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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. [...]

Which of my photographs is my favorite? The one I’m going to take tomorrow. – Imogen Cunningham
Collecting tear-sheets is a task I often forget to do. It takes more time if you don’t collect them as you go along. Add that to my revised list of New Year Resolutions. Below are the year end tear-sheets [...]

A technically perfect photograph can be the world’s most boring picture. – Andreas Feininger
The end of 2009 marks my first full year in Lake Charles.
My employment with the American Press began in June of 2008. My first six months were swamped by Ike and Gustav. Hurricane coverage buffed the newbie shine off my forehead.
January 2009 [...]

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. [...]

If you want to write you should learn the alphabet. You write and write and in the end you hava a beautiful, perfect alphabet. But it isn’t the alphabet that is important. The important thing is what you are writing, what you are expressing. The same thing goes for photography. Photographs can be technically perfect [...]

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 [...]

.If you get an opportunity in photography you have to grab it – they don’t come along that often. When you get the chance of a great picture, you have to identify that quickly and make the most of the situation. Whatever age you are you can do that. Even with luck, you will still [...]