The Moon and Fireworks
The annual 4th of July fireworks show over Lake Bruin, Tensas Parish, 2011.
Bungee Terminal at Night, in Flood
An hour long exposure as the moon was setting over a grain terminal on the Mississippi. Flood water around its base reflect back the tall silos and stars mark their slow progress through the sky. Taken near Saint Joseph, Louisiana in the first weeks of the Mississippi Flood of 2011.
Time and Tide
A storm-wrecked and abandoned fishing camp on Blind River in Saint James Parish, Louisiana. Shot with a Lensbaby Composer.
Little Church in Waterproof
A small Baptist church near the Mississippi River levee in the northern Louisiana town of Waterproof. My favorite shot of 2011 so far.
The Birds have been at the Figs
One of summer’s bounties in south Louisiana.
45 Minutes Over Baja
A 45 minute long exposure taken in a dry creek bed in southern Baja, Mexico. The stars all appears to rotate around Polaris and a lone saguaro cactus stands atop a red, limestone ridge near the Bay of Cortez.
Market Street Power Plant, New Orleans, LA
Taken from the Gretna Ferry during the peak of the Mississippi Flood of 2011.
Hay Bales Along the River
Also taken during the Mississippi Flood of 2011, these hay bales sat and waited in the shadow of a river-soaked levee north of Saint Joseph, Louisiana.
Cattle on the Levee
Taken along the eastern levee of the Morganza watershed after the Corp of Engineers had begun inundating the low ground south of LA Highway 190 in an effort to prevent flooding in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
When you look deep into the bovine, the bovine also looks back into you.
Saint Louis Cathedral from the Algiers Ferry
Another photo taken of New Orleans from a ferry, this one to Algiers Point, during the Mississippi Flood of 2011.
Water on Both Sides of Us
Water surrounds a broken loop levee near Yucatan Point in Tensas Parish, Louisiana during the Mississippi Flood of 2011.
Stella No. 1
Also known as Shiloh, Sir Watkins, John’s Old Fashioned
Paper Whites
This photo is also available without the post-processing light leaks, if you prefer a more documentary look in your flower pictures.
Spider Lilies
One in a series of botanical photographs that I have taken of Louisiana native and naturalized species of iris, lilies and other flowers. Shot with a Lensbaby Composer.
Star of Bethlehem
An elegant, fragrant but also modest flower that blooms in the Natchez National Cemetery (and probably many other places too). The second most viewed photograph on my Flickr stream.
Ring-A-Bottle
One of the series of photographs taken in the Fall of 2009 at the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair
Strange Girls
One of the series of photographs taken in the Fall of 2009 at the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair with the Lensbaby Composer selective focus lens.
Senora Esteban
Wife of the noted San Miguel potter, Don Esteban. I particularly like the details on the phylacteries that she is wearing around her neck.
Saguaro Forest
A rare saguaro cactus forest in Baja, Mexico. Once these majestic and slow growing plants were seen all over the American south-west but development destroyed most of the large concentrations there. Vast forest of them can still be found in some parts of rural Mexico.
Tropic of Cancer
A sign marking the line of the Tropic of Cancer in lower Baja state, Mexico.
Oysterman, Golden Meadow, LA
5th generation oysterman Wilbert Collins overlooks sacks of oysters a few months before the catastrophic Gulf Oil Spill of 2010.
One Way to Relax
A lucky, if somewhat perplexing find, on River Road.
Old Men of the Lake
A 2.5 second ND photograph of cypress trees around Lake Bruin in Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
Don Esteban
Well known potter, Don Esteban, of San Miguel de Allende. This portrait, along with an essay, won a travel blog award at Gran Tourismo Travels.
Los Alamos Motel
Shot in my grandfather’s home town of Grants, New Mexico. This was my most viewed photography of 2010 on Flickr.
Laotian New Year No 8
A photo from the little known Laotian New Year Festival held by the expatriate community of Broussard, Louisiana every Easter.
Shrine, Laotian New Year, Broussard, Louisiana
A photo from the little known Laotian New Year Festival held by the expatriate community of Broussard, Louisiana every Easter.
Laotian New Year No 11
A photo from the little known Laotian New Year Festival held by the expatriate community of Broussard, Louisiana every Easter.
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Holy Family of the Isle
A small shrine near the abandoned village of Cheniere Caminada in the far-south of Louisiana. This is pretty much all that remains of the cemetery that once served this coastal community that storms and disease have all but erases from the marshlands.
Ferris Wheel
One of the series of photographs taken in the Fall of 2009 at the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair
Downtown Baton Rouge
A tilt-shift image of downtown Baton Rouge at dusk. This remains one of my most viewed photographs on a variety of online platforms. Class up your workspace with this little gem.
Cypress Trees in the Rain
Long Exposure, 10-stop ND filter photograph taken on Lake Bruin in Tensas Parish, LA.
Cypress Trees at Night
12 minute exposure showing off the virtues of the Ukraine-made Zenitar 16mm, wide-angle lens. Notice the movement of the stars through the night sky.
Clouds Over Balmoral Mound Complex
In many ways, my favorite shot from 2010. This is a photograph of clouds stacking up above a group of three Native American mounds near the plantation of Balmoral, near Newellton, Louisiana. Shot using a Neutral Density filter. The photograph was featured in the May, 2011 issue of Indian Country Magazine.
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Candy Apples
One of the series of photographs taken in the Fall of 2009 at the Greater Baton Rouge State Fair
Angola Prison Rodeo
Another favorite shot from the maximum security prison at Angola. You may have seen a copy of this photograph hanging at Bengals and Bandits near the north gates of LSU.
Boxers, Angola Prison
Amateur boxers at the maximum security prison at Angola, Louisiana. This photograph was accepted into the annual, juried show Art Melt 2010.
A Quiet Day at the Lake
A lone canoe with two passengers, father and daughter, on Lake Bruin in January of 2011.