Jennifer and Kendall are officially Bauman Photographers family and we feel as though we are a part of theirs!!! We headed out for another awesome New Orleans wedding on a beautiful day and arrived in much cooler weather but in a very special area of New Orleans. Typically we are centered around the French Quarter so this was great to experience the Garden District fully. We were able to explore some different restaurants in the area and it had a very quiet, tree lined and residential feeling to the whole area. The street car near our hotel would drop us off right in the French Quarter if we ever did want to head out for some fun in the evenings.
The weekend started with an amazing rehearsal dinner at the Commanders Palace Restaurant which had a gorgeous courtyard, specialty appetizers and drinks including the French Quarter flaming café brûlot We got a couple casual shots of the fun and entertainment in the chilly night air of the courtyard after a delicious feast complete with some great toasts and singing.

The wedding day started in the late afternoon at Jennifer’s quintessential New Orleans suburban home and at twilight we headed to the ceremony – you may recognize the chapel – it is the Sacred Heart Academy chapel where Marianne and Kieran were married (our first New Orleans wedding)
After the twilight ceremony, we headed to the Audubon golf club for the reception and live music carried the night in a dancing frenzy including the ever-popular spontaneous second-line dance around the building. Fresh steamed clams, made-to-order quesadillas, mashed potato martini’s and tray-passed late night breakfast sandwiches were some of the great fare.
Our good friend and fellow photographer Jeff Youngren joined me for the trip which was a ton of fun. On the last day, we went for a swamp tour and headed to the Checkered Parrot to watch the Charger game and ended up having the best chicken wings I’ve ever had! Oh yes, my other recommendation..the Sugar Shack fried catfish sandwich was INCREDIBLE!!!

Check out a video of us in New Orleans at the famous Cafe Du Monde!

As you know, Bronson and Jared are in New Orleans shooting a wedding. I had the privilege of waking up at 5:30 to take them to the airport on Wednesday, and then headed into the studio a little early. Usually when the guys are out of town things run pretty smoothly. This time I think the studio manager gods were angry with me, because all hell broke loose about 30 minutes after Jared and Bronson got on the plane.

To document the madness that was the Bauman Photographers studio this week, I hired our wonderful Crew photographer John Yao.

Notice the large stack of things covering my desk…

Not joking – this is when I was on the phone with Jared taking down the information I needed to call the New Orleans Police Department (I won’t ruin the story – I am sure the guys will post on that later.)

Our dear intern Laura had to come in 2 extra days this week to finish a project because the computer freaked out on her! This is us ready to karate chop the computer and show it who’s boss.

All in all, a very eventful week. Thank goodness everyone will be back on Monday!

Time: only 12:30am toinght
The Mood at our hotel: a little peppier tonight, which is surprising considering we were up until 3am last night
The Mood one block away on Bourbon Street: still very loud . . .

We had an awesome day today! So far, we’ve had the perfect balance of photography and relaxing. We didn’t have any commitments today until 2:30pm, so we were able to sleep in and go grab some coffee at Cafe du Monde, a very historic french coffeeshop right next to the Mississippi River in the heart of the French Quarter. We had Jennifer’s bridal session this afternoon in and around New Orleans – what a fabulous session! While we are out here for Marianne and Kieran’s wedding photography tomorrow, we’re also shooting Jennifer and George’s wedding here in October. In essence, we killed several birds with one stone on this trip
Honestly, we are having the greatest time here. We stopped in at Marianne and Kieran’s rehearsal dinner and cocktail party, and had a great time meeting their family and friends. Both Marianne and Kieran are so nice and welcoming – they have gone out of their way to make sure we feel welcomed here. Here are some shots from their rehearsal and cocktail party.
And Jennifer looked amazing today for her bridal session. For those of you who are from the west coast (like myself), bridal sessions are very common here in the south and are kind of like a west coast substitute for an engagement session (I just learned this myself).
Bronson and I were talking tonight over dinner – we feel so blessed to be doing destination wedding photography for a living! More to come – some highlight images from the wedding!

I must say that it has been a long day – after getting up at 5:30 for our flight to New Orleans this morning. However, I feel rewarded to be here for this wedding! New Orleans has struck me as a city full of rich history, a focus on freedom and creativity, and overall populated by very friendly people.
We were able to hang out with our awesome couple today – Marianne and Kieran who hosted a poolside party this afternoon at the historic Monteleone Hotel (more photos of the monteleone to come…).
Afterward, we headed to a place called Lola’s (recommended by our friend Eric) and he was spot on. The seafood paella was great and the atmosphere felt very local, very artistic, very…granola.




I was surprised although I shouldn’t have been to see the cemetaries here – they reminded me of the ones that are spread throughout Paris and I’ve not seen many like them in the states – here is one at night!

I was also a little surprised to find on e of the guests wearing essentially the same thing I was..what a fashion faux pas!