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<p>Nice shadow framing, Brad...</p>

<p>© Dennis Couvillion</p><div></div>

<p>New Orleans, 2015...</p>

<p>I know one day I'm going to be arrested...and I'm a lawyer, too.</p>

<p>A "Second Line" is tecnically what the parade or musical march is called that follows the hearse to the cemetery...that's what I was talking about. I've seen Second Lines done for conventioneers (without a body)...even short facsimile Mardi Gras parades (and not during Mardi Gras season). A lot of times they're done in a large convention center...sometimes on the street, at least in part. But, regardless, they ain't the real deal...</p>

<p>I'm reluctant to give up secrets about shots...yea, I know that sounds pretentious. But the beautiful, mysterious girl in my shot was simply reacting to burning her finger while lighting a candle. Funny how shots just sometimes fall in your lap if you're paying attention...</p>

<p>I like shots where the viewer doesn't know what the hell is going on in the photo and has to use some imagination to fill in some sort of meaning. Got any like that?</p><div></div>

<p>Has anyone ever seen a real Second Line Jazz Funeral in New Orleans...and not one of the phony ones they put on for tourists at conventions? Yesterday I went to the send-off for New Orleans jazzman, Lionel Batiste, in Treme. Here's a Wikipedia link about Uncle Lionel.<br>

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Batiste">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Batiste</a><br>

I shot a few pictures at the Second Line funeral parade and uploaded them to a gallery here:<br>

<a href="../photodb/folder?folder_id=1036580">http://www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1036580</a><br>

Hope you enjoy them...</p><div></div>

<p>Lots of nice shots...</p>

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<p>Leica M6, 50mm f2 Summicron, Fuji Neopan 400</p><div></div>

<p>Hey...I'm back shooting with my Leica film camera and just fixed my old film scanner.</p>

<p>Leica M6, 50mm f2 Summicron, Fuji Neopan 400.</p><div></div>

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<p>I spoke to a friend of Elliott Erwitt a few weeks ago who told me that Erwitt has been having some fun shooting color under an assumed name...unfortunately I cannot recall the name he said. I met him a couple of years ago here in New Orleans....a gnomish little guy in suspenders. But Erwitt is still a sharp, funny, playful guy. I asked him to sign my dog-eared (pardon the pun) copy of his book "Dogs". He got a kick out of seeing the book..said he hadn't seen it in years. I love the guy's work...</p>

<p>While the guy certainly has a good eye these images look too plastic for my taste.</p>

<p>Found this interesting story this morning. Sports photgrapher, Nick Lahan, recently shot photos of the New York Yankees on his iPhone...and Getty Images picked them up.</p>

<p><a href="http://fstoppers.com/shocking-getty-licenses-nick-laham-photographs-of-ny-yankees-taken-with-iphone">http://fstoppers.com/shocking-getty-licenses-nick-laham-photographs-of-ny-yankees-taken-with-iphone</a></p>

<p>Thank you, everyone, for your remarks...</p>

<p>As for the distinctly New Orleans architectural backgrounds, most of these shots were taken in the French Quarter or nearby in the Marigny where everything looks this way. But, yes, I do try to utilize the architecture as background and to frame shots.</p>

<p>Regarding Pete Fountain, I have the pleasure of knowing Pete for a number of years and he is one of the nicest persons you would ever hope to meet. My wife works with Pete on a couple of functions every year so I have been photographing him for years. In fact, in the shot in the album Pete is waving to my wife.</p>

<p>Pete is 81 years old and although he's slowing down a bit he can still play that horn. Here is a shot of him playing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival last May.</p><div></div>

<p>We just finished Mardi Gras here in New Orleans last week. Here is a link to some shots I took. This year I stuck to color and did more street portrait-type shots than I usually do. Enjoy...<br>

<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=500469">http://www.photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=500469</a></p>

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<p>I used to check out this site (NY Times) regularly...</p>

<p><a href="http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/">http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/</a></p>

<p>It's a whole new paradigm...things change. I'm old school and, as such, always preferred to have something tangible that I could hold...a photo, a negative, a magazine, a book, for example. Now almost everything is online. You can find quality photojournalism...you just have to look for it. Things change...nothing stays the same. I'm just going with the flow and learning to enjoy the new way of doing things. Keeps life interesting...</p>

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<p>No commentary on equipment allowed, Alex...just say that we both have street shooting friends who look very similar. ;>)</p>

<p>BTW, how are Tom and Tuuli? I've lost touch with them over the past few years.</p>

<p>Try again...</p><div></div>

<p>dcdcdc</p>