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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 [...]

The American Press lost an incredible sport writer last week. The living world lost a sweet happy soul who was always quick to smile.  Even though I did not have the opportunity to work with Brian Guilbeau for long, his positive spirit helped make my first months at the American Press more bright. For this I am eternally grateful.  May you [...]

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 [...]

…words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone. - William Albert Allard

Here’s the latest. I love having every angle on a story covered in print and web. Donna Price, the LCAP’s art guru, put the page today for this past Sunday’s paper.
I opted to not have the audio correspond directly with [...]

.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 [...]

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 [...]

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

“One is responsible for one’s own life. Passivity provides no protection”.~ Madeleine Kunin
One year has passed since I ventured back into photojournalism. This has been one crazy year. It started slow but then I relocated to Southwest Louisiana. Hurricanes, helicopters, air boats, and lots of sports– I have relished all of it. My skills [...]

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 [...]