so its friday. and i think i just needed some time to just of take some personal away time from the group. i feel like everyday we have been in such a rush to get somewhere, shoot, get back, go somewhere else, upload, edit, critique, eat, and get back to wake up to do it all over again. i need my time to just chill out otherwise i would go crazy. today the plan is to meet up with this tour guide that we have seen everyday since we have been here and i have really been talking a lot with. we run into each other (lately its been at the bar) and we have been talking about how my stuff has been coming and what is going on and what not. well for today she said that she would give me a personal tour of the city free of charge and all these haunted hot spots and what not. i am going to call her soon and hopefully get a hold of her. i really feel like my work is almost there, but i just need a little bit more to really get what i want to get across.
the only problem that i have with this trip is most voodoo stuff is happening at night. its better to go out and shoot at night for this kind of stuff. most voodoo shops dont even open till noon or later! everyone else is getting up at 6:30 to go shoot and get the morning light. i am pretty much a nocturnal person to begin with.. not doing mornings AT ALL. i really feel like i need to go to these places at 2:30/3:00 in the morning and try to get some stuff. who is going to come with me? no one. by that time, everyone is waking up in 4 hours to go shoot the city. what am i supposed to do? go by myself to some creepy mansion that is "haunted" with all my equipment and try to get some orbs and then end up getting mugged?! no thank you.
hello architectural structure shots of un interesting buildings that are flat and look like a tourist photo that someone took because it "looks cool" and has no meaning behind it. GIVE ME ORBS!
......just a little vent
/end rant
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Jode..I've been reading all of your blogs.
You may be frustrated about not being able to shoot overnight, but you're finding plenty of opportunities it sounds like, so just go with what IS, and not what is not. I really like the photographs you posted, (and there is nothing tourist looking about them) but I'm interested to know more about them, how you took them, and why you like them and why you wanted people to see these particular ones. Can you write a little about that?
When you're a photographer, it's all about focus...john.
jodie--i hope you took the advice of the first response. i think you have great images that can weave together into a story that is inclusive of all of the things you've seen and the places you've been - voodoo is a part of a larger culture of new orleans--with the rain today--maybe you can coax more people out with you tonight.
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