VIDEO: Photographer captures Lake Pontchartrain waves ahead of I - KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana News Weather & Sports

VIDEO: Photographer captures Lake Pontchartrain waves ahead of Isaac

Posted: Updated:

iReporter Marc Pagani called this a beautiful but frightening preface of what's to come.

He's a travel photographer who didn't have to travel far to take these pictures at the lakefront in New Orleans ... his hometown.

The winds were already kicking up waves on Lake Pontchartrain ahead of Hurricane Isaac's landfall that happened Tuesday.

Pagani said the view brought back sad memories of Hurricane Katrina.

He was heeding the advice to stock up on water, and non-perishables and said he was charging his camera batteries.

And in true New Orleanian fashion, Pagani said he also stocked up on enough libations to last through the storm.

Copyright 2012 CNN. All rights reserved.