Saturday, November 24, 2012
Winter has found its way to Atlanta and with the dropping temperatures Atlantans have taken to the rinks. Ice skating is a popular winter past time and the metro area has plenty of places to strap on a pair of skates. Whether a beginner or a pro hockey player you can find a place around the city to fly, or fall, around the ice. As part of a Three of a Kind photo feature for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, I photographed skaters at the Southwest Rink at Park Tavern. Nestled in the corner of Piedmont Park in downtown, close to 30,000 skaters are expected at the rink this year which runs through February 19, 2013.
Kelly Bartoldus (left) and Kim Liddell ice skate at Southwest Rink at Park Tavern in Atlanta on Saturday, November 24, 2012.
Riley Forster skates around Southwest Rink at Park Tavern in Atlanta on Saturday, November 24, 2012.
Glenn Braunstein (right) skates with his daughter Sarah and wife Jessica at Southwest Rink at Park Tavern in Atlanta on Saturday, November 24, 2012.
Payton Nicholson skates around Southwest Rink at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Saturday, November 24, 2012.
Isabella Patton (right) and Danielle Waters skate past the Christmas tree at Southwest Rink at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Saturday, November 24, 2012.
Sarah Braunstein moves towards her father Glenn as she learns to ice skate at Southwest Rink at Park Tavern in Atlanta on Saturday, November 24, 2012.
Peyton Moore holds onto the railing as she learns to skate at Southwest Rink at Park Tavern in Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Saturday, November 24, 2012.