Anna Zatopek Photographer

Here are some of my favorite images from our trip to New Orleans. Yes, it was a while ago and I’m just now getting around to posting them. I’m kind of working backwards. I’ll have some more images from another little vacation we took in August to visit my parents. So, stay tuned for those. In the meantime, here is some NOLA for you.

I wish I could remember the name of this band. They were playing at a little bar down the block from our hotel. It’s so nice to be able to step out of your “home” and into the streets to the sounds of great music coming from every door. What a wonderful time we had!

This was a wall that we passed by about three or four times a day. Look at the years and years of staples. I bet those staples could tell a story or two.

Horse and horse stop.

Saint Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square.

Window of beer.

The windows in New Orleans hold such interesting stories.

Bring on the good stuff!

An old foofie dress in the history museum

Here we are in Lacy’s favorite pub. I want to say his name was David, but I’m probably wrong. Lacy, correct me here. Bill, my loving husband is on the right. I’m not sure why these boys are looking at me like that.

Kickin’ it with our new BFFs, Lacy and Andy, who incidentally, we met while shooting their wedding a little over a year ago. We love you guys! Thanks for the good times! We’ll be back, soon!

I have been organizing and cleaning lately. Well, when there is time. I feel like I can’t bust out unless the house is uncluttered. and by bust out, I mean really reach my full potential, whatever that may be. My house is a very lived in place. We try to keep it clean and organized, but by the end of the day, just bending down to pick up a cheerio is an ordeal, so sometimes it doesn’t get done. Not to mention the piles of filing that I need to do. Also, not to mention the shelves of lovely little boxes that I have purchased to put things in to make my house seem more organized than it really is. So, as the business gets some much needed organization this tax season, so do the shelves in my bedroom and closet. In doing so, I came across some old assignments from my darkroom photography days. It’s been fun and disappointing at the same time to look through these. Some of them were really great and I was proud of my 16 year old self. Others were really half-ass, like you could tell I procrastinated until the last minute because I was too busy listening to the Smiths and brooding over how lame it was that I had to wake up and go to school at all. Ah yoot. It’s wasted on the young, no? I think so. Anyway these were some that I was proud of. The rest you don’t get to see.

Look at these gorgeous people!

I am posting a bunch today. This is The Duncan Family: slideshow and see the pics below. This was “a day in the life…” sort of session. I photographed the kids getting up, eating, and going out to play. It was a ton of fun!

Stay tuned, more posts to come…