I leave the house around 10:30. Across Saint Claude I hit the stream of beauty. I take the stream to Franklin, the joy is amplified.

I cross Royal.

A man sits with his head in his hands the look of sadness permeates. I walk past him and make it 5 steps contemplating all of us, on the street having the best time, he sits 3 feet away sad. I look like magic, today I will be. I walk back thrust out my hand with a 20.

“Happy Mardi Gras brother” I say, he looks up and smiles

“How did you know” with a quick Triple take on that $20 the sadness lifts I see the person not the pain

“I just know” I say , “I’m magic” trying to be present but deliberate in my intention

“I’m one of the good ones” he says, longing in his voice, I tear up

“I know man”

We look at each other, he sees me glittery and gold, Today I saw him, and that’s what made the difference

He smiles, sunshine and sparkles on his face, shakes his head, today he can be whoever he wants

Happy Mardi Gras

Eli

More Photos below

Mardi Gras – 2022 Season – Photo Galleries Below

Mardi Gras Day

Lundi Gras

Krewe of Thoth

Blush Ball

Krewe of Freret – Krewe of Themis

Krewe du Vieux – KreweDelusion

Grab Bag

 

If you didn’t know back in the day I used to shoot a lot of video. Since I moved away from NYC I kinda got into photography a little hard. The following videos are the beginning of my VLOG. I hope to shoot some more and I hope you enjoy.

See ya next time.

So 2016, what a year. Dawn and Eli have been just fine in their new home. They love cats, they love life. They acquired a new gato named ruckus this year. He has been a but of a poop terrorist but they do love his little face.
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I’m woke up by the drums. I get up like a christmas child teleported instantly to the window to see what it is.

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First off its been a long couple of months, and to be honest we are beat.

We have had guests here for…, well 2 months solid at least and that wears you out eventually. With that said we wouldn’t have it any other way. We are tired but its that good tired after you had a nice long workout or a day at the beach.

We just had po-boy fest happen, Mike came out to enjoy and above you can see some of his sisters kids awesome facepaint work.

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Soo, We just got back from our wedding, and its already decadence. The pussyfooters were invited again this year so in true dawn and eli fashion we rocked it out.

FULL ALBUM

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So as you can see we updated the website.

Before:

After:
Well your looking at after so I’m not going to add a photo.

So…. On the the next news.

Dawn and I got married!

What can I say, I tried to shoot my own wedding and with a little help from raf we pretty much accomplished it. So below are some of the photos and some of my thoughts.

But before that.

Dawn and I want to let everyone know we wanted to keep this wedding small. So that’s what we did. We made some hard decisions not to include a lot of people. So we hope you will join us sometime Feb or later for a New Orleans wedding reception. Dates will be picked and invites will be sent to everyone.

Now on to the photos.

Full Album is up here.

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