I drove down Bayou Lafourche for a tryout of sorts. Simply put, I spent a day photographing whatever caught my eye, and meeting people along the way. I’d say this is a more direct and cornier style than I’m accustomed to, but I like being direct and corny.
Also, I’m using Instagram? I’m trying to avoid using the photo filters, but I have a suspicion that the purposely contrasty and poor color balance of the iPhone camera necessitates a certain amount of fiddling.
On a crawfish pond in Raceland, harvesting them before Good Friday.
Today’s sunset will bring an end to what many fishermen have called the worst fall white-shrimp season in recent memory.
State biologists say there’s no official data yet on how bad the season was or what may have caused it. Many shrimpers remain worried that the oil spill and chemicals related to the cleanup caused low shrimp catches, though there’s no official evidence to back that up.
There’s no doubt, however, that the slump comes at a bad time for shrimpers, who have battled low prices for their catch, competition from imported seafood, high fuel prices and multiple disasters, including hurricanes and the BP oil spill.
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Shrimping with Nathan and Paula Thibodeaux in Cocodrie.
