundreds of assignments throughout the Southeast for clients such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, and The Players’ Tribune. [X-E2, XF10-24mmF4 R OIS, ISO 6400, ƒ/4, 1/40]

UGA’s Photojournalism program had its first Photo Night last night. This was all inspired by Billy Weeks, who has been doing this for five years in Chattanooga.

UGA Photo Night, where they had the White House News Photographers Association’s Eyes of History exhibit it up, thanks to the help of the UGA NPPA Student Chapter. [X-E3, XF10-24mmF4 R OIS, ISO 800, ƒ/4, 1/125]

Each of the primary speakers brought just three photos to talk about.

Mark Johnson interviews Dorothy Kozlowski, a Double Dawg with degrees in landscape architecture and journalism. She is a photographer with UGA’s Marketing and Communications Division, and the main focus of her work is to showcase the academic side of the University for its print and digital publications, as well as for its central social media platforms while staying consistent with the University’s branding guidelines. Her position requires a mix of photojournalism and studio photography skills (and, in many situations, a visually seamless blend of the two).
     Ms. Kozlowski is an alum of Grady’s visual journalism program. She participated in several workshops, including the 2009 Motorsports Workshop at the Petit Le Mans, an international endurance sports car race in Georgia. [X-E2, XF10-24mmF4 R OIS, ISO 6400, ƒ/4, 1/40]

Mark Johnson, who interviewed each guest, kept the evening moving and packed a lot in for just an hour and a half of presentation time.

Mark Johnson interviews Dorothy Kozlowski [X-E3, XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS, ISO 10000, ƒ/3.5, 1/100]

In between the prominent guests, there were two presentations by present students.

Tony Walsh & Rebecca Wright are students of Mark’s and talk about what they have to do as a team to cover UGA Football Games. [X-E2, XF10-24mmF4 R OIS, ISO 6400, ƒ/4, 1/40]
[L/R] Christina Matacotta & Miranda Kay Daniel talked about how they covered the Warrior games this past summer at the Air Force Academy. [X-E3, XF55-200mmF3.5-4.8 R LM OIS, ISO 10000, ƒ/3.5, 1/100]

Stay tuned for the next Photo Night at Grady School of Journalism.