Little Christmas Details

I was telling a friend of mine that sometimes the most story-telling picture is a detail shot. You sorta get to the heart of things by staying away from the overall scene and focusing on a small area. This picture is maybe a little wider than I’d normally shoot for a detail shot, but color, the light, the sign and the storm shutters came together for me. To me the picture has a warm, feeling that Christmas evokes. It also feels a little Harry Potterish to me. Hmmmmm.

Where? When? What? How?

I made it as I was walking back to the car after dinner, and after Caroling on Jackson Square. So that means I was in the French Quarter. The building is a combination shop and house. If you go in this door, you walk into the owner’s living room. If you walk into the door next to it,  you walk into the shop.  Right now the shop is filled with Christmas trinkets. In two months, the doorway will be purple, green and gold and they will sell Mardi Gras trinkets. Then Easter and so on. To make this picture even more interesting there is a sort of hand drawn sign that says, “you are being watched.” The sign was created by a local folk artist called Doctor Bob. He’s pretty well know throughout the lower south. How? Well. You already know how. Same thing that I always do. Except, the light was low enough that I had to brace myself and slow my breathing some. Well. A lot. There you have it.