Damn its cold....

But that doesn't stop me from taking a nice long walk around my neighborhood to take random pictures of trees even though its 30 degrees outside. While walking back from the gym yesterday I couldnt help but notice how beautiful and still it was outside due to the severely cold weather in NOLA. I went inside grabbed my camera and walked right back out.

On my block most of the trees are now completely bare. The sky was a strange purplish/yellowish color and I had to go and somehow capture the beauty of the trees blowing in front of it. (cheesy I know) I started shooting and immediately realized that I didn't have the best lens on for night shooting and decided to just go with it. I got, what I think are some interesting and abstract results.

After reviewing the pics on my computer at home I started thinking about a conversation that was had the PhotoNOLA Six Shooters event. There was a lengthy dialogue about successful contemporary photographs. A few panelists were arguing that photographers could focus simply on making beautiful photographs, while others argued that the recent fashion in photography calls for photographer to be more conceptual with their work. These pics made me think of this for some reason.

Haven't posted images on my site..but a few samples are at the top of this post.....as always welcome comments.