Jamie Orillion Photography & Design

Recently I had the opportunity to work on a short video documentary project with Lighthouse Mission in Opelousas.  Lighthouse Mission is a men’s shelter/transitional. The guys there were so eager to share their story in hopes to set an example and prove that there is hope in the darkest of moments in life.

Here is their story:

It’s been a good while since I’ve posted on my blog and I have upwards of 15-20 shoots that I’d love to post, but in the mean time (while I’m waiting on video footage to convert) I figured I’d do a new post.  I had a great time shooting with Bryan of Bryan Groves Geology for images to display on his new website promoting his Geology Services.  He was really open to my ideas and super easy to work with.  I shot this in his office with 1 speedlight for all of the shots.  Thanks again Bryan!

Enjoy!

After a long time of preparation and many many months of coffee testing/tasting Café Cohen is now officially open in Lafayette.  For the best cup of coffee in town stop in at Lafayette’s Premier Espresso Bar & Coffee Shop Café Cohen inside of Great Harvest Bread Co. My buddy Jason Cohen has put in lots of hard work for this and its finally here.  I had the honor of receiving the first cup on opening day and it was perfect!

Café Cohen
A Premier Espresso Bar & Coffee Shop

m-th (7a-6p) | fri (7a-5p) | sat (7a-4p)

Inside Great Harvest Bread Co.
854 Kaliste Saloom Rd

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I shot a few images while I was there and wanted to share some.
Images Shot with Polaroid 440 on Fuji FP-3000b film.

Enjoy:

Spent some time with my good friends Nitalia and Nick to capture the moments just a few weeks before their new baby boy comes.  These guys did such an amazing job.  I knew instantly that I was in love with these images.  It was extremely hard to narrow down, but I did want to share a few with you.

Enjoy!

I’ve wanted to do this for some time now, but never really took the time to make it happen. Here is a screen cast of a Photoshop and Aperture editing session I did for the Trudell family.

A couple of months back I did a shoot with my friends at BBR Creative for Cox Communications featuring Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets for a promotional campaign.  We shot in New Orleans at the New Orleans Arena with about 15 minutes to shoot stills, but I was very pleased with the results.  I wanted to share an image and a couple grabs from the Cox website.

Enjoy!

Just wanted to share a few of my favorites from a recent shoot with Taylor Lalonde.

Enjoy!

On December 5th we welcomed our third child, our baby girl Joslyn Sue. 9.0 lbs and 21″ long.  I don’t think I need to say much… Here she is!

Enjoy!

Previous two photos by Jason Cohen.  Thanks again buddy!

Ok… So this post is not a poem or a song dedicated to Kodachrome, but I did want to do a quick post to simply remember Kodachrome. Kodachrome was a brilliant film that was produced for nearly 75 years. You may recall Steve McCurry‘s photo of the “Afghan Girl” with the stunning eyes shot for National Geographic Magazine… Shot with Kodachrome.  It has since been discontinued and the last location in the world to process the film stopped its development of Kodachrome this past December 30th.  Dwayne’s Photo was the last place in the world to process Kodachrome and I was fortunate to have a couple of old rolls which I shot with my Leica M6 and had Dwayne’s process for me.  These images were a few of my favorites from those rolls.

Camera: Leica M6
Film: Kodachrome

Enjoy!

I just got in the new Nikon d7000 and I wanted to do a quick test to see how the video function performed.  This footage and audio is straight out of camera with no post work other than slicing the frames together. Shot hand held with Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 in all natural light. I was actually really impressed!

James Charles stood in for me as my test subject.  Maybe I should have cleaned up his face and his runny nose, or even taken the candy out of his mouth, but hey… Its a raw test ;)