Here are 29 Zoom backgrounds that only people in New Orleans will appreciate
From sitting in a pothole to random places across New Orleans, here are a bunch of backgrounds you can download and use for your Zooming.
by Clint Durrett
May 5, 2020
There’s nothing like being outside and hanging with your friends. I get it. I’m enjoying the hangouts on Zoom with my chums or the meetings I have with the Very Local NOLA team. But sometimes, my home is messy or I just want a change of scenery. From sitting in a pothole to random places across New Orleans, here are a bunch of backgrounds you can download and use for your Zooming and keep it local. We also made some video backgrounds, too. (Photos taken by Matthew Hinton)
How to use the backgrounds:
- Right click on the image and save the image to your computer
- Open Zoom
- Open the Preference/Settings menu in Zoom
- Select “Virtual Background” in the preferences
- Click the “+” sign
- Upload the image.
- Be awesome.
Virtually sit in a pothole
Nothing says NOLA like a pothole deep enough to sit in.
This beautifully bead-decorated fence
Happy carnival colors work for any occasion.
Jazz Fest in place crosswalk
Your friends in other states won’t have this kind of fun in their screen
Sit on this streetcar
Don’t even need the $1.25 for this one.
Bourbon Street
Smell not included.
Locks of love
Storyland
Just pretend you’re waiting your turn for the dragon slide.
Armstrong Park
Virtually bask in the lights
Marigny/Bywater
Keep it funky and positive with this background
City Park
These are the views that make us feel warm and fuzzy
Boarded Up
If windows aren’t your thing
Bywater
Welcome folks to the funky Bywater (whether you are actually there or not)
Ninth Ward
Rep the Ninth Ward with this mural background
Jump in a second line
Step it up with this background
Steamboat Natchez
You can just hear the calliope
Riverboat Louis Armstrong
Gator crossing
They can sneak up on you
Cafe du Monde
We miss the smell of beignets
St. Louis Cathedral
An iconic background of NOLA
Cemetery
Skylines
That sky! That dome!
Want more? Here’s a bunch of NOLA-themed video backgrounds we made!
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