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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. [...]

Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. – Walker Evans

The period between Christmas and Mardi Gras in South Louisiana is a slow news period. Add rain to the mix and it becomes an even slower news day. This means [...]

I am at war with the obvious -William Eggleston
Post summer is settling in over south Louisiana. Its still warm and thanks to El Nino we have rain and more rain. October is normally dry but i’ve stomped through the mud all month. Not to mention, the Friday that the heavens opened up and blessed us all. [...]

Well I remember, I remember don’t worry
How could I ever forget, its the first time, the last time we ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up, no you dont fool me
The hurt doesn’t show; but the pain still grows
Its no stranger to you or me

Cue drum solo.
This past Thursday night [...]

In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it. – Susan Sontag

Everyday newspapers lose good journalists. This is old news. Most are because of layoffs, but not always.
The “American Press” lost one of my favorite reporters last week, but John Guidroz left in pursuit of a [...]

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 [...]

Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures. - Don McCullin

At last, my spare time has been completely dedicated to rebuilding my website. The chosen design is different from what I have [...]

I like to get emotion in a photo. I like it when people laugh at a picture – or react with tears. A sports image works when people don’t have to read the caption. – Bernard Brault

George Foreman III jumped into the professional boxing ring this past weekend and I was there to shoot [...]

“A photographer’s main instrument is his eyes. Strange as this may seem, many photographers choose to use the eyes of another photographer, past or present, instead of their own. These photographers are blind.” [...]

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