Day 2 - Smoker

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Shot this in Ferriday, LA while on a road trip... Just loved the moment/expression of this shot... These guys were super nice and let us hang out and shoot with them for a bit. Blessings. Jason

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Day 1 - Camping

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A couple images from a recent camping trip... Camped just west of Alexandria... Awesome trip and beautiful weather, even though it actually got down to 26 degrees that night :) Blessings. Jason

Snow still on the ground from the night before and steam coming up from the ground....l1001644.jpg Leica M9 |15mm CV

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Happy 2010 & Personal Work January :)

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I have been thinking about doing this for a while now, and I figured that since the new year is starting it would be a great opportunity to actually go through with it.... So here it is..... Every day in January I will post at least one personal image and share a little bit of the story behind the image.  Sometimes it is so easy to get caught up in just going through the day-to-day that it is easy to forget why I got into photography in the first place, which is to be behind the camera. Personal work has a huge effect on all of the other types of work that I do and I notice that as I get away from shooting personal work, I start to get low on creative juices to go into other shoots.

My primary job as a photographer is simply to capture story. I hope that through these images in the next month I can bring you into the story that I hope to constantly seek to find everyday.

This month is just an experiment of sorts for myself, that I would be able to #1 keep up with blogging every day (7 days a week :) & #2 to get out and shoot for myself. I hope that you would check back every couple of days and feel free to leave comments as I would love to hear your thoughts.

Blessings. Jason

Kelli & Cas are Married!

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They had a beautiful wedding at the St. Louis Cathedral & reception at Pat Obrien's on the water in New Orleans. One thing I can say is that these people knew how to party (see dancing pictures below)! We had an absolute blast with everyone and here are a few of my favorites... Blessings Jason

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This shot reminded me of high school dances...542.jpg

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Kelli's Bridals...

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I just wanted to share a few of my favorites from Kelli's bridals that we shot in New Orleans. We shot some at Longue Vue Plantation and some in the French Quarter. It was such an amazing day and she looked beautiful! Here are a few of my favorites... Some from their wedding soon :) Blessings. Jason

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LA Photo Road Trip... A couple images of people...

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I just wanted to post a couple quick images that I have shot in the last 3 days before leaving this morning (at 6am :). Here are just a couple images of people that we have run across in the last 3 days and hopefully will be many more to come.... Blessings. Jason

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This guy showed me how to play dominoes.... l1002024.jpg Leica M9 | 24mm Summilux

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Out of town on the road this week...

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This is a week that I have been looking forward to for a while... Just myself, a passenger (my good friend Jamie), my Leica (camera), and the open road... We are taking the week to just do some creative shooting before the year is up and to come away refreshed for the new year. We we will be traveling throughout Louisiana for the week and I will do my best to do a couple updates throughout the week here on my blog. The best way to get in touch with me is by email if you need anything. I hope that everyone has a fantastic week... Here is an image that I shot with my Leica last week....

Blessings. Jason

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Suzanne & Will are Married!

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My good friend, and fabulous dress dress designer, Suzanne Perron  and Will recently got married and I had the privilege of capturing their big day. Her dress was of course a custom made, one of a kind, made by herself and it was incredible to see the detail that she put into it. They had such an amazing wedding in Pass Christian, MS. Here are just a few of my favorites and I will be posting a couple from their day after session in a couple days! Blessings. Jason

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Carolyn & Chris are married!

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I just wanted to put up a couple of my favorites from their wedding before Thanksgiving. They have a beautiful wedding at Ursuline Academy and reception at the Omni Orleans in the French Quarter. Blessings. Jason

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Mullady & Evan's Wedding

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Mullady & Evan had a beautiful wedding at a quaint little chapel on Harbour Island and fabulous reception at Pink Sands Resort. I had the honor of being able to be with them for their wedding and I just wanted to share a few of my favorite images. Nikol at Fresh Beauty Studio out of Ft. Lauderdale did an amazing job with the make-up and I had the pleasure of working with Vlad Chaloupka who does amazing video and photography. Also thanks to my good friend Jamie Orillion for joining me for the extendend weekend and putting up with all of my terrible golf cart driving over the weekend. Blessings. Jason

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Mullady & Evan Rehearsal/Dinner

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I just wanted to share a few of my favorites from their rehearsal/dinner... Some from their wedding later this week :) Blessings. Jason

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Mullady & Evan Bonfire

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I will post some more later this week about the wedding, but here are just a couple from Mullady & Evans Bonfire a couple nights before their wedding in Harbour Island, Bahamas. Check back soon for some images from their rehearsal and wedding.... Blessings. Jason

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Blue Cross Angel Awards

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This year I had the privileged of being a part of photographing this years winners of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Angel Award. Every year BCBSLA gives away $20,000 to 8 different organizations that work with bettering the lives of youth. This Thursday is the actual awards nights where all of the sideshows that we photographed/compiled will be shown and I hope to be able to share some of them here. For now I just wanted to share an image from each of the winners, and I will be out for the remainder of this week getting everything finished up for the awards. I hope that everyone has a beautiful weekend. Blessings. Jason

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Jill Rigby Garner of Manners of the Heart who is an author and teaches art education in Baton Rouge094.jpg

Phillip Thomas of Pilots for Patients who flies patents to hospitals that they might not otherwise have the means to fly to098.jpg

Jean McManus of The Imagination Library in Eunice which gives a free book a month to children under the age of 5125.jpg

Betsy Baldwin of APIL which is a recreational inclusion league for kids with and without disabilities210.jpg

Vicki Ellis of Heritage Ranch which teaches life skills to  kids at the alternative school in Baton Rouge 226.jpg

Lynn Hobbs of The Eyes Have It which works inside schools to provide kids with needed eye exams and glasses in Baton Rouge & New Orleansjc1_9049.jpg

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