http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com of a documentary photographer. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:59:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week I'd been looking forward to the hour or so I'd be spending at the Ozanam Inn--or, "the Oz" as called by some. As a photographer, it's forcing me to change my normal approach, helping deepen and expand the fundamentals of my craft. And as a person, it's a ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/12/ce-the-oz-nick-john-christopher-and-james/ Went to visit the old Carver High School Saturday.  It has been tagged from top to bottom, and that is literally the only attention is has received since Hurricane Katrina.  The water line is still clearly visible as you walk through the halls.  Keyboards and flatscreen monitors are lay covered with the film left by ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/11/graffiti-on-the-carver/ Saturday, Terrytown celebrated it's 50 year anniversary by hosting it's first ever festival. If you're not familiar, Terrytown is technically only a large neighborhood in Gretna; although it has grown to feel like it's own city. Fifty years ago, I remember, it was only a few street big, and now look ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/10/terrytown-spring-festival/ I'm starting a new portrait-series here on my blog centered on baristas in coffee shops in the New Orleans area. The first in my series is Greg from Mojo Coffee House, located on the corner of Magazine and Race.  It's a great little coffee shop that we used for Keith to ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/09/coffee-coffee-coffee/ The last time I photographed Matt (the guy with the Mad top-hat) breathing fire, it was on the side of the road in the bywater district.  I knew this time was going to be different because it was at Pravda, but I didn't expect much beyond the location.  I was ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/08/fire-breathing-pravda/ I am beginning to find my approach in this new location, but it's hard.  Some places are harder than others because the extra presence of a camera adds a weight to the air that doesn't feel healthy.  I don't mean unhealthy for my wellbeing but for theirs.  This is one ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/05/care-effect-more-ozanam-inn/ I had, probably, too much fun. P.S. I'll be travelling with them to Austin in a couple weeks to shoot them playing the South by Southwest Festival! http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/04/the-lobbyist-cafe-prytania/ Sunday, the Desire Street Ministries in conjunction with CDC 58:12, Inc. and NORD's Sampson Playground hosted an awards ceremony for the children of the Desire neighborhood, which featured guest speaker and Delgado professor Tronn Moller, who also administered the oath to the Board Members. It was a full evening, but at ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/03/a-cultural-celebration-of-community/ We started our Keith shoot walking around the Lower Garden District, picking up ideas and locations.  Also, Katie recently bought a LensBaby.  This is a type of lens that totally blurs everything but the center.  But it's manual focus, and it swivels on it's axis, so you can change the ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/02/keith-part-2-out-takes-and-other-things/ Keith agreed to model for Katie and I this Saturday.  That was after he spent a grueling 18 hours filming for an upcoming TV show. He's going to be a cop.  But it's still hush-hush, so I can't tell you what the name of it is.  And I don't remember.  Just watch ... http://www.ahhhitsmyblog.com/2010/03/01/keith/