November 19, 2008
Thomas Breaux of Lake Charles pick a rather unusual project for his quest to become an Eagle Scout. It was unusual for two reasons: 1) Lake Charles is “drill baby drill” country; and 2) Solar energy is still not cheap. Breaux’s project was provide enough solar energy to make at least one classroom at his school a “Net Zero” classroom. Breaux learned about the benefits of solar and how responsibility for our environment falls on all our shoulders from his middle school science teacher, Judy Reeves. Her classroom would end up as Breaux’s Net Zero Lab.
Watch the Audio Slideshow Here
Filed under Photo Essays, The South, environment, louisiana, photographs, photography, slide show
Tags: louisiana, lake charles, American Press, multimedia, solar energy, eagle scouts, Net Zero
November 19, 2008
Writing does not come easy for me. However (in my opinion) the changing shape of media will require all journalists to write a coherent story. Recently, I have jumped into the practice of writing beyond a simple narrative for 2 assignments for our art & entertainment section, “The Marquee“. Both pieces do accompany audio slideshows. The first piece is about a local Elvis impersonator. The second will run on Friday. I feel my writing is rather plain and frankly quite boring but I am hoping practice will make prefect just like my mama said. Thankfully, my photography will make up for my writing.
See the Elvis slideshow here: http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpphotos/?p=30
Filed under Black & White, Music, Photo Essays, Portraiture, The South, journalism, louisiana, photographs, photography, photos
Tags: American Press, elvis, Johnny Newyork, lake charles, louisiana, multimedia
November 19, 2008
These young guys are true inspirations to every baby boomer. John and Gervis did their time in the work force while playing their music part-time. Then they retired. Now they invest their free time into their music.
Watch the audio slideshow at this link: http://www.americanpress.com/lc/blogs/wpphotos/?p=20
Filed under Black & White, Music, Photo Essays, Portraiture, The South, journalism, louisiana, photographs, photojournalism, slide show
Tags: louisiana, lake charles, American Press, multimedia
October 22, 2008
This post falls under the heading, OMG (OH My Goddess). Thanks to my editor, I did some work for Associated Press (AP). Call me a geek but seeing my name on the USA Today website and the MSNBC webside made me jump for joy and totally “geeked” me out! The assignment, itself was interesting. Not too many people can say they spent time on an air boat with a casket, an inmate, and a mortician.
Filed under journalism, photojournalism
Tags: cameron, caskets, freelance, hurricanes, ike, journalism, karen wink, louisiana, msnbc, photojournalism, usa today
October 12, 2008
I had the opportunity to cover the 2008 Coushatta Pow Wow Sunday. The event included dancing, tribal drumming, and singing competitions attracting from tribes across the US. Naturally I did a slideshow/multimedia presentation. You can view it here.
Filed under Photo Essays, Portraiture, The South, louisiana, photographs, photography, photojournalism, photos
Tags: American Press, coushatta, kinder, louisiana, multimedia, photos, pow wow, slideshow
September 29, 2008
Sunday’s Life cover featured a package I shoot on a local 4-H champ. Kesley won the barrel-racing “hat trick”, takeing parish, regional, state, and southern honors in that sport. Click here to view the multi-media package.
Also I have been busy adding content to the American Press Photo Blog so it can be promoted. Click here to take a look at it. Make sure to subscribe to our RSS feed. I hope to keep new content up weekly.
Filed under Photo Essays, The South, journalism, photographs, photography, photos, slide show, sports
Tags: 4-H, barrel racing, blogs, karen wink, louisiana, multi-media, slideshows, soundslides, the american press
September 24, 2008
Personally I hate picking out photos to place in my portfolio. However, it is something that is necessary. Any photographer, artist, writer, and the like needs to have a current binder of work at all times. Plus, if you look at fotokew.com it is still slanted towards commercial work. The last three months have solidified my love of journalism and editorial work. So I am off…and sitting here working on the changes. It may take some time but here are first two draft pages:
I still have more photos to go through but feel free to offer advice or comments on my first drafts.
August 25, 2008
The Times of Southwest Louisiana is a bi-monthly magazice produced out of Lake Charles. I had the opportunity to shoot the cover story for them this month. You can download the pdf on their website and view more photos here on my flickr.
Filed under Photo Essays, Portraiture, The South, photographs, photography, photos
Tags: louisiana, local, lake charles, the times of southwest louisiana, oberlin, hardware, stores
