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There is no such thing as taking too much time, because your soul is in that picture.- Ruth Bernhard

My job has a long list of perks. Covering the arts sits close to the top of that list.
Louisiana Public Radio and the Arts Council produce a series called Crossroads that airs in SW Louisiana on KRVS. [...]

Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts. – Walker Evans
At some point during my long sabbatical from photography, i purchased a TLR (twin lens reflex) from a camera shop in Atlanta. The TLR appealed to me [...]

Nothing is ever the same twice because everything is always gone forever, and yet each moment has infinite photographic possibilities. – Michael Kenna
Football season is approaching fast so the Lake Charles sports drought will end. This alone will raise my level of happiness by leaps and bounds. This summer has been s-l-o-w and h-o-t-T. My [...]

[All photographers has to do, is] find and catch the story-telling moment. – Alfred Eisenstaedt

Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography. – George Eastman
I own 4 external hard drives. All are full of photos. In the process of updating my website, I have been filing through [...]

Well, I really did not slack on anything except my personal blog posts.
The holiday season was long and a little boring to be quite frank. I worked Christmas and trying to find feature photos on a rainy Christmas is almost impossible. My attitude was admittedly bad but it was my first time to ever work [...]

 
 
Marcy Tweed emits a perimeter of joy around herself and her vehicle. It is not just Christmas joy but she does use Christmas as an excuse to spread some of her joy around the town of Lake Charles. 
Tweed first started decorating her vehicle for the City of Lake Charles Christmas Parade  six years ago. She started small [...]

Last Friday, I covered my last prep football game of the season, Westlake versus Cecilia. Our region had only two teams in the semifinals, Westlake and Barbe. Westlake was undefeated until Friday but they lost knocking them out of the playoffs and knocked me out of covering any more football in 2008.
During the regular season, [...]

Thomas Breaux of Lake Charles pick a rather unusual project for his quest to become an Eagle Scout. It was unusual for two reasons: 1) Lake Charles is “drill baby drill” country; and 2) Solar energy is still not cheap. Breaux’s project was provide enough solar energy to make at least one classroom at his [...]

Writing does not come easy for me. However (in my opinion) the changing shape of media will require all journalists to write a coherent story.  Recently, I have jumped into the practice of writing beyond a simple narrative for 2 assignments for our art & entertainment section, “The Marquee“. Both pieces do accompany audio slideshows. [...]