My favorite thing about photographing weddings is seeing the different ways couples approach their days. Some couples tend to sway more traditional and some couples go completely original. Ashley and Evan made their day express who they are as a couple. It was great to spend two days straight with them, from photographing their welcome party at the historic Antoine’s Restaurant in the French Quarter to shooting their wedding the following day the the House Of Blues NOLA.
Read MoreThe French Quarter in New Orleans feels like its own little world within a city. Some of my favorite times to walk around and practice street photography is just before sunrise. The streets are virtually empty, there’s a reflective sheen coating the streets and sidewalks after the partying a debauchery is washed away from the night before and the way the sunlight makes its way through the neighborhood is pretty incredible.
Read MoreLast year was so different in terms of wedding photography. Since I made the move to New Orleans in the beginning of 2020 I saw a dramatic change in the wedding industry worldwide and it was such a challenging year for wedding planning. There were so many uncertainties that couples had to endure. Covid outbreaks, vendors closing indefinitely, venues having occupant restrictions, dates being postponed and the list goes on. Matt and Val weren’t immune to these wedding planning hurdles. After figuring out their venue needed to severely restrict their wedding, they decided to plan their wedding in more DIY and personal fashion. I love that couples are adapting to the situations being to dealt to them and creating something completely different!
Read MoreAutumn in New Orleans is absolutely beautiful. Being from the northeast, this time of year is usually cold and shooting photos outside becomes less and less frequent. Since moving to New Orleans, my wife and I take a walk around City Park at least once a week. John reached out to me back in November needing a photographer to document him proposing to his girlfriend Emily. They were visiting NOLA and he wasn’t sure of a good place to propose. I suggested City Park and after a quick search online he thought that was the perfect place. A couple days before the big day, I took a walk around the park and scouted locations that would be perfect for them. This bridge has caught my eye a few times before and thought it would be perfect for his proposal. When I sent him a photo of the bridge he was really happy with the location choice. We spent the next couple days planning out the proposal and coordinating everything.
Read MoreBack in October I packed up all my photography gear and made the drive from New Orleans to Pennsylvania for a few weeks. I spent the month photographing a few weddings and many portrait sessions. On one of my last days in Pennsylvania, I had the honor shooting Jeremy and Maria’s Halloween wedding! I’ve been shooting weddings for about 5 years now and this wedding was one of the most unique and fun weddings I’ve shot to date. A little back story, Jeremy and I used to spend a lot of time at the same skatepark in our teens and Maria’s dad lived a couple doors down from my childhood home. Needless to say, we’ve known each other for many years now. When they bought their house, they started a traditions of throwing super fun Halloween parties every year. Being such fans of Halloween having their wedding on the holiday made complete sense. In this era of Covid-19, their backyard wedding set the stage for a safe and absolutely unique wedding.
Read MoreBeing that I never explored much of Louisiana aside from New Orleans I wanted to make a trip somewhere out of town. Being a photographer, I’m always looking for interesting places to visit and document. During our searches, one thing kept popping up and that was plantation tours. Some of these place were really beautiful but being a plantation in the south I knew that beauty came with an ugly history. I was very apprehensive about going to a plantation due to how plantations were built and run off of the backs of slave labor. We decided we would go to Oak Ally Plantation, enjoy the grounds, learn about the history of the place and hope they didn’t create a false narrative about its history.
Read MoreI’ve been shooting Tamron lenses for the past 3 or 4 years now and I’ve had nothing but good experiences with them. Last year, they gave me the opportunity to explain one of my long exposure photos in a How’d You Get That Shot as seen here. It was a cool experience to have such a big company, whose products I actually like and use, reach out to me about a photo I shot. They’ve since reposted a few photos of mine on instagram and a few weeks ago they reached out again. I’ve been shooting a lot of photos around New Orleans during the Covid-19 shutdown.
Read MoreWe’re experiencing an important time in history right now. This week a video surfaced showing a Minneapolis cop kneeling on a black man’s neck until he died. The man begged for his life, screamed that he couldn’t breathe and even yelled for his family in desperation. There were other officers involved who helped hold the man down and did not intervene in this stopping this murder from happening. This man’s name was George Floyd. His senseless murder was seen worldwide and and the lack of response from the governing bodies of Minnesota created an uproar of voices across the nation. Protests ensued. Some became violent and still no action was taken against the offending officers. Some rallies became riots until there was finally action taken against the main officer. He was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Read MoreAs we all know, this Covid-19 pandemic has been a challenging time for everyone. Whether you’re an essential employee or a photographer such as myself, you’re feeling the effects of this crisis. Being a photographer in New Orleans, I definitely haven’t been immune to how this effecting business. People are having to cancel or postpone their bigger weddings and events which sends ripples through our industry. Being that I was just married a few months ago, I couldn’t imagine all the plans for our wedding having a wrench thrown into them. It has been devastating for some couples, others are choosing alternative means of expressing their love and trying to make the best of the situation presented to them. Which brings me to Shekema and Kevon’s wedding I had the pleasure of covering a little over a week ago.
Read MoreLately there has been a world wide pandemic due to Covid-19. Many cities nation wide have shuttered their drinking establishments and entertainment venues. Living as a photographer in New Orleans, I knew I wanted to document the emptiness of the streets. Bourbon Street in the French Quarter of the city is world famous as a place for drinking, partying and general debauchery. It’s typically filled with tourists and party goes nearly every hour of the day. It’s very rare to see the street entirely empty of people. This was the perfect opportunity to head down and photograph this rare occurrence.
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