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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 [...]

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 [...]

…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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

The summer can be a slow time for sports in a city with no minor or major league baseball. Last weekend, I found the state long course campionships. These are 2 of my favs. the slideshow is posted on the american press site. Here’s the link to the main slideshow page