Photography and random writings from some crazy Cajun with a camera!

[It’s okay.  Jimbaux has forgiven you, but in some ways, hope it . . . ] Yeah, that’s an appropriate one on many levels. “I’ll Say No Names” One of my goals in this move far away from the bayou has been to shatter stereotypes about places far away.  To be sure, I have made […]

[Jimbaux is smiling, as he has been visited by angels.] She Died I couldn’t believe it.  She died.  She was dead.  Someone who touched so many, including me, with her passion and conviction, with her apparent compassion, was gone.  Profound sadness overcame me.  Many others were were overcome with sadness too, so many who were […]

[Jimbaux never knew this would be so political.] Can’t You See That I’m Sick Of This? What, you’re not listening to today’s song?  Actually, maybe I’m not sick of this, especially as I’ve just met Bomani Armah in person for the first time and talked to him for about 20 minutes.  He likes my work […]

[Jimbaux eats simple fare for the simple man.] Last time, I mentioned how hearing songs from a certain album made me think of a certain time and place.  In that case, the album was Minutes To Midnight by Linkin Park, and the place and time was Pittsburg, Kansas, and environs in the summer of 2007 […]

[Jimbaux knows that Superman is dead.] Doesn’t Anybody Ever Know? Not being able to easily just get up and go foaming is starting to grate on me.  I’m pondering what I should do about this, indeed. Warbonnets on The Bayou Even in 2003, it was rare to see a solid set of Warbonnets leading a […]

[Jimbaux has been running blind.] Somebody Help Me See, I’m Running Blind The song for today’s post, which you should be hearing since you should have clicked on the “running blind” link below the title, is quite appropriate, as it was the first track off of Godsmack’s The Other Side, the album that served as […]

[Jimbaux knows that he’ll do the right thing . . . . if the right thing isn’t fear.] Hey, my friends.  How are all of you?  Let me know, a’ight?  It’s been more than a week since the last post, and there is a very good reason for that, as some of you already know. […]

[Jimbaux has become indestructible.] Y’all Were Expecting Trains Or Something? Wow, what a crazy week it has been!  Anyway, Kate has posted her recipe from our Sunday gathering, and, here, I’ll merely post the rest of the pictures from our encounter. If you go and visit her site, make sure you tell her that Jimbaux […]

[Jimbaux was in da club Saturday.] Where There’s a Will, There’s A Way The fear-indoctrinated pessimist that I once was would often joke that “the way” only involved a large pile of money and maybe even some attorneys.  I’m so glad that that worm of a person is undergoing a metamorphosis into something better, or, […]

[Jimbaux wants you to let the anger fade as he is trying to do.] Yes, classic dark Staind from ten years ago, even more relevant now than Sunday morning in the last post when I mentioned the ten-year anniversary of the release of Break the Cycle. The Wicked Witch Is Dead . . . . […]

[Jimbaux will make you his someday . . .  somehow, somewhere, someway.] Yeah, and I associate Kenny Wayne Shepherd with the KCS’s Gulfport Subdivision for some reason. What A Difference Each Year Makes On Monday 26 April 2010, I took these pictures as I was out with a pal on the KCS’s Gulfport Subdivision between […]

[Jimbaux knows that it’s in our nature to kill each other.] Here are a few shots from Saturday on Pendleton Street at the Potomac River in Alexandria, Virginia.  I did get some Easter Sunday shots, but those will come later. I Need a Bicycle I need plenty of things.  I need a new camera and […]

[Jimbaux is wondering if he should give himself to a southern girl or some other kind of girl.] Yeah, mes amis, I’m on an Incubus kick ever since I reminded you earlier this week that, as Brandon Boyd said, “we’ll always have each other, when everything else is gone.”  Anyway, this is Part 2 of […]

[Jimbaux just needs . . . . to realign.] I want to acknowledge and thank everyone who wrote to me publicly and privately after last night’s post about how, as Brandon Boyd so beautifully sings, we’ll always have each other, when everything else – including $3,000 worth of photography gear – is gone.  If you […]

[Jimbaux feels betrayed . . . stuck in your ways.] Dudes.  Howdy.  I’m tired as hell and yet unable to sleep.  Pray tell, why?  I see no logical reason for this; so, I can only ascribe it to some form of divine punishment for some sins I inherited.  If you think these two pics are […]

[Jimbaux learned a long time ago to fear a new day, but he is, fortunately, now unlearning this.] Few if any forces in life are more destructive than fear.  Until recently, Jimbaux really had no clue the depth of the truth of Franklin Roosevelt’s statement that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”  A life […]

[Jimbaux won the lottery when he was born.] Dear Jimbauxlings, a few readers have requested that I conduct a lesson on flash and indoor photography, and I present such here to you today. When To Use Flash Ideally, you’d never need to use flash, but there are situations, even outdoors during the daytime, when a […]

[Jimbaux thinks.] Holy crap!  Boy, I’m I ever busy!  It seems like forever since I’ve made a post here.  It hasn’t, but it’s been a week since I’ve updated Jimbaux’s Journal.  We may soon learn if it’s true that the light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. I Know Why I Did […]

[Back in elementary, Jimbaux thrived on misery.] Bon soir, mes amis!  This is your pal Jimbaux making an unexpected post this Saturday evening.  I’m halfway inspired to make this post, and halfway  . . .  darn, I don’t know. My assignment today has brought me to Silver Spring, and I’m still here.  How much longer […]

[Jimbaux wants to pass da green.] Rooster P, No Limit (What, you’re not listening to the above-linked song????)  In my recent article on the ‘proper’ way to do the Bayou Sale shot, my pal BobE made the comment that I had overused the “saturation slider” to make my shots too green, specifically referring to the […]

[Jimbaux would rather feel pain than nothing at all.] Greetings, dear Jimbauxlings.  It’s been awhile, hasn’t it.  It seems like forever since I last made a post here. This Life Is Filled With Hurt And is that why we need nurses? I was on my way to an ice cream social in Silver Spring, and […]

[Jimbaux gets around, but not quite in the same way as 2Pac.] Like Old Times, But Not At All Whassup, mes amis!  Some of you Pelican State foamers may remember my “Sunday Worship Services” posts from years ago, and I’m now reintroducing them, though the form and context is much different.  What better day than Sunday […]

[Jimbaux is not sure if he wants a “Southern Girl” or some other kind of girl.] Let Go, Try Each Other On, See If You Fit Bonjour, mes amis!  If you’re looking for an open book, look no further, for I am yours.  (What?  You didn’t click on the above link and start playing the […]

[Jimbaux is listening to “The Warmth” by Incubus, a song that he associates with the seemingly-doomed Lockport Branch.] The Lockport Branch The pictures I present here today were taken within about 1,000′ of where my grandfather was born in Valentine along the eastern bank of Bayou Lafourche.  These pictures were also taken on the day […]

[Jimbaux is wondering as he wanders.  Please click the link and listen to the song as you read this brief post.] Winter is here.  It is a time of silence and death.  Cold gray skies and dark clouds yield flakes of falling  snow, blanketing the land as blankets blanket people, warming them as they take […]

Tired of trains, mes amis?  Tired of analyzing shots?  Here’s a break in that action.  Listen to this while you’re see what’s below. I’m A Cowboy, On The Silver Steel Stallion I Ride And while I was riding that silver steel Japanese horse across the middle of the North American continent, I stopped to get […]

[Jimbaux is listening to “Useless” from Depeche Mode.] As promised, we return to the state of Idaho and its animal life.  You see, my dear Jimbauxlings, what actually happened is that about a week ago as I was planning out future somewhat random photographic subjects for Jimbaux’s Journal, I dredged through the 2006 folder for […]

As we close the month of January 2011, a month of hope and change for Jimbaux, and as demonstrations for democracy and freedom in Tunisia and Egypt take place with their hopes for change (and see what I photographed here regarding those demonstrations), I bring you something different, something that is with all Americans, something […]

What’s up, kiddies?  How y’all doin’ today?  In case you are wondering, I did indeed get some shots of the snow storm today, and maybe I’ll post them sometime.  It took me about 15 minutes to dig my truck out this morning, but I’m good! I don’t have much time now, and I need to […]

The headline above  is a compromise.  I am making this post from the state of Georgia where I laid my head down to sleep late last night.  Originally, I envisioned that this post would be only about my travel from Bayou Lafourche to the Atlantic Coast yesterday, a grueling trek for a variety of reasons […]

Three years  makes plenty of difference, especially when a worldwide economic recession is added to the mix. Here in this post, I present two images that I took at the Kansas City Southern de México’s locomotive facility at its headquarters in Monterrey, two images taken almost three years apart. Smurfs! The first image shown here […]

Bienvenue! Mais, yeah, chère!  What’s happening, my homies and honies?!?!  At long last, it’s finally here!  Welcome to Jimbaux’s Journal, my long-awaited, long-delayed personal photography blog, where I’ll dispense random pictures and random wisdom in my own unique style! I’m extraordinarily busy right now, and not only will this post be very brief, but I […]