Weekend Vacation: New Orleans

James and I flew to New Orleans for the weekend to visit my brother, Steven.  He's interning in Lafayette, LA (~2.5 hrs from New Orleans) but he drove over to stay with us in the hotel.  Southwest had a killer flight deal from Denver to New Orleans so we figured he what the heck let's go.  It was really nice to be able to travel somewhere and not worry about dragging tons of gear along - just brought a tiny backpack with my camera and 3 of my favorite lenses.

I met my brother at Oak Alley Plantation, we took the tour of the estate - it was really neat and the 300 yr old oak trees lining the pathway were my favorite.  He let me snap a couple photos of him here - This would be an AMAZING location for a bridal shoot.

New Orleans - I didn't take as many photos as I wanted to because I didn't want to have to carry my camera around all day (it gets heavy & the extra backpack isn't much fun in the heat / humidity) I'm pretty pleased with what I did shoot and I have a couple to print up for the gallery in Texas.

One of my favorite shots from the trip, I got 2 shots of this guy before he flicked me off -- I just loved the lines and the building behind.

All in all an awesome weekend, even with the threat of a tropical storm - it only rained a tiny bit one day.

-Sharon