Postcards from New Orleans Mardi Gras

This week I saw Mardi Gras in New Orleans and it was everything that I expected it to be... crowded streets, drunken party people, strange costumes, elaborate floats and lots of tasty food. This was my third time back to N.O. with my wife, but the first time during this celebration. It is definitely worth seeing at least once.

The biggest shock of the trip was not seeing naked people in the streets or celebrities, but my germ-phobic wife picking up stacks of mardi gras beads that had been thrown in the filthy streets. Here is a gallery of the weekend.

View the New Orleans Gallery here.

Snow Falls in Atlanta

Today we woke to drizzly rain that turned into wet snow and then big fluffy flakes the size of down feathers. It was beautiful to see. I did not have my camera with me at the time, but I was later able to capture my house covered in snow and the spectacular sunset.

Web Site for Photographer Teri Darnell

My friend Teri asked me to create a portfolio site for her excellent photography. I met her in a photo composition class at Showcase School of photography and was impressed with her work. She has been getting inquiries about her work so this site can do all the talking for her. I built this site so she could easily update her portfolio herself directly from Lightroom, with out having to resort to HTML editing. Give her site a look at www.TeriDarnell.com

Assisting for Melissa Witcher Photography

I had the opportunity to assist Melissa make some head and body shots for a young male model named Kipp who jumped off tables, changed clothes 3 times and blushed when we asked him about his girlfriends. It was a fun experience. To see Melissa's work check out her site at www.MelissaWitcher.com

To see Kipp's photos that Melissa took, check out Kipp's gallery at www.MelissaWitcher.com/kipp

Marie Fashion Shoot

I got to work with a chameleon today in the form a beautiful young woman named Marie. She can change her look very easily to give a lot of variety to the photos. She was part of an all day test shoot that I did with photographer Justinas Bartkevius. We had 3 models and full run of his house. Here is Marie's photo gallery of that day.

I Love My New Wacom Tablet

One of the best new programs that I bought is Corel Painter which works hand in hand with my new Wacom Drawing Tablet. I have experimented with converting my photographs to paintings. Painter allows me to apply a natural medial look to photos by drawing on brush strokes onto my photos. This is different than a Photoshop filter that is applied to a photo because I have greater control over how the image will ultimately look. This is just what I needed to reconnect with my drawing and painting that I have been missing for years.

Impromptu Baby Photos of Dani

Life is kind of funny. It seems that if you wait long enough, it will repeat itself. I met Michelle many years ago when she was just a young teenager and now she has a tiny baby of her own. She and Josh (the daddy) brought the little red headed cutie to the office and I could not resist snapping a few photos. Check out Danielle's photo gallery.