Photo Conversation

Concepts Productions.com is a diary of Oklahoma City nightlife. There isn't another website that details the OKC nightlife over the past 4 years the way that Concepts has. Although nightlife photography can be fun and entertaining, it is just the tip of the iceberg of the types of events that I shoot. Everything from Weddings, birthday parties, maternity, newborn, babies, to corporate functions. The possibilities have always been endless. I must admit that I love shooting when NO ONE IS WATCHING. Sounds funny huh? Most photographers will agree that the images that they enjoy the most are images that weren't captured for a client. They are generally images that don't have ANY boundaries, special directions, outside input, or other BS that often times hinder the creativity of the artist. You see, us photographers like to do our own thing. It is equivalent to performing a drum solo. We just want to beat the drum, snare, and cymbol in ANY order that we see fit. I guess you can say that we enjoy marching to the beat of our own drum. No pun intended.

Last week, I was in New Orleans getting my "P1" status crackin' on Bourbon Street. I was in town for the National Black MBA Association conference and arrived a day early. While waiting for other members of my photography team to show up, I decided to pull out my nifty camera and capture a few images outside of Popeyes chicken. Yeah... I was craving Popeyes and I felt that was the best place to start my shooting. I captured whatever my eye felt was interesting. Once my boy Jeff showed up from LA, we decided to eat at a restaurant that didn't taste like or sound like Popeyes. The food ended up being GREAT and I definitely need to go there again. We walked outside just after the sun went down and was amazed... Bourbon Street was empty! Granted it was 8:00 but STILL. I had NEVER seen the street with ON ONE on it. I had to capture a shot and tried my best to get a sharp picture while obtaining a nice exposure. I attempted to capture as much ambient light as possible while trying to lighten up the sky a little.

I believe that every image is worth a thousand words. So what does THIS image say to YOU? Have you ever been to Bourbon Street? Has it always been packed? The view was eery to say the least. I was in aww and I spent the next 15 minutes trying to deliver something cool to put on my facebook... Yeah I said it... I needed a new facebook profile pic so that is where a majority of my motivation came from. Often times when I capture random images, no one ever gets a chance to see them. This blog is somewhat of my outlet to give you a behind the scenes view of "A Day In The Life of Concepts Productions". All photographers must sharpen their skills on a daily basis and here is an example of that. Let me know what you think. ENJOY!






-Empty Bottle of Bourbon