Fall Family Portraits

Earlier this week I somehow talked the Jones family into taking their family portrait in front of an abandoned, run down shack. They got into the theme of it and even brought a pitchfork and a rooster! You can see Jeff holding it below. So we had fun with it.

We even did a take on the classic "American Gothic" painting.

And the kids had a great time playing in the straw and running around. They are such beautiful children!

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Downtown Las Vegas Engagements

This past weekend I had the opportunity to photograph Andy & Laura's engagement images. They had a 50's inspired  theme, so we went downtown and walked around. We walked a lot actually. Laura's poor feet! But we had fun and they introduced me to a few cool restaurants/bars I've never been to that I have to go back and check out now.

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New Orleans Cemetery

      Ok, I am finally home, but I have one more series of New Orleans images to share with you. Our last morning there my father and I went to the cemetery, mostly just because I wanted to shoot it.  In New Orleans they don't bury the dead in the ground because the ground is so wet that when it rains the coffins come back up. Yea, not pretty, so they built above ground cement houses for the bodies. So the cemetery is like a little city, in fact they call them "Cities of the Dead".

It was larger than I expected and I being so absorbed in photographing all the tombs, I got separated from my dad. It was a cold, windy morning and very overcast plus there was nobody around. I got myself all freaked out. (Yes, I'm a wuss; I know.) After calling for him for about 20 minutes I did find him, talking to the creepy grounds keeper. This was definitely one of my favorite parts of New Orleans.

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New Orleans Swamps and Plantations

Greeting from New Orleans (again)! My family came out to join me and we got out of the city to see the swamps and plantations near the Mississippi. The swamp tour got us up close and personal with the gators. The guild brought them right up to the boat with the promise of chicken necks and marshmallows(?).  

And this is our hotel. Isn't it nice? (Just kidding.)

The Oak Alley Plantation has been standing since the 1700's. We toured the house and the grounds. Out here there are so many beautiful trees, but the large Virgina Oaks are the best. The ones at Oak Alley are over 200 years old. They grow wide and the limbs grow back down to the ground. I wish we could grow these trees back home in Nevada.

New Orleans Bridal

Still in New Orleans and still having SO much fun! Today was the last day of PartnerCon and we had a shooting workshop. This model was so open to new ideas and fun to work with. Just walking around the French Quarter and the business district we found so many great place to shoot. Here are just a few of my favorite.

New Orleans!

Yea! I'm in New Orleans at the Pictage PartnerCon! I'm having so much fun and making friends with all kinds of great photographers. I've taken a ton of images walking around the French Quarter last night.  

Wiljax had set up a gallery exhibit at this great gallery of a lot of Pictage photographers work. Plus the gallery had so many historical original photographic prints.