Photo Road Trip - Day 2!

June 30, 2008 in Friends, Fun, Life, M8, Other, Personal

We are on day two of the road trip and I figured that I would post a couple images. We had some killer KC Barbeque (see below) and we are just at a coffee shop now waiting to go shoot a band tonight (will post some soon). Have a great day and exciting news tomorrow! Blessings. Jason

Leica M8 | 28mm 1.9 CV

These people with Jason's kids were complete strangers.... Really we had never met them...

Leica M8 | 28mm 1.9 CV

Photo Road Trip - Day 1!

June 30, 2008 in Life, M8, Other, Proposal

Jamie, Ben, & I left yesterday to see my good friend Jason Domingues and get some photographic rejuvenation. Yesterday we spent the entire day in the car but I managed to get a couple shots off. I am looking forward to the next couple days ! Blessings. Jason

Leica M8 | 15mm CV

Random m8 shots of the week - Parish to Parish cont'd

June 27, 2008 in Life, M8, Parish to Parish

I thought that I would just post a couple that I edited since last we shot last week (these we all inside of Baton Rouge)... I will be out of town this week for a little photographic rejunivation.... I hope that everyone has a great week! Blessings. Jason

Leica M8 | 15mm CV

Leica M8 | Leica 50mm Noctilux

Leica M8 | 15mm CV

Parish to Parish (and a little fun)

June 20, 2008 in Fun, Life, M8, Parish to Parish

Ben & I headed out today for a much overdue Parish to Parish shoot around the Baton Rouge area. It was so refreshing to have some time behind the camera with no agenda (or map). Here are just a couple... This will also serve as my "m8 shot of the week" post. Blessings. Jason

This image is by far my favorite from the day

Leica M8 | CV 15mm

Wedding with Mark & m8

June 17, 2008 in Friends, Life, M8, Weddings

I always love opportunities where I can "stretch" myself a bit and this past weekend my good friend Mark Eric let me tag along on a wedding and I only shot with my m8. I had a great time with mark and I just wanted to share a couple. This was my first time shooting anything with my new 15mm for the Leica and the funnest part is that it is virtually a guess.... There is no way to focus it (other than guessing the distance in feet) so I ended up shooting with it literally on my hip most of the day! Congrats to Tammy & Jeremy! Blessings. Jason

Leica M8 | Leica 50mm Noctilux

Leica M8 | CV 15mm

Leica M8 | Leica 50mm Noctilux

Leica M8 | CV 15mm

I think the father of the bride saw me walking around all day like this and decided he was going to take a "hip shot" of me :)

Leica M8 | CV 15mm

Strangers on the Street

June 13, 2008 in Fun, Life, M8, Other, Personal

Ben & I decided to take a little time off today and headed down to New Orleans to shoot a bit on the street. We got this idea from an online website and wanted to see how people would react. The first one pretty much shows exactly what was going down... All of these were shot with my m8 & 35 or 50 Have a great weekend and enjoy.

Blessings. Jason

Random m8 shots of the week - clouds

June 10, 2008 in Fine Art, Life, M8

I was going to wait until Friday to put up this image (as I usually do with my m8 shot), but I have two weddings this weekend and I wanted to put it up before... This shot pretty much sums up my day today and I thought I would go ahead and share. Blessings. Jason

Leica M8 | Leica 50mm Noctilux

Random m8 shots of the week

June 05, 2008 in Life, M8, Other

I just thought I would share a couple images before I left for the wedding today... I hope that everyone has a great weekend! Blessings. Jason

This was a random shot in Baton Rouge from the car.... Leica M8 | Leica 50mm Noctilux

This one was at a coffee shop in Jackson last weekend.

Leica M8 | Leica 50mm Noctilux

Random m8 shots of the week - rain

May 22, 2008 in Life, M8, News, Personal, Proposal

It has been a great week and I got to have some refreshing time out of town the last couple of days. I got home to a bit of rainy weather, and I just wanted to share a couple photos from this afternoon. I am out of town tomorrow for a wedding, and I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend.Blessings.Jason

Leica M8 | Leica 50mm Noctilux

Random m8 Shot of the Week

May 16, 2008 in Fine Art, Fun, M8, Personal

This was shot just minutes before I started coverage on a wedding last week. I hope that everyone has a great weekend. Blessings. Jason

Leica M8 | CV 28 1.9

Random m8 shot of the week...

May 08, 2008 in M8, Other, Personal

What a week! It seems like this entire week I have been almost on a roller coaster. Last week I posted a link to the "Don't Box Us In" article, and this week I was constantly challenged by my own words. As I wrote the interview last week, I was asked why I wake up every morning and do what I do. This week my words came back to remind me that at the end of the day I do this because I love this. I hope that everyone has a great weekend and here is an image from New Orleans this week. Blessings. Jason

Jennifer & Joe Wedding - m8 preview shots.

May 04, 2008 in M8, Weddings

I wanted to just post a quick preview of a couple of images from Jennifer & Joe's wedding this weekend. I pulled out the m8 for a couple of the dances and I just thought I would share a couple before I get a chance to download the rest of their wedding. Blessings. Jason

Leica M8 | Canon 50mm .95

Jennifer & her dad's dance

Leica M8 | Canon 50mm .95

Joe watching Jennifer & her dad dance from inside

Leica M8 | Canon 50mm .95

Jennifer & Joe's last dance of the night

Leica M8 | Canon 50mm .95

Festival International 08!

April 26, 2008 in Fun, Lifestyle, M8

Thursday was the start of Festival International de Louisiane and I had the chance to see Sonny Landreth & The Blind Boys of Alabama. I am going to try my best to make it out a couple more times this weekend, but I just wanted to share a couple from Thursday. More info can be found on their website here. Blessings. Jason

Leica M8 | 75mm Summilux

Leica M8 | 75 Summilux

Leica M8 | 35mm Summilux

Leica M8 | Canon 50mm .95

End of the week and a couple shots....

April 23, 2008 in Friends, Fun, Lifestyle, M8, Personal

I am out this weekend for a wedding so I figured I would just post a couple pics from the last couple weeks before the weekend gets into full force. I am also going to start posting camera & lens information for the photo enthusiast out there from the m8 shots. Here are a couple and I hope that everyone has a great weekend! Blessings. Jason

Camera: M8 Lens: Voigtlander 28 1.9

Camera: M8 Lens: Canon 50mm .95

Random m8 shot of the week....

April 24, 2008 in Fine Art, M8, Personal

Ben and I did a little shooting for a Parish to Parish this weekend and I took this while in North Louisiana. Just thought I would share. Blessings. Jason

Shot with a Leica M8 & 75mm Summilux (for the photographers)

Happy Earth Day!

April 22, 2008 in Fine Art, Fun, M8, Other

Today is Earth Day! I am not completely Earth Day savy, but Ben reccomended that I put up a post in celebration... You can find out more at this site. Also here are a couple from on the road this weekend while traveling back from the wedding. Go take a walk and enjoy the earth today! Blessings. Jason

Courtney & Austin's Wedding & Party!

April 19, 2008 in M8, Weddings

Unfortunately I was not able to make it to Courtney & Austin's wedding in Panama City last week, but I did get to join them this weekend in Shreveport for a celebration and a small session. Here are just a couple. Congrats to Courtney & Austin! Blessings. Jason

I love this shot of the two ladies who work at the reception venue peeking out...

I guess the lady on the right didn't want her picture taken :)

This was probably one of my favorites from the wedding... the last one from their wedding dance...

Austin's dad sharing a couple words...

Happy Friday!

April 17, 2008 in Fine Art, Fun, M8

I just wanted to put up a new post before the weekend... I got a new toy in and just wanted to post a photo... Sorry Riccis for the loss :) Blessings. Jason

Roadtrip & Harry Benson!

April 18, 2008 in Friends, Fun, M8, Other, Personal

Yesterday I had a chance to hear Harry Benson speak at Tulane in New Orleans and it was truly inspiring. He has photographed every president since Eisenhower, was with Robert Kennedy when he was shot, and even followed the Beatles for their first US tour! It was so nice to hear a photographer who had so much life experience and was so humble. The biggest thing that I took from the event was something that he said, "I try to photograph people as they are and not as I see them." (hopefully that is pretty close). Anyways, here are a couple pics from the event. Blessings. Jason