The Sunset Cruise

Yesterday, B & I took a cruise around the southern tip of the Baja peninsula to see The Arch at Land's End. It was nice -- biggest catamaran in Mexico (so nobody got motion sickness), super friendly crew, and an open bar that never stopped flowing. Since I had some hopes of an interesting landscape shot of the Arch, I naturally got an arrival time that was about 20 minutes too soon before sunset, another boat in our way, and a perfectly flat, boring sunset. So, we fell back to our preferred vacation past times: drinking and people watching.

Saw these two dudes relaxing up on the deck, and one of them moving his hand to point, and the random factors aligned (or at least, my fifth drink hit me). Classic, and nice to get some composition going on at 70mm, which I often struggle with.

Beachcombers

Last weekend, I met a friend in the Mission for lunch, then went out to take some pictures. It was cold enough that my fingers started to freeze -- "too cold!". I had this realization about the time I realized I had MLK day off work, so I made plans with my girlfriend to go somewhere warm. Hawaii was cloudy and rainy, so I decided to go somewhere I'd never been: Cabo San Lucas.

I snapped this shot yesterday, as I was walking along the beach near the end of the day. Long shadows are a favorite of mine, and I like the alien quality this picture has to it.

The Jazz Man

On our trip to New Orleans, we decided to do the Sunday jazz brunch at Arnaud's. The musicians went table to table, offering to play songs for patrons. I was a little irritated that they actually felt a little off that morning, and I much prefer conversation to music right up close (a perennial problem with me and most bars). That said, they were awesome characters, and so I had my camera out when they came by.

Break

Short and sweet -- I loved the character here.

So a Horse Walks Into a Bar...

I was having drinks on Bourbon Street with B and my old friend Lou, and one of the mounted policemen rode into the bar. Just had a second to grab my camera and shoot this -- if you ever wondered what kind of town New Orleans is, this is it. ;)

One Man Band

I've never seen a city more willing to put on a parade at the drop of a hat than New Orleans. No surprise: Dozens of competing Mardi Gras krewes who spend a year planning their *next* parade, jazz funerals, the nearly complete lack of open container laws...

Anyway, B & I were at our favorite breakfast place in New Orleans on our last day, having Bloody Mary's and mimosas while we were waiting for our table, and I heard this parade kick off outside. I asked a bunch of the help what it was about, and they were as clueless as me. Stepped outside, and it was apparently for the Sugar Bowl, but they had turned out a lot of local high school bands and the like to march. Saw this kid, and there was my shot.

Four by Five

I'm in New Orleans for New Year's, and I shot this right outside of my hotel on Bourbon. Very cloudy day, with the light pretty soft everywhere. Noticed people walking single file by this building, and caught them as they were spaced just show.

I went to college in New Orleans back in the mid-90s, before I had any interest in photography. Now that I do, all I can say is: Wow, is this place ever a gold mine for a street photographer. I'm going to have to do some research on Flickr to find out who all is shooting here, and what their stuff looks like.