22 Jan 2014

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

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

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.

14 Jul 2013

Head Washing Ceremony with Voodoo Priestess Sallie Ann Glassman

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This image is one of the two to be shown at the Multimedia Art Museum of Moscow – House of Photography

I have been meaning to go to the head washing ceremony of Voodoo priestess Sallie Ann Glassman for a few years now, but for a reason or another I always seemed to miss it and then, of course, regret it. The ceremony is held every year at sunset on the rusted Magnolia bridge, across Bayou St. John, which is most likely the oldest existing bridge in New Orleans. I don’t know much about Voodoo at all, but when I read the invitation for the ceremony, knowing where it’s held at and its time, I have no doubts all the needed “ingredients” are there for some preeeeetty interesting photography…For those of you reading that aren’t from around here, Sallie Ann Glassman has been practicing Vodou in New Orleans since 1977 and in 1995 became one of few White Americans to have been ordained via the traditional Haitian initiation.

Sallie Ann Glassman and La Source Ancienne Ounfo celebrate St. John’s Eve with their annual Headwashing Ceremony (form of Vodou baptism) dedicated to Marie Laveau. Wear all white and bring a white scarf or rag for your head (It will get dirty.) Bring an offering for Marie Laveau.

She likes flowers, blue and white candles, Creole foods,hair ribbons and hair dressing supplies (She was a hairdresser.), Vodou-esque items (Voodoo dolls, potions, gris-gris bags, etc.), or images of Marie Laveau.

Thank you for allowing me to shoot the ceremony Sallie Ann and everyone else. I appreciated the warm welcome!

Too see more images and/or puchase prints of the ceremony or for any other New Orleans Fine Art Photography, please click each image directly or head on to my other website http://www.nolaPIC.com

The video above I took is handheld and shaky, I know, I know I should have brought my tripod…lol, however it gives you a feel of the ceremony…

18 May 2011

Cinemagraph (first attempt)

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Animated GIFs have been around for ages and thank you LORD (!) they are gone bye bye! What cinemagraphs and GIFs have in common then and how do you tell which is which? Cinemagraphs and animated GIFs are both short; very short, but while gifs are flashing and done by animating regular still photos and pretty much on the whole image, Cinemagraphs are shot with a DSLR camera, have a much more subtle animation in it, and for the vast majority, the quality of the image could really stand on his own as a still image and still look good. In my sample above, the subject is not really that great, but as soon as I saw a few samples and tutorials I had to run out an do it to try it and understand the concept, without worrying too much about finding a great subject to work with. Until next sample, (I can’t wait!) here above you can have a little idea and feel for it, it should have been saved as gif, instead I saved it as a movie. It can really be saved either way; I would prefer as a movie if made up of many frames, and as animated gif if fewer frames and lighether and I wanted to to diplay it on a website that can show animated GIFs (some social networks like Facebook don’t).
Cinemagraph tutorial