The Oil Patch - Part 2

This past week, I got the cool job of traveling off shore to the Gulf of Mexico to photograph a drilling barge that sat at the edge of the big water in the Gulf of Mexico. Shoots like this are fun because of the adventure.

I flew out of Amarillo on Tuesday morning and landed in New Orleans on Tuesday afternoon. After an uneventful drive through New Orleans, I got to the Breton Sound Marina and left by boat for the rig.

The rigs are incredible: Probably the size of half a city block, they are like a floating city complete with super comfortable living quarters and a full service galley.

On the rig, I was in awe of how much water surrounded me. You could live in the Texas Panhandle for a million years and not see as much water as what surrounded me within eye shot.