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Tag: Marching Bands

  • What You Could See

    I think I well photograph a little Mardi Gras. The Universe needs a little inbound positive energy for my friend, Chris. I don’t think I can take and take and take… Besides, looking a this older work makes me happy. That counts for something. Right.

  • The Day Before, The Day before

    T he tools of the trade. I suppose that’s what you could call them. Brass tools. Trumpets, French horns, tubas, trombones. They all make their way onto the streets during the Mardi Gras parade season. The students that play them come local and regional high schools and universities. The schools that teach the them often…

  • Song of the Seasons

    I’ ve been feeling out of sorts for the past couple of days. I know where I should be. I know where I’m not. I have a kind of fear. I know that CoVid-19 is not going away any time soon. Most medical professionals who study this stuff are saying that it’s time to live…

  • When It Came To An End

    T hese pictures are about an anniversary of sorts. They were made at the last Mardi Gras parade that I ever photographed. It was at this point that my leg and knee hurt so badly that I gave up. I realized that I just couldn’t go one. Talk about things happening for a reason This…

  • A Whole Lot Of Music Going On

    Mardi Gras parade season. We come for all sorts of reason. Some like the excitement. Some like the floats. Some come for the throws. I come for the music. I come for the marching bands. Of course, I photograph anything that moves. But, it is the bands that move me the most. In the past,…

  • Motion

    Mardi Gras Parades. All about motion. Movement. Energy. Often, it’s hard to show that. Motion is thought of being better portrayed on video. I don’t make videos. I do it using still cameras. I’ve done that since the days of film. For a time, I made my career on that. The trick is to find…

  • Open and Closed

    Open and closed… at one time. Mardi Gras 2017 has been in the history books since Wednesday morning at 12:01 am. With that,  my Mardi Gras pictures are closing for this year too. Of course, I’m two days late. But, that’s usual for me. Mardi Gras was good. The parades were good. Looking back to the…

  • Bits of Bands

    Marching bands. Some say they are one of the best parts of a Mardi Gras parade. I’m not sure about that. But, you know how much I like them. I spend a lot of time making pictures of the bands. Their instruments. A lot of little details. In another life I might have been a musician.…

  • Time After Time

    Mardi Gras 2017. I learned two things. Rust never sleeps. I took most of the time on the scene to knock the rust off. I may photograph second lines on a weekly basis, but this ain’t that. When I finally get rust free, hopefully I’ll arrive at my second bit of understanding. You have to get…