22 Mar 2022

Fall in the Swamps with intense fog and rain

Just added on my fine art photography site some photos of fall colors and foggy swamps at Caddo Lake, one of the most beautiful places on earth. I was so happy be be finally out there with my kayak and to be able to take somany images! Click on each photo to open the gallery where you can see much larger photos and purchase prints. The main gallery with a lot more photos is here. All photos are available for licensing.

Prints for sale of Caddo Lake swamps — Swamps are naturally beautiful, when the fog is so thick and the fall colors are just “ripe” it is and amazing show to witness in person. Breathtaking and humbling comes to mind. Click on each photo to open the gallery where you can purchase prints.

Photos for sale of Caddo Lake swamps — Warm water and cold air temperature are creating these magic moments which don’t last very long at all! (click on photo to purchase a print)

Amazing light and scenery, I can’t wait to go back! (click on photo to purchase a print)

I got lucky enough be under a heavy rain day, and very cold weather that helped creating as the results the fog. Because the conditions it was hard to shoot in but worth it and very rewarding as well. (click on photo to purchase prints)

“Add a caption”…, what caption does this photo need? 🙂 (click on photo to purchase prints)

Hard to see with a wide angle but right here it was pouring down, I had to empty my kayak form the rain with a cup (click on photo to purchase prints)

Foggy and still water, me myself and I…(click on photo to purchase prints)

Wouldn’t you want to glide with your kayak on this!? (Click on photo to purchase a print)

Caddo Lake at its best!(Click on photo to purchase a print)

The main gallery with a lot more photos is here. All photos are available for licensing.

6 Jan 2017

Latest Photos Are here!

by Pompo | posted in: Black and White Photography, Editorial Photography, Event Photography, Fine Art Photography, Photography, Prints for Sale | 1

Photo of Mardi Gras Day in the French Quarter of New Orleans — To take this image on Mardi Gras day I had to sit in a very unique spot to get this particular angle that I was after. Let’s just say that sidewalks are pretty “sticky” any day, on Mardi Gras Day that would be an understatement…but hey i got what I wanted!

As promised in my previous post, here are some of my “newest” photos finally available for purchase at www.nolaPIC.com as fine art prints or canvas gallery wraps. They are a a selection of my best images taken from 2015 to 2016 in New Orleans and surrounding areas. Please click on each individual image to be taken on my other site to order.

New Orleans Black and white photo — this black and white photo is not too shabby either, actually I love it, and I think I may even like it better than the color one.

As promised in my previous post, here are some of my “newest” photos finally available for purchase at www.nolaPIC.com as fine art prints or canvas gallery wraps. Click on each individual image to be taken on my other site to order.

photo ofMardi Gras on Royal street in New Orleans — Mardi Gras day on Royal Street in New Orleans

Black and white photo of Irma Thomas in New Orleans — Irma Thomas the Soul Queen of New Orleans

11 May 2014

Golden Star Hunters Big Chief Larry Bannock

by Pompo | posted in: Black and White Photography, Editorial Photography, Event Photography, Fine Art Photography, Prints for Sale | 0

These are just a few samples of the many photographs available for ordering online at

www.nolapic.com or click on each individual image to be taken to the ordering site.

To view more images of the Golden Star Hunters Big Chief Larry Bannock funeral,
please click on each image or go directly on my other site www.nolaPIC.com

To view more images of the Golden Star Hunters Big Chief Larry Bannock funeral,

please click on each image or go directly on my other site www.nolaPIC.com

10 Apr 2014

At the The Multimedia Art Museum – Moscow House of Photography

by Pompo | posted in: Black and White Photography, Editorial Photography, Event Photography, Fine Art Photography, Photography, Prints for Sale | 0

April 10, 2014
I’m very excited to have these photos of mine selected to be shown at the The Multimedia Museum – Moscow House of Photography as part of a show sponsored by the U.S Embassy in Moscow to highlight America’s diversity for Russian audiences. The Multimedia Museum is the leading institution exhibiting photography in Moscow with recent exhibitions of Elliot Erwitt, Sebastiano Salgado, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Martin Parr, Alec Soth, Steve McCurry, August Sander, Berenice Abbott and upcoming 2014 exhibitions of Garry Winogrand. The New Orleans Culture Exhibition runs from May to July 2014.

About the photographs:
On June 9th, 2010, Discovery channel filmed a funeral parade to honor the life of Captain Phil Harris from TV’s Deadliest Catch. Crew from Deadliest Catch and the music of The Soul Rebels Brass band attended-in the Marigny District Jazz funeral event in New Orleans.

Voodoo Ceremony with Vodou Priestess Sallie Ann Glassman. Original post here: http://www.pompo.com/2013/07/14/head-washing-ceremony-with-voodoo-priestess-sallie-ann-glassman/

These are just a few samples of the many photographs available for ordering online at www.nolapic.com or click on each individual image to be taken to the ordering site.

1 Apr 2014

2014 Krewe of Zulu Pictures !

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April 1st 2014

What an incredible Mardi Gras it was, my love/obsession for shooting with the rain came through this 2014 Mardi Gras day and on top of that I really got up and close to my all time favorite Krewe of Zulu for some unreal pictures! It was VERY cold and miserable, ( at least for New Orleans standards) but nothing great comes easy in life, does it…I suffered more than you can imagine, trust me on dat, but some of the Zulu photographs are in my opinion simply amazing! I’ll let you decide! ok?

These are just a few samples of the many photographs available for ordering online at www.nolapic.com or click on each individual image to be taken to the ordering site.

Krewe of Zulu New Orleans — Krew of Zulu ! Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Krew of Zulu ! Click image to see a larger version on my other site nolaPIC.com — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Zulu Mardi Gras New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Zulu New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

New Orleans Black and White Photography of Zulu — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

As always click on each picture above to purchase a fine art print from my other site http://www.nolaPIC.com or to see many more in a larger size; The smaller size in here doesn’t do justice to the images!

22 Jan 2014

The “usual suspects” in Jackson Square, and Royal Street. Guest Star on the broom, Dr. Love !

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January 22, 2014

Most street street musicians and artists in new Orleans performs where the tourists are, so they can make a living selling CDs and making a few tips while they do what they love. Beside the “first French Quarter stop” of Jackson Square, right in front of the St. Louis Cathedral, next, comes Royal Street, where most galleries are. There you will find performers lined up during busy weekends. Some of the musicians and artists line show up to hold their spot the night before just to make sure they have the prime spot available on crowded weekends!

Yes Ma'am on Royal Street. Click image to view larger and/or purchase a print. — Click image to view larger and/or purchase a print.

These are just a few samples of the many photographs available for ordering online at www.nolapic.com or click on each individual image to be taken to my other website.

I hadn’t seen Dr. Love in quite some time and just a few days ago I wondered what happened to him…There he was, in da Square in better shape than ever and with a bigger smile than ever! To see more pictures of Dr. Love click here.

16 Dec 2013

Black and white photos of the French Quarter

by Pompo | posted in: Black and White Photography, Photography, Prints for Sale | 2

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I usually love for my images a muted and slightly unsaturated palette of colors, but when the light is just right, and the contrast screams at me, black and white conveys in my opinion a more timeless and mysterious feel to the photographs, and in this case, on these shots below, I think black and white worked just fine! Yes the French Quarter was very cold and wet by the way!

These 5 pictures ( and more) are available as Fine Art Prints on my other site nolaPIC.com. By clicking on each image below you will be taken there to that specific photo.

These 5 pictures ( and more) are available as Fine Art Prints on my other site nolaPIC.com. By clicking on each image will be taken there to that specific photo.

All these pictures above ( and more) are available as Fine Art Prints on my other site nolaPIC.com. By clicking on each image above you will be taken there to that specific photo.

12 Dec 2010

Walter Payton Jr. Celebration and Second Line

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pictures of Uncle Lionel batiste second lines new orleans — Click image to purchase a print or view more photos from this second line on nolaPIC.com

On Thursday, October 28, 2010, the city of New Orleans lost a great man and a wonderful musician. The world will not be the same without Walter Payton Jr.

Born and raised in New Orleans’ Uptown neighborhoods, Walter’s first brushes with Preservation Hall came in the early sixties when Allan Jaffe would lend him his sousaphone for gigs with the Eureka, Apollo, and Olympia Brass Bands. After receiving advanced instruction from Robert Rohe at Xavier College, Walter went on to perform on several hit records, including Lee Dorsey’s “Working in a Coal Mine” and Aaron Neville’s “Tell It Like It Is.”

Walter Payton also served as a teacher in the New Orleans public school system for twenty-five years, where he had the opportunity to instruct a young Ben Jaffe in the ways of the bass.