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. 

Baby Caden

So finally Monica's baby Caden is here!  He's one month old now. And so sweet and aware.

Here he is posing in the same hat we used in all his mom's previous pregnancy sessions. Too cute!

Trash the Dress Article

Pictage has a Planning Guide in the Pictage Photographer Directory. The Planning Guide is filled with articles by Pictage photographers with advice that helps you plan your wedding. My article has been recently accepted for publication. Take a look.

Why And How To Trash The Dress!

Rachel Garcia – A trash the dress session is an additional session after the wedding with either bride and groom or just the bride. You get dressed up again to go to a different location, normally a beach, and have a creative shoot to trash your wedding dress…