Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Martin, I lived in New Orleans for many years and offer this advice: Take the St. Charles Avenue trolley through the "Garden District". Photograph the beautiful homes from the trolley. Don't wander off on foot onto side streets. The famed French Quarter is a photographer's mecca. For fantastic "people pictures", spend a few hours in Jackson Square. Do not, however, wander around the quieter parts of the Quarter after dark with your Leica visible. If you leave any camera gear behind at the hotel, have it locked away in the hotel safe. Do not leave it in your room. Do not travel alone into quiet neighborhoods or, especially, the picturesque cemeteries...as tempting as they'll be. Notice the theme here? These tips are not designed to frighten or discourage you, but please be careful in New Orleans. This tourist-dependant city is relatively poverty-stricken. As with any similar city in the world the crime rate is, consequently, high. Stay with the crowds and don't "advertise" your Leica , though, and you'll be fine. Despite this caveat, New Orleans is one of the most photogenic cities on the planet. You'll have a ball! Craig Boston - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Howard" <howard.390@osu.edu> To: "Leica Users Group" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 2:59 PM Subject: [Leica] Recommendations for San Diego and New Orleans? > > I'm going to be attending a couple of conferences in New Orleans, LA, and > San Diego, CA, soon. Of course, required travelling companions include a > black-painted, Rapidwinder-equipped M2 with four lenses (25, 35, 50, 90) and > a whole suitcase full of B&W film. > > So, what should I see in the respective cities? It will be my first time to > any cities in the US outside of Boston, MA, and Columbus, OH. I'll have > about two-three days extra in New Orleans, probably a little longer in the > San Diego area, which I can devote to non-conference stuff. > > M. > > -- > Martin Howard | eVolving eMergent eThereal > Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | eNthusiasm eVanescent ePhemeral > email: howard.390@osu.edu | eFficacious eMbryolic ePochal > www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------