18 Feb 2011

Maison LeMonnier in the French Quarter of New Orleans

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Dr. LeMonnier’s home, on Royal St. in the French Quarter in New Orleans, referred to as “New Orleans’ first skyscraper” which towers three stories high. In the foreground are the elaborate cast-iron gallery railings of LaBranche House. It is one of the most photographed residences in New Orleans. To see more New Orleans photography and purchase high quality prints please visit www.nolaPIC.com

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

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prints of Maison LeMonnier in the French Quarter of New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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18 Feb 2011

Even More New Orleans Streetcars Photography !

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

The more pictures of streetcars I take, the more challenging it gets to come up with something unique and killer, however I don’t think I will ever grow tired of shooting them, in particular the line on Canal Street whose vehicles are red, and runs through all kind of interesting backgrounds, traffic lights and bright traffi is my favorite. Chances are that if and when I will somehow get a little bored with the current Canal St. line or the one on St. Charles Avenue (green ones), the new streetcars lines will be up and running on Rampart Street as it was recently announced! Will they be a bright orange, turquoise maybe? Will the new streetcars be completely brand new with air conditioning and HD monitors in them? Plain air conditionion will be just fine …?

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Streetcar on St. Charles Avenue - New Orleans — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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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.

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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11 Jun 2010

Jazz Funeral to Honor the Life of Captain Phil Harris from TV’s Deadliest Catch

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Black and white photo for sale jazz funeral — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

UPDATE Discovery Channel will air AFTER THE CATCH Episode 5 on Tuesday, July 13!

Episode 5 – Tuesday, July 13 at 10PM ET/PT

The fleet wraps up its time at the French Quarter’s Blue Nile bar in the season finale of AFTER THE CATCH. Captain Phil Harris is remembered in true ‘Nawlins style as fans pour onto Frenchmen Street for a traditional, raucous Jazz Parade. The celebration brings together all the captains to pay tribute to their friend and colleague.

On June 9th, 2010, Discovery channel filmed a funeral parade to honor the life of Captain Phil Harris from TV’s Deadliest Catch in the Marigny District of New Orleans. Crew members from the tv show, The Soul Rebels Brass Band and parades goers attended the New Orleans style Jazz Funeral which will be aired sometimes in July 2010. More images from the jazz Funeral at nolaPIC.com

Black and white print jazz funeral — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

When I got there, (too early as usual), the Discovery channel crew was already setting up cameras and gear in front of the Blue Nile, and up under a scorcing heat and humidity, I got a chance to meet and talk to the Discovery Channel Vice President of Communications Mr. Joshua Weinberg. More images from the jazz Funeral at nolaPIC.com

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The procession didn’t last very long at all, but at the end (as in every Jazz Funerals) it got pretty wild and crazy! Mike Rowe from “Dirty Jobs” seemed to be having a blast as well! Please go to nolaPIC.com where you can see more images take during this Jazz Funeral and more New Orleans Fine Art Photography. More images from the jazz Funeral at nolaPIC.com

Edgar Hansen with other crew members of Deadiest Catch (Click Image to view larger) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

Mike Rowe from "Dirty Jobs" getting down in New Orleans (click image to see a larger version) — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

9 May 2010

Treme Brass Band at Preservation Hall

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When I first heard that on April 30th the Treme Brass was going to be playing at the Preservation Hall in the French Quarter of New Orleans, my reactions were mixed: I got very excited, because I could see in my mind’s eye the unique pictures of the Treme Brass Band Band playing in that awesome and antique venue…Yay!!! What a perfect match I thought! What other Band would “blend in” and complement with the Preservation Hall atmosphere!?! Yet, I were mad because the following day I had already something else planned that would have required me to wake up very early in the morning, which that made me think there was no way I could have attended a concert that started at 12:00 AM and would have ended at about 2:00 AM, or possibly even later! I even tried to find out how often did the Treme Brass Band play there, since I knew they played every week at the Candle Light.

Preservation Hall Treme Brass Band — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com The Drum of the late “Uncle” Lionel Batiste before a performance of the Treme Brass Band at the Preservation Hall in New Orleans.

Photo of Uncle Lionel Batiste at Preservation Hall Black and White — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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To cut the story short, I ended up going online and purchased myself a ticket for the event, which was sold out about a week before the performance (by the way I was in line and waiting to get it about 45 minutes in advance, pretty much first in pole position, since I wanted to have the very first choice in deciding where to sit and shoot from:).

Kenneth Terry and Treme Brass Band at Preservation Hall photo print for sale — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

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For those of you not familiar with the Preservation Hall, if you do happen to visit, do not forget to check it out. The place is “magic” and I guarantee, you won’t find anything this raw and funky anywhere in the world! You can’t describe the venue with words, you must and should experience it! In the meantime I hope you do enjoy my photos and if you decide to purchase yourself a picture or two click on any photos in here and you’ll be taken on my other site nolaPIC.com where prints can be purchased.

Treme Brass Band at Preservation Hall photo for sale — Click image to purchase a print on nolaPIC.com

17 Mar 2010

Prints of Uncle Lionel Batiste & Oswald Jones – Treme Brass Band members

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During the pre Super Bowl pep rally Second Line held in New Orleans on Saturday February 6, 2010 I had the chance to take a few great pictures of “Uncle” Lionel Batiste while he was at the French Market with the Treme Brass Band. New Orleans is full of characters, but Uncle Lionel definitely stands out! Somebody…I forgot who, said about him, “we gonna miss him, when WE die!”

Look out for the new HBO series Treme which will premiere on April 11 2010 and will feature among man local New Orleans musicians, the Treme Brass Band!

“Uncle” Lionel Batiste is a jazz and blues musician and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Born on February 1st, 1931, he began in music career at the age of 11 playing bass drum with the Square Deal Social & Pleasure Club. He is currently the bass drummer, vocalist and assistant leader of the Treme Brass Band; he is known for his kazoo playing as well. He also sings, and has recorded a cd as a vocalist. Besides inspiring younger musicians with his playing, he serves as a role model to many of them: trumpeter Kermit Ruffins calls Batiste his “total influence,” saying that Batiste “taught [him] how to act, how to dress, how to feel about life.” Internationally, Batiste has served as leader of the daily Moldejazz parade since 2000. He is arguably New Orleans most loved uncle!

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