A photo a day
I am going to try to put up a photo a day…the photos may be photos just captured, or photos that I have just come across from the past, that I want to share. Fresh, fun, poignant, joyous, they will be photos of my life and surroundings.
I have been working on HDR (High Dynamic Range) and yesterday captured an image that finally meets my standard and that truly shows the absolute beauty of HDR. Here is my photo for today.
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Today’s photo is from my “photo vault.” It is a panorama of photos that I took almost 4 years ago, just after Hurricane Katrina. I came to New Orleans to help the animals that were affected by Katrina, and ended up helping in a horse barn at Lamar Dixon in Gonzalez, LA (the staging ground for animal rescue initially.) I had the pleasure of helping LSU Equine Vets, who were led by Dennis French, DVM. An abler group I could never hope to find. http://equine.vetmed.lsu.edu/denny.html One morning, a group of farriers arrived from all over the country; they had heard about Katrina’s effects on the horses of Louisiana and they came to help. http://www.theamericanfarriers.com/home.html They spent three days caring for and shooing the 300 plus horses that we were caring for…such a generous and kind group of people. This photo is of a gentleman named Mo who I think was from Missouri, as he was shoeing a horse. I loved that I captured the smoke around his tools. Enjoy this photo…suspect there will be more from the “photo vault” as we head closer to the 4th year anniversary. I want to emphasize the incredible good that happened after Katrina, not dwell on the sadness.
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Photo of the day today is a set of fun photos captured yesterday at Coliseum Square here in New Orleans. I was driving by and noticed that there were dogs in the fountain, so had to stop and capture the moment! So much fun and some seriously happy dogs.
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Today’s photo speaks for itself. I call it “Read Girl” and you will understand the title when you see it. I need to interject a little seriousness in this post. Prior to Hurricane Katrina, it was an estimated that 40% of adults in the New Orleans area were reading below the sixth-grade level, and another 30% below the eighth-grade level. Less than 10% of those individuals were categorized as in need of literacy services and actually enrolled in a literacy program. The winds of Katrina scattered many adults who were enrolled in area literacy programs and blew in others with additional needs. This brought new challenges for literacy leaders, many of whom have been struggling with personal and professional issues of their own in the aftermath of the 2005 storm. Things have not improved since a number of schools closed and never reopened, and most resources have been severely strained.
Do not forget that New Orleans still needs help; we are back, we are working, but the job is not done.!
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