Athens, Ga Photographer Richard Hamm – Editorial, Corporate, Portrait, Weddings
Monday I had to brave the gauntlet of Atlanta traffic for my first trip to the Georgia Capitol to cover the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative season. I’d never been under the gold dome before nor had much experience of covering the thrills of southern politickin but it was pretty fun.
There were a few ceremonial votes, some tributes Georgia football and late great game calling legend Larry Munson and not much else. It was the first day and all.
A plane flies above the gold dome of the Georgia State Capitol on the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
Speaker of the House David Ralston makes opening remarks during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
Rep. Tommy Benton, R-Jefferson, talks with a fellow representative during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
Rep. Mickey Channell, R-Greensboro, checks a vote board during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
A Georgia state representative cast a vote during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
Rep. Tommy Benton, R-Jefferson, laughs after a joke is told on the floor during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
Rep. Tyrone Brooks, D-Atlanta, walks to his seat during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
Rep. Doug McKillip, R-Athens, left, talks with Rep. Lee Anderson, R-Grovetown, during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
Members of the Georgia Legislature move about the floor during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
A group of men talk in the hallways on the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
Rep. Jay Neal, R-Layfayette, speaks during an anti-drug pro-treatment rally during the first day of the 2012 Georgia legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Ga. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012.
