Ooti Billeaud Photography

Cory

ooti — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:00:26 +0000

An old friend (who also happens to be a photographer) was in town in July and I wanted to play with my new octabox so he kindly modeled for me (I made him) and here are the results. We only shot for a few minutes because of the heat/humidity/mosquitoes but I like the colors and the texture of the fences in the background. By the way, I just wanted to mention that Cory came up with these pensive, thought provoking poses all on his own. :)

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Grandmothers

ooti — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:02:23 +0000

Both of my grandmothers were at my father’s house this past May after my college graduation and I realized as they were on their way out that it would be a good opportunity to snap a couple of pictures of the both of them since they were both dressed up for the occasion. Even though I only had a few minutes with each of them, I feel like the images I walked away with were screaming representations of each of their personalities. It may not be obvious to a stranger or maybe even another family member but I think that each portrait captures the essence of both of them. Fun Fact: the grandmother in the white shirt had 17 children (yes, I have lots of aunts and uncles).

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Blanche & Matt

ooti — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 03:08:49 +0000

Here are a few *cough 30 cough* of my fav’s from Blanche and Matt’s wedding. I was so excited to go shoot in the Opera House and then Matt sung to her before that… it was an awesome wedding.

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Brit and I

ooti — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 03:09:55 +0000

While my girlfriend and I were visiting her parents in Dallas this past May, we had a little photo shoot which consisted of us, a tripod, and the timer on the camera. It was a bit harder than I had imagined but I’m happy with how everything came out. Just for the record, I’m not crazy about having pictures of myself on here but I thought since it wasn’t just me, it was okay. Thanks for reading!

Yvonne & Dan

ooti — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:44:41 +0000

Here are some of my favorites from Yvonne and Dan’s perfect wedding in New Orleans. Fun Fact: This wedding took me a really long time to edit but I’m super excited about how they came out. Fun Fact #2: They chartered a streetcar in New Orleans. How awesome is that?! Anyway, thanks for reading!

Nikon F5 For Sale

ooti — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:56:55 +0000

Hey there, been crazy busy but I just thought I’d post this up very quickly since I’m trying to sell the camera and because I halfway made an effort for product shots, haha. I’m selling my Nikon F5 on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160448474871&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_3079wt_1139 but I’m also open to offers! All the details are on the link. If you’re interested and have any questions, feel free to email me at ooti at ootibilleaud dot com (<– I typed it like that to avoid spam but just type it regularly if you email me!) or call/text me at 337.277.5369. Thanks for reading.

Audrey

ooti — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:09:07 +0000

Even though she was cute and awfully photogenic, Audrey was a bit of a challenge but thanks to her nanny who she found to be very funny, we got some great images. Here are a few of the ones Audrey’s mother picked out. As a side note, something tells me that all of the women reading this are going to find this post particularly cute.

Fun Fact: I unintentionally shot this entire shoot on a 50mm lens. I don’t know if that’s good or bad but I just felt like that was what every situation and how I wanted to shoot it called for.

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Surprise

ooti — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:42:56 +0000

Most people don’t know this but I do shoot other things besides people. I never post any of my architectural work for pretty much no good reason and so I thought I’d share some work I did for J.B. Mouton recently. Here are a few of their newly completed projects.

Genevieve - Day 2

ooti — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:09:58 +0000

To get a little run down on Genevieve, read the post before this one if you haven’t already. So on day two, we played in the sprinkler and the kiddie pool, jumped on the trampoline, ate popsicles, and got snowcones. Needless to say, no nap was had that afternoon with the large amount of sugar the children ingested. It was an excellent day and it felt like traveling back in time to when I was a kid and got to do all the same fun stuff. Here are some of my favorites from the day. Thanks for reading!

Genevieve - Day 1

ooti — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:21:16 +0000

I recently had the opportunity to cover two days in the life of Genevieve who is a mother of three and the creative director at Blue Cross as part of a photojournalistic assignment. I had worked with her previously a good bit and became friends so we were more comfortable with each other which made the shoot even more rewarding. Genevieve recently won the ADDY award on the national level and like it says on their website, “With over 60,000 entries annually, the ADDY^® Awards are the world’s largest and arguably toughest advertising competition. (http://www.aaf.org/default.asp?id=27)”. It’s always a treat to work with super talented people. Here are some of my favorites from Day 1. Thanks for reading!