Tugboat Caroline, New Orleans images

[Zoeica]

So a bit different from my wedding work. I sometimes have commercial jobs and Canal Barge was one of the first paying jobs when we moved to New Orleans. Lately they have been refurbishing their tugboats, so when they are finally done I take some images for their records. Now usually I have to do this in less than an hour cause these are hard working folks and they do not like to be sitting in dock, since that means they are not making any money. There's people running all around the boat so you kind of just have to shoot what you can, not much time to think about it. Hey, wait that's kind of like shooting weddings and photographing the Dalai Lama!

This boat is a bit different, there is a female captain in charge, something not seen too often down here on the river. Usually when photographing the crew, they are not one for photos, they would rather just work and get done what is needed instead of stopping for photos. Well Kat's crew is not like this, it took just a few images to get some emotions out of this crew, and they seemed to have a good time with the shoot.

I deliver all color images to Canal Barge, I toned the images here for my own collection. Nikon and Leica images. Enjoy.

http://zoeicaimages.com/TugboatCaroline/

 

[vrgard]

Really great shots. Thanks for sharing them.

 

[user237428934]

I like the series from 12 to 15. You can see how serious they look in the beginning and then you probably made a joke or something and in 15 they look so relaxed. 15 is a nice group photo.

 

[martin s]

Those are really, really nice.

martin

 

[Ronald M]

Great photos. One would not think so many would be required for the crew.

 

[russelljtdyer]

Ah, I know this company. I think my ex-wife used to do their books long ago. She's an accountant. Nice company. Nice photos. Well, done.

 

[robklurfield]

beautiful work.

 

[popeye]

+1 ditto on #15

 

[rpsawin]

Great stuff...thanks for sharing this series.

Bob

 

[katgut@earthlink.net]

Nice set of images. they remind me of an excellent book I recently acquired by Jon Kral, "Live Steam," a series about steam-powered river boats. All taken with Leicas/tri-X. It's out of print, but can be found used. He also has several other books I'd like to get, including one on horse racing ("Hot Blood") and Florida cowboys ("Cracker").

 

[acall]

Nice shots! I also really like the group photos once the smiles came out.