The Wild Images Team is going to try an experiment with this photo. We would like to find this couple who were married on the day this picture was taken, May 30, 2015. We would like to send them a copy of this image, printed on our top-quality fine art photo paper, fully matted and framed, in a size of their choosing for free, along with electronic copies of this and the various other photos that we captured of them along the way. We do not know if it will be possible to ever find them or not, but we are hoping you can help us by sharing this post on any social media channels and wherever else. You can even make use of the convenient share buttons below for both Twitter and Facebook. We thank you in advance for your help. While most readers will not know them, if enough people hear about this and share it likewise, we just might be able to locate them. On May 30, 2015, we were wandering the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana, something we have done on numerous occasions as part of our photographic expedition. We were walking along the 500 block of Chartres Street when we heard the sound of music behind us. The sound of music is very common in New Orleans of course, there are street musicians on pretty much every block of the French Quarter and throughout Jackson Square on any given day, but this was different. We turned around to see a procession being led by a newly married couple, the husband in a dark gray tux carrying a black parasol and the wife in a white dress carrying an ornate white parasol. Behind them marched a five piece jazz band, followed by the bridesmaids, then the groomsmen, then the parents of the happy couple, and finally a long line of wedding attendees. We are not sure exactly where they originated from, but it appears to have been in the vicinity of the above photo, perhaps from the Sonder-St. Helene or the Napolean House, both of which are seen in the background as the buildings with the balconies and attached flags in front of it or the off-white building beyond the flags, respectively. The procession continued on towards Jackson Square, turned left onto St. Peter for a block, then turned right on Royal St. for several more blocks. They had quite a crowd forming on both sides of the street further down, that cheered them on as they passed. We had our photographic equipment ready, and The Wild Images Team Photographer, Jeremy Robinson, took an entire series of photos from which this one is our favorite, while The Wild Images Team Coordinator, Christina Orban, helped guide him past the growing crowds. Our Photographer purposely chose this side of the street for two reasons: he wanted the beautiful bride to be the center of attention while still maintaining the balance of the scene with people on both sides of her, and to capture the background buildings that are darkened by overhead balconies, allowing the bride to stand out even more in contrast while wearing a white dress. And then at the moment this was taken, the groom happened to be looking over at his bride, further bringing attention towards her. It did not appear that they had another photographer following them for this part of the celebration, so this may be a great addition to their other photos. This image was captured early in their route as we believe they were exiting a building on the 500 block of Chartres St., in case this helps narrow down who these two may be. Please help us find them, it would finish out a great story! The Wild Images Team has captured many other images in New Orleans including the prominent Hotel Monteleone and surrounding buildings, beautiful French Quarter ironwork view through the cornstalk fence, intricate designs of a house facade and lamp shadows, nice reflection of a bridge in the Louis Armstrong Park, dynamic view as a Canal Line streetcar passes a St. Charles Line streetcar, the eerie nighttime view of Pirates Alley of the French Quarter, an example of an urban art sign stenciled on the wall, the distant building and colorful lights of the French Market, chance encounter with a teddy bear silhouette in French Market window, more north can be found an ornate mausoleum of Greenwood Cemetery, elsewhere is a heavenly scene over Cypress Grove Cemetery, more south was a sunset over the Mississippi River delta, all of which are available for sale in our store. Our blog posts of New Orleans document the midnight crowd at always busy Cafe du Monde, the dimly lit stocked shelves of Loa Bar in the International House Hotel, the colorful French Quarter Wedding Chapel at night, the happy couple leading a wedding procession on Chartres Street, far down the French Quarter where intricately colorful balconies stand above Chartres Street, the moment when entertainers welcomed crowds to the Jax Brewery, the street performer human statue Uncle Louis poses with a visitor, the pink hues of a rare colorful mausoleum in Greenwood Cemetery, the long shadows of bikes chained to old pump lamp posts, reflections of the bus commuters in front of a St. Charles Line Streetcar, a view of the city reflected in the Steamboat Natchez searchlight, the nighttime view of lighted tugboats along the Mississippi River, the steampunk view of the PBF Petroleum Refinery along the Mississippi River, the St. Charles Avenue Irish House Guinness Toucan Time For A Pint clock, the humorous but serious condominium listing warning that the place for lease is haunted, the listing that creates relief by being not haunted, our always entertaining Team Coordinator Christina in Cafe Maspero, and again our Team Coordinator under the Guinness Toucan clock. A distance away from New Orleans to the west are the enormous swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin, where we have captured numerous great photos such as the alligator with cypress tree reflections, a group of alligators with dragonflies, a very large cypress tree and Spanish moss, a thick cypress tree grove reflects in the still water, a large swarm of dragonflies congregate on a marsh plant, a very red sunset through the cypress trees, and a reflective sunset through the Spanish moss, each of which is available for sale in our store. Another image captured much further away to the west along the Gulf of Mexico coast is this very remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay, and much further away to the north up the Mississippi River is the Myrtles Plantation front yard walkway, each of which are available for sale in our store. We have also documented much of our time in Louisiana in many different blog posts such as in the Atchafalaya Basin where we encountered an open style honeybee hive and Spanish moss and down near the gulf coast with another view of the remote cemetery near Cote Blanche Bay.
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