$90 Photography Portrait Sessions Now Available

How you can get professionally shot photos to be used for any purpose. Consultation included to help get you started.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresJuly 29, 2022Photo Shoot, New Orleans, Photo Sessions, New Orleans DealsComment

Boo (How to Be a Ghost)

A cheeky little ghost story in a photograph.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresJune 29, 2022Ghost, Ghost Story, Paranormal, Tulip Staircase, Queen's House, Reverend RW Hardy, MysteriousComment

The Sea Came to the Shore: Prints

Prints from this breezy mini series are now available only with this link.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresMay 24, 2022Print, Sea, Black and Ehite, Ocean, Kelp, StoreComment

Haunting the Traveler: A Photo Journal of Memories in Mysterious and Haunted Locations

I love haunted and mysterious locations. Here’s why I made a new Instagram account.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresMay 15, 2019Travel, Haunting, Mysterious Places, Atlas Obscura, Haunted, Travel Journal, TravelogueComment

New Color Photographs Available for Order as Prints

The new color photographs available for purchase from online shop.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresDecember 7, 2018Shop, Prints, Arizona, PhotographyComment

The Hairnomicon Sessions at Sweet Olive Salon

A Halloween package for New Orleans locals that includes hair, makeup, a photography book and a portrait session at a low price.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresOctober 12, 2018Photography, Sweet Olive Salon, New Orleans, Hairnomicon, Halloween Hair, Halloween StyleComment

It has arrived

The inspiration, explanation and guide to finding secret messages in my new horror photography book, Hairnomicon: Communiques from Beyond the Chair.

Hairnomicon: Communiques from Beyond the Chair (The Preview)

A Q&A about my latest book including information on how to purchase your copy.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresFebruary 28, 2018Hairnomicon, Photography Book, HOrror, Occult, Copy, Purchase, Shop, HairComment

St. Augustine, Florida -- Five Hundred Years

Five hundred years of shadows in St. Augustine, Florida.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresJanuary 16, 2018St Augustine, Saint Augustine, Florida, Travel, Photography, Shadow, Fort, Castillo de San Marcos, Old TownComment

Welcome to 2018

A new photography book, The Saffron Scourge and a film are part of this list of updates for 2018 that include you.

Inspiration Board: Hairnomicon: Communiques from Beyond the Chair

Antique fake ghost photography to be the inspiration for a new book.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresDecember 12, 2017Photography, Fake Ghost Photography, Spirit, Ghost, Bayou St Blonde, Book, Hair, StylistsComment

Documenting Yellow Fever in New Orleans...112 years later

Photos and illustrations from the yellow fever scourge that terrified New Orleans for 110 years and how it fits into my project about this era in our city's history.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresDecember 5, 2017Yellow Fever, Photography Project, Louisiana State Museum, Williams Research CenterComment

My 19th Century Plague-Inspired Photos to be Exhibited

Two photos from yellow fever epidemic-inspired collection to be exhibited in Texas.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresNovember 28, 2017New Orleans, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, Texas, Yellow Fever, Tintype, Wet Plate, Ghosts, Fine Art Photography, PrintsComment

30% off Books and Prints Until December 1, 2017 (Promo code in post)

Click to get access to the promo code for 30% off copies of GHOSTS OF NEW AMSTERDAM.

The City of the Dead, the Giver of Peace

Does the cemetery bring you peace too?

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresNovember 7, 2017New Orleans, Cemetery, Cemeteries, St Roch Cemetery, St Roch, PhotographyComment

The Disco Dancer's Dead

A short photo story shot in the abyss of downtown New Orleans.

Road Tested iPhone 8 Plus Camera: LA > JOSHUA TREE > LAS VEGAS

A short conversational review on my experience using the camera on the iPhone 8 Plus during a recent road trip through the West Coast.

Spectacular Gravetimes with Friends

Meeting twilight in the City of the Dead with friends.

Favorite Photos from Tales of the Cocktail 2017 in New Orleans

Photos from Tales of the Cocktail 2017.

NEWS About My Upcoming Book: Ghosts of New Amsterdam

I'm excited to share news about my first book due to be released in October.

Photo DiaryCarlos DetresJuly 13, 2017Book, Photography, New York City, Street PhotographyComment

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