Pictures of HBO Treme Second Line
To view all the shots and/or purchase high quality prints, please visit www.nolaPIC.com
To view all the shots and/or purchase high quality prints, please visit www.nolaPIC.com
On January 30, 2010 I attended a killer Second Line in Treme, New Orleans. Although it was very cold (for Louisiana standards that is) I had the opportunity to take some killer and unique shots while HBO was filming for their new tv series: Treme. To view all the shots and/or purchase high quality prints, please visit my other site www.nolaPIC.com. and If you are not familiar with HBO ’s Treme please read below.
If you lived in New Orleans, you would have known by now, that soon another motion pictures will be added to the long list of the many others that have already been shot in the Big Easy. Treme, is the name of the new HBO series, co-created by “The Wire” David Simon, (among its writers is also New Orlenian Tom Piazza) takes place three months after Hurricane Katrina, where the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians and ordinary New Orleanians try to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane. The series is scheduled to premiere April 11th 2010 on HBO. The video below lives me salivating for more, it says so much without saying much at all…oh and the music…Does Wynton Marsalis ring a bell?!
March 12, 2010: Two newer HBO Treme trailers just released:
Louisiana and Off Shore Aerial Photography
I have shot aerial photography in Maui for about 8 years where the wind blows hard, the helicopter shakes a lot, and constantly chasing the fast subjects on the waves makes aerial photography pretty challenging. Using an experienced pilot that can get you exactly were you want to be in rough weather (and bring you home safe) is a must! See how close I got on this shot where the pilot got so low, close to the water, that the spray from the wave wet us both since the doors on the helicopter must be removed.Canon’s IS* (Image Stabilization) can sure help with the vibrations from the helicopter but you still gotta shoot at high shutter speeds and be ready to aim! So, if you do need aerial photography in Louisiana or out of state for offshore platforms oil rigs or anything, you definitely come to the right place. Please feel free to contact me and I will be glad to provide you a quote asap with no obligation.
Katrina destruction after one year later
On July 27, 2006 , almost a year after hurricane Katrina hit, I went on a helicopter tour with the National Guard of Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Allen Lottinger from the St. Charles Herald Guide, and other members of the Louisiana Press Association. As you can see from the pictures below, the damage was still there…unreal! (Thanks to Canon Professional Services and Allen Lottinger!) The images below are shot during a cloudy/rainy day, through a plexiglas window from a Black Hawk moving at 160 mph…not really the ideal conditions:).
Fees as they relate to copyright and reproduction rights will be established in advance before a photo shoot. Please see below how pricing is calculated.
Creative Fees
Charged for creating the images; based on creativity, deadline, technical difficulty of producing the images and duration of photo shoot. Post-production is included.
Licensing Fees
Added to the creative fees according to your needs and will be based upon these factors:
- Media (ad, book, brochure, web site etc.)
- Size
- Total Circulation (up to 10.000, 50.000 etc.)
- Language
- Distribution (worldwide/countries)
- Duration (up to six months, 1 year, 2 years etc.)
- industry you’re in (airline, banking, small business etc.)
- Placement (home page, secondary page, pdf, back cover ad etc.)
Expenses
Helicopter, pilot, travel, car rental and any other expenses that may occur.
I license the rights to use the photos for the exact licensing rights that you will actually use and need; only royalty free photography allows you to use images as you please for as long as you want.*This way of pricing photography is standard and does not only apply to aerial photography.
Post-production: the files are enhanced (color balance, saturation and sharpness), delivery of images on multi platform CD or DVD in tiff format. Files will have enough resolution to be printed as murals and since they are digital you won’t have to worry about losing you original slide or negative, just back them up and be worry free!
Included Services
Post-production: the files are enhanced (color balance, saturation and sharpness), delivery of images on multi platform CD or DVD in tiff format. Files will have enough resolution to be printed as murals and since they are digital you won’t have to worry about losing you original slide or negative, just back them up and be worry free!
Additional Graphic Services
Removal of unwanted objects in image, over imposed graphics, logos, building names, street names, symbols, maps etc., overnight post-processing, custom cropping and selective blurring.
Kermit Ruffins @ Second Line in New Orleans to honor Michael Jackson (open edition photo prints)
The Second line to honor Michael Jackson, held on Sunday, June 28, in New Orleans (St. Bernard Ave.), and sponsored by the Revolution Social Aid & Pleasure Club was so packed, not like anything I ever seen before! It was a lot of fun; and, although the heat was horrible, they were people dancing every freaking where! Dancing from top of cars to high billboards and bus stops! New Orleans own Kermit Ruffins was there too. Click here to see the Second Line in New Orleans. All images taken with Canon EOS 5D Mark II 
and Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM 
I figured as hot at it was and since I had to walk a lot the most important thing was to be light! I didn’t regret that decision at all BTW.
If you’d like to purchase an open edition high quality photo print of Kermit Ruffins or of the Michael Jackson Second Line please click here. Available in 8″x12″, 10″x15″, 16″x24″, and 20″x30″! To see more New Orleans photography and purchase high quality prints please visit www.nolaPIC.com
Prints are ALSO available for European Union and United Kingdom viewers as well as payments in Euros! 
22nd Annual Spillway Classic Trail Run (Pray for rain!)
UPDATE!
I have uploaded ALL images from the 22nd Annual Spillway Classic Trail Run… in total over 1200 pictures! Please click this direct link to the www.nolaPIC.com gallery where you can see and purchase the current photos.
The files are 29mb each so you can order huge and high quality prints of your images!!!
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The 22nd Annual Spillway Classic Trail Run is coming up on July 19 2009 at 8AM at the Bonnet Carret Spillway, in Norco, LA.
The 2nd largest “Trail Run” in the nation offers a scenic and demanding cross country course and is a lot of fun to do AND watch. Field limited to the first 2000 entrants (new). Awards to the top 500 finishers!
Please “pray for rain” !!! I will be shooting the event and I will be posting prints for sale at this link (where images from previous years are still available).
The first 1-1/4 miles is atop the spillway levee. The course turns down the levee into the spillway and proceeds thru the “gauntlet”. This section of the course generally provides the most water, mud and fun, perhaps at the expense of ones shoes ( suggestion…do not wear new shoes!) As the course makes a sharp left turn onto the main trail you continue on the pathway parallel to the canal back towards the finish line. Along the way you may expect sharp turns, log jumps, muddy/slippery sections, low limbs and a wooden bridge. Beautiful dense forest canopy provides great shade along the way. Enjoy the primitive beauty and please be careful so that you have a fun and exciting experience and return again next year.
Thanks to NOMAMBO (New Orleans Area Mountain Bike Organization) and to the many NOTC volunteers for their work in building and maintaining the course. Course difficulty depends on pre-race rainfall. We need lots of rain 2 weeks prior to the race date!
For more info please visit: RunNotc.org.
See ya in the mud!
MUTEMATH back in New Orleans this summer!
we’ll be back in New Orleans sometimes this summer, possibly in August! Image gallery on my other site nolaPIC.com/MUTEMATH. The pics in the gallery were taken at Voodoo Fest in New Orleans. Don’t miss the concert whenever they’ll come, they are freaking awesome and beside their music the show really rocks!This new Spotlight video it’s unreal too, inside a Ford Econoline van, total shoot time: just a little over 3 minutes
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry6GAwDCI2I
