18 Feb 2011

Never Let a Good Rainy Day Go 2 Waste…(part2)

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A title for this Bourbon Street shot came easy: The Hangover (!) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

I finally had the time to post on this blog some of my newest images taken in 2011 in New Orleans (mostly in the French Quarter) and they are all available on my gallery site www.nolaPIC.com . Sadly winter is almost over and the moody and gloomy ligh,t the rain and the deserted streets that I love are becoming a lot more alive and colorful. Please Bob Breck let me have another major cold front (or two!) I have another post lined up with new pictures after this with some really killer streetcars shots taken on Cana Street and after that I’m afraid it will be time for Mardi Gras pictures…I’ll do my best to capture the celebrations I promise!All fine art prints are also available framed and with non glare glass with or without a mat. To see some more of my photography and purchase high quality prints please visit www.nolaPIC.com

Photo Prints of Bourbon St. - New Orleans, LA — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

These pictures below of the Preservation Hall are so far my favorites, best I have ever taken, the light was just perfect and it was rainy and the framing was just right! Yay!

Preservation Hall in the French Quarter of New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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Preservation Hall. This photo is also available as a canvas gallery wrap. — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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The Mississippi River in fron of the French Quarter in New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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13 Jan 2011

New Orleans Canal Street and the CBD at twilight

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Canal St. New Orleans (please click image to view larger and/or purchase prints) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Canal Street in New Orleans (Click Image to view larger and/or purchase) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

I have been drooling for a quite awhile now for these types of images and have been wanting to take them facing downward to Canal St. in New Orleans at twilight. Canal Street is very unique, so long and wide, but it is also very hard to shoot unless your are up high, and I mean way up there. These shots here were taken from the top of the World Trade Center building at the foot of Canal Street where the view is just incredible and beyond description; you will be surprised also how strong the northerly winds blows when it gets funneled between the rows of buildings on Canal St.! The images are available in square or rectangular format. Please click each of them to the to my other site where you can view them larger and/or purchase them.

10 Jan 2011

Never Let a Good Rainy Day Go to Waste…

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Oh wow it was so worth it, yet again I got some killer shots in the French Quarter during this last winter storm brushing up southeast Louisiana! Although it didn’t bring any of the white powdery stuff that we get to see down here so rarely, it brought once again the magic lights and moods of desolated streets and alleys… all of these photos below are available as fine art prints at www.nolaPIC.com Click any image below to get to the fine art print, where you can view them larger and/or purchase them.

Prints of Exchange Alley for sale — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Prints of St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter on New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Prints of The Pontalba Building in the French Quarter — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Prints of Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop on Bourbon St. — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Prints of Hotel Monteleone New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Pirates Alley (next to St. Louis Cathedral) New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Canal Street - New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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.

3 Nov 2010

Panorama of New Orleans Skyline on Canal Street

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New Orleans...the magic city at twilight. Click to see larger and/or purchase print. — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Ladies and Gentlemen I’m very glad to announce my latest fine art photography work shot on Canal Street in New Orleans!

Since I have been waiting quite a while (weeks!) to get this photo done I’m very pleased with the results! Not only the magic twilight and angle makes the photo quite unique, but the never seen subject itself is a newer one that I have never seen done here! I got a little soaked and had to be a contortionist to get to shoot this image, but as always, hard work always pays off and as matter of facts I can’t stop staring at it! It is available as an open edition print at nolaPIC.com (my online fullfillment website). This killer New Orleans skyline image features Canal Street with the bright red streetcar we all know or at least have heard of, in the foreground, and the central business district in the background. To see another KILLER panorama (taken from the west bank instead) please click here!!!

10 Aug 2010

Satchmo Summerfest

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Treme Brass Band and Japanese Satchmo Yoshio Toyama — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

On Sunday August 8th, as part of the 2010 Satchmo Summerfest, held every year in New Orleans to celebrate the life, music and legacy of New Orleans’ native son, Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong, I had the privilege to attend and photograph another great event! Although the weather was 99F with heat index as high as 105F to 110F, after the parade started, everyone seemed to enjoy the second line and music as usual and forget how hot and miserable it was. Someone said once…If you don’t know why New Orleanians aren’t afraid to go to Hell, you never been down there in the middle of the summer! Please see some of the images I shot at the second line and do not forget that all comments are highly appreciated! These images and many more are available as fine art prints (also framed) at my other site nolaPIC.com.

Jennifer Jones leading the Second Line at St. Augustine Church in Treme after the Jazz Mass — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

I will make sure next year to be there in time at 10 AM for the Jazz Mass, since this year I have only caught the end of it and I wished so bad I made it in…The church was packed!!! See the video below it’s the very end of the Satchmo Jazz Mass right before I sshot the image above of Jennifer Jones leading the Second Line out of the church. Video shot by Ricky Riccardi a Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong aficionado.

Treme Brass Band Leader, Mr. Benny Jones Sr. — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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St Augustine Church in Treme after the Satchmo Jazz Mass — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Zulu Social Aid Pleasure Club member with Second Liners — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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Edward "Juicy" Jackson from To Be Continued Brass Band — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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Al "Carnival Time" Johnson at the 2010 Satchmo Second Line — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

The second lining does happen at 360 degrees around the parade! — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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2 Jan 2010

Purchasing pictures of New Orleans French Quarter

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Streetcar on Canal Street in New Orleans (Click image to see larger and/or purchase on my other site nolaPIC.com) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

I just added on my gallery site www.nolaPIC.com quite a few images I have taken in the French Quarter (Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, Bourbon Street and along Canal Street in New Orleans last week. It was rainy and…Beautiful! All fine art prints are also available framed and with non glare glass with or without a mat. The prints of the Streetcars are available in regular formats from 10″ x 15″ to 24″ x 36″ size or in square format of 10″ x 10″ or 20″ x 20″. To see more New Orleans photography and purchase high quality prints please visit www.nolaPIC.com

I have been waiting for these type of moody and gloomy light for quite a while and if you live here, you are well aware that it does not happen that often. I walked in the French Quarter for a long time, I was sore and soaked but as you will see from the photos it was well worth it. Let’s pray for some snow on the South Shore now.

Streetcar on Sr. Charles Avenue - New Orleans (Click image to see larger and/or purchase on my other site nolaPIC.com) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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St Louis Cathedral (Click image to see larger and/or purchase on my other site nolaPIC.com) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

New Orleans Skyline (Click image to see larger and/or purchase on my other site nolaPIC.com) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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Bourbon St. in the French Quarter of New Orleans (Click image to see larger and/or purchase on my other site nolaPIC.com) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans (Click image to see larger and/or purchase on my other site nolaPIC.com) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Please visit my site www.nolaPIC.com to purchase these high quality fine art prints at a very affordable price. Many more are available on the site, and don’t forget that you can deliver the prints to anyone.

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French Quarter Building in New Orleans (Click image to see larger and/or purchase on my other site nolaPIC.com) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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12 Nov 2009

Pictures of Holt Cemetery in New Orleans

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I just added three new pictures of the Holt cemetery in New Orleans to the Gallery named “New Orleans Cemeteries” on my e-commerce site www.nolaPIC.com! To see more New Orleans photography and purchase high quality prints please visit www.nolaPIC.com

The same gallery contains other images taken at Lake Lawn cemetery and Cypress Grove cemetery in New Orleans. High quality edition prints can be ordered online, framed, matted and with non-glare glass at very affordable prices. Many other different Louisiana subjects are available online as well, including Fine Art pictures of the French Quarter, City Park and Second Lines in New Orleans.

Now…About Holt Cemetery: It’s basically a potter’s field– the final resting place for some of New Orleans poor and indigent peoples for over a century. Because it’s a cemetery for the poor, people are buried in the ground rather than housed in the mausoleums you see throughout the city’s scenic cemeteries. More prosperous dead people rot in fancy tombs, but most of the graves here are personally decorated with bed frames, brightly-painted piles of earthly possessions, wooden headstones, and planter boxes, among other touching displays.

Click here to see the whole gallery on my other site: http://www.nolapic.com/cemeteries

11 Oct 2009

Photos at City Park in New Orleans

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I took two great (!) pictures last week at City Park in New Orleans. I love the spanish moss which is always great to shoot backlit!

Did you know that the Spanish moss that hangs on trees of tropical America and the Southern states, (also called Florida, southern, or long moss), it’s not a true moss but a member of the pineapple family, and it’s used for stuffing furniture and as a packing material?

These 2 photographs (square format) have been added in the gallery named “In and Around New Orleans” at my e-commerce site www.nolaPIC.com.

Available as a 10″x 10″ or 20″x 20″ for the US. To purchase this or other high quality open edition prints please visit: www.nolaPIC.com

Photos taken with Canon EF 85mm f1.2L II USM and a Canon EOS 5D Mark II.

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3 Oct 2009

Photo of London Lodge Motel in New Orleans

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The London Lodge in New Orleans on Airline Highway as seen in the thriller movie “The Runaway Jury” with Dustin Hoffman, John Cusack and Gene Hackman. A truly all American vintage Motel.

I just shot this great image (square) of the London Lodge in New Orleans and it has been added in the gallery named “In and Around New Orleans” at my e-commerce site www.nolaPIC.com.

This high quality photograph is available as a 10″x 10″ or 20″x 20″.

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These 2 photographs (square format) have been added in the gallery named “In and Around New Orleans” at my e-commerce site www.nolaPIC.com.