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On a recent trip to north Louisiana to photograph the early stages of the flooding in Tensas Parish, I ran into a writer for the Indian Country Today Media Network. He was in the state for my cousin’s wedding … Continue reading
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Under normal conditions there are not a whole lot of chances to go kayaking in Louisiana during the summer. Certainly, lakes abound and one can wet their line fishing from a kayak in Grand Isle but most of the … Continue reading
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Even my precious and newly minted Louisiana Association of Broadcaster’s press-badge could not get me access to the levee this evening. I am sure there is some public safety rationale for it but if the Kansas City-Southern trains can run … Continue reading
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I don’t have a lot to say about these pictures other than that I am realizing a few inescapable truths. First, it is getting really hot. Taking pictures outside during the summer is no cake-walk for anyone involved. The … Continue reading
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I went to Chicago with my uncles for a few days. I took a few pictures and had some nice meals. The elevated train is loud in downtown Chicago, but the Field’s Museum is really neat.
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I was in New Orleans for my dear, first cousin Robert’s wedding to the lovely Kate Barnett. The had a great wedding photographer from Birmingham who shot most of the wedding with film. He used a Leica M6, a … Continue reading
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I managed to get myself on the correct ferry this morning and went across the river from the bottom of Canal Street to Algiers Point. It was crisp for a morning in May as the ferry pulled against the … Continue reading
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New Orleans in the very early morning may be my favorite time to wander its streets. However, early morning is not when I am at my navigational best. That is why I found myself on the Gretna Ferry rather … Continue reading
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It’s hard to take pictures from a moving car. And actually, this is water coming out of the end of the spillway, the sluice gates are south north of these train tracks. Lots of water.
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“One who knows the Mississippi, will promptly aver — not aloud, but to himself — that ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their back cannot tame that lawless stream, cannot curb it or confine … Continue reading
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There has been a lot of activity on this picture over at my Flickr page recently so I figured I’d go ahead and post it here. I have more shots of this area, that were not taken with a … Continue reading
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Indian Mounds dot the delta plain west of the Mississippi between the eastern bluffs and the course of the Ouchita River. These are a little know and little understood series of earthen constructions mostly dating from around 1000AD. The … Continue reading