305 Chartres St., New Orleans, 2007.

This works better in black & white and cropped to a tighter composition? Mmmm, I think this could make a decent print?

NEW ORLEANS as requested!

Jazz band, Frenchman St., New Orleans, 2007.



Puppy, free rock n' roll concert, New Orleans, 2007. (Please let me know your thoughts for a funny/witty title!)



"Ying and Yang" on 305 Chartres St., New Orleans, 2007. (I'm actually going to blow this one up to a better size and switch the image to black & white.)

More from New Orleans!

Here's a few more pics from New Orleans!

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"Coffee break!"




"Faces of New Orleans!"




"More wine sir!"

BLACK & WHITE or COLOR?

YOU DECIDE?!

Another shot from "The Big Easy!"

I remember shooting this and thinking that "if" I got what I wanted it should be a black and white image?

The light, tonal contrast, coupled with the movements in the foreground and the backround, the atmosphere, and the absolute 'timelessness' of the photograph right from the start felt that it was always deemed to be a monochrome image!

However!



Photography is subjective and here is the same image in color!



My wife, Melissa states: "I love black and white photography. It seems timeless and can only be dated by pop culture. However, I happen to prefer this picture in color. I had to look at the picture again, and at second glance, I couldn't say what exactly it was about it that made me originally like it in color. Was it her wild striped pants? Was it the sunset colors of the New Orleans poster? Was it the contrast in the colors of their skin? Perhaps it is the worn pink walls showing time and lack of care ..."

",...what are you talking about woman?! Its all about the "look", the composition, the timing and all these factors are better shown in Black & White!

The image is more striking to the eye, more dynamic in its structure, and to the 'pants' do not enter into the discussion!"

Maybe this is female think?!

That's textbook talk. When you look at a picture you feel. What does the picture make you feel? For me, seeing black and white is the grit of New York City, moreso what it was than the commercial that its becoming. Perhaps the colors of your picture remind me of the colors of New Orleans, the colorful people, stories and past ... like the color of a reux you can't capture in black and white.

Send us your comments and opinions?

Please!

Paul & Melissa.

NEW ORLEANS, 2007.

Beads on a broken balcony.



On the way to working the "Blues!"



Walking onto the front pages!

First shots from "THE BIG EASY"

Here's three photographs taken on our recent trip to New Orleans.

More to come through the coming week!

Cheers,

Paul.



Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans, 2007.




Bourbon & Canal Street intersection, 2007.





"Going Home", Frenchman Street, New Orleans, 2007.

"The Big Easy!"

I'm still sorting through the photos and video footage from out recent trip to New Orleans and hope to get some stills up on the site before the end of the week along with some funny and heart breaking anecdotes from some of the wonderful people we had the pleasure of meeting during our stay!

The trip for the French Quarter Jazz festival 2008 is already being planned and I cannot wait to go and invade this fantatstic music scene next April!

More soon!

CLOWN - 42ND ST. SUBWAY STATION.

May 3rd, 2007.
Canon 20D. ASA 1600. Wide Open!