Ok, I know that it is supposed to be "Throwback Thursday," but I have the post ready now, and I didn't want to wait until Thursday to share it.
A little over a year ago, I decided to give myself a birthday present in the form of a spring break trip. I'm sure you have heard of a company called National Geographic....but did you know that they host Photo Expeditions where you can take a trip to a location and work with National Geographic photographers? Yeah, that's what I did. Awesome!
I chose to take part in the workshop in New Orleans, LA. I had never been to NOLA before, and I was excited to travel somewhere new and to take my camera with me to capture every moment. It was only a weekend (Thursday night to Sunday morning), but still an amazing experience.
We started on Friday morning with our first assignment: Jackson Square. We arrived at the square before the sun had even risen and spent a good 3 hours photographing anything we thought was interesting. Believe me, there was plenty for us to photograph!
St. Louis Cathedral. I also got plenty of shots of the cathedral head on, but I caught this one through the bars of the fence around the park in the center of the square. It was considered one of my "top shots of the weekend" by our instructor, Tyrone Turner.
I spent a lot of time trying to get this shot to be perfectly centered. As I have said before in this blog, I love symmetry in photos, and architecture is one of the places you can find lots of it. If you look closely, this isn't perfect, but it is still one of my favorites.
Something that you will see a lot of in the French Quarter of NOLA is wrought iron. This stuff is everywhere......windows, balconies, doors, fences. I just fell in love with it, and I really wanted to capture its beauty in a photograph. As it turns out, it was harder than I thought. Thanks to Tyrone's advice, I was able to capture what I was imagining.
Another wrought iron that I converted to black and white. I think the B&W works really well for this shot because the pattern of the wrought iron in the foreground is echoed in the shadow behind it.
Another thing you will see in the French Quarter: colors! Houses and buildings are not neutral colors, but vibrant ones like this door. Too bad it was padlocked...I bet there was some cool stuff inside.
This shot was from our Friday night assignment: photographing the night life on Bourbon and Royal Streets. During this time, I decided to go to a burlesque show--why not?? This was the featured dancer of the show, Bella Blue. It was rather difficult to get decent photographs in the club because it was so dark, and I could not use a flash. I was lucky to get this shot of her looking directly at me. She was a powerful dancer.
Another photo from our Friday evening assignment. We found this backstreet that featured an artist market. These lights were draped over the entire marketplace. I had to precariously stand on a chair in order to get this shot, but I had to get it.
This was taken on Saturday afternoon. A few of us decided to take a ferry ride on the river before dinner--which is where I got this shot. I love the rim lighting around him, which came from the reflection of the water.
If you ever have the desire to travel, I highly recommend going on a Photo Expedition with National Geographic. It's pricey, but sooooo worth it!
Cheers :)
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