Happy Movember

One of my friends was telling me that Australians grow moustaches in November. As a joke, they call it MOvember. Due to my International Superstardom, I grew a moustache to improve my cultural relations. I couldn't get myself to just have a straight-up moustache, so I kept a short beard for training wheels.

Sheryl Longobardo & Rick Lee Wedding

The Actual Joey Himself finally got to shoot a wedding all by, well, himself.

Happy Holidays

I had to make a seasonal card for my studio photo class. I was going to shoot something with a wreath and candles. But my girlfriend said that my idea was lame and not creative enough. So we decided to paint her garage wall orange (one of my favorite colors), and everything after that would be better than what I originally planned.

This image is the final product.




Erica showing off her creative skills.

Behind the scenes.

Joseph Colombo, COME ON DOWN!!

My boss took the staff for an office field trip to The Price is Right. They called my boss to "Come On Down!" Due to the fact that my boss never calls in sick, he hasn't really ever watched the show. So he never got out of the bidding area. His consolation prize was $350 in a years supply of coffee.

Drew Carey is now hosting the show and ads some life into the atmosphere. But since the place and games are pretty much the same as when the show started one hundred years ago, the studio smells like an old dusty closet, with an intense air conditioner.

I was able to walk away with a classic piece of Americana, the name tag.

November First, 2007. Day of the Dead

Haitian Voodoo Ceremony in New Orleans for Day of the Dead.

Ranger Dave

My friend Dave let me stay at his house when I was in New Orleans. We were walking around the French Quarter and stopped in the Nation Park Service Office of New Orleans. I noticed this picture below on the wall and Dave says, "Hey, you like my picture?" So it turns out that Dave was a National Park Ranger for the New Orleans area. I had no idea and was shocked! He knew every detail to all the historic places, buildings, restaurants, people, & events that went on in the city. As a traveler and frequent visitor of the Nation Parks, I really valued Ranger Dave's presence and invaluable knowledge. He even took us to some kareoke drag queen bars.



Ranger Dave Quotes:
95% of people have absolutely no clue what is going on around them.
The other 5% of people are interested in everything around them.

I have lived in this city for over twenty years. Every time I walk
down the street in this small city, I find something strange and
unusual.

There are some interesting people in this town.

There are only a few thing we do right in New Orleans. Eat, awesome music, and throw some wild parties. And that's about it.



Dave was a Botanist and used to work for the government to make sure countries didn't import hazardous plants. Dave knew pretty much all the plant types and names for all Louisiana plant life. Needless to say, Dave and Erica got along very well. While they were looking at the all the grasses and plants, I was running around doing my shooting of everything else.


Here is Dave and my girlfriend Erica walking around in the infamous 9th ward where there was huge floods from where the levies broke. There used to be a neighborhood in the background, but the floods took the houses away. Two years later, and it is pretty much a ghost town.

Because jazz was invented in New Orleans, they still have some of the best live music I have heard anywhere in America. Dave showed me a radio station, and he leaves it on 24 hours a day. You can stream this radio station with your iTunes. It is the closest thing you can witness to being in New Orleans on Frenchman Street.
WWOZ is a huge supporter of local musicians.

Wrist cutters- A Love Story

I saw this movie called Wrist Cutters last night. Tom Waits plays a crazy character. Enough said. Go see it. It is playing at The Block of Orange.

Joseph Colombo, Photo Hero in New Orleans

Here are some more Halloween images. I still want to play and tweek with some of these and other images. But by popular demand, here are some of my favorites from Halloween in New Orleans.