Nathalie’s Photo Blog

Tags: Celebrations, holiday, office

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Tags: "Ego Labs", "Hair Salon"

*Note, this is BEFORE Chyna graced me with a haircut.  Please ignore the rat’s nest on my head.

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Tags: Deena, strobist

Both Deena and I have been studying our new found loves ; hers for modeling and mine for photography.

This time, I’ve taken some advice and used different looks.  I also tried to correct some technical issues with lighting and exposure (Didn’t have much success in the ‘studio‘ though).

This was my first time using the off-camera lighting outdoors and with the little equipment I have, I see how much of a difference it makes.

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Ortancis from the Natural Hair Group of Orlando invited me to their “Show n’ Tell” today.   These lovely, natural ladies met up at the Seven Sisters Coffeehouse in Winter Park.  They used this meeting to exchange tips on their favorite hair care products, methods, and hairstyles.

I got to meet some truly knowledgeable women who were dedicated to maintaining natural, healthy hair.  I learned a lot myself!

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The Professional Opportunities Program for Students (POPS) is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) community-based organization in partnership with the Florida Department of Education, that provides paid internships, educational, and developmental skills training for youth who are 16-18 years old and attending high school.

On May 30th, they held their teen summit / graduation graduation ceremony in Downtown Orlando.  Guests including Senator, Gary Siplin and Nick Anderson came out to commend these hard working students for making it through the program.

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Tags: culture, event, festival

Each year, the Zora Neale Hurston Festival is held in Eatonville.  She was a noted author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance and one of her most popular works is Their Eyes Were Watching God.

This years festivities included local painters, sculptors, and craftsmen as well as an outdoor performance by Morris Day.

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Tags: Celebrations, Gay Pride, Lake Eola, Orlando Happenings

My sister and I went out to support the gay Orlando community at this year’s parade on Lake Eola.  Of course, I came out too late to see the actual parade, but I did get to see the colorful and happy people at the park.  It was a day of acceptance, tolerance, and enlightenment on issues like gay rights (which is a HOT topic for this year’s election) as well as violence against gay people across America.  As usual, there were some people who weren’t happy about the event, but I had a great time.

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Tags: Common, Concert, Entertainment, Hard Rock Live, Hip Hop, NERD, Pharell

Finally, one of my FAVORITE rappers alive came to Orlando this week.  Common along with N.E.R.D. and Chester French graced the stage of the Hard Rock Live on October 9th and ROCKED IT!  I got there early so I was RIGHT up under the stage.  I saw every bead of sweat that dropped off of Common’s face.  I gazed in amazement as Common took each breath of air and exhaled perfectly executed lyrics.  I even witnessed in amazement (and a little confusion) as Common went so HARD that his nose bled.  Yes, his nose bled and he STILL kept on going.

Of course, Common performed numbers from his upcoming collab with Pharell (Universal Mind Control is awesome), but he sprinkled a few gems from past albums like “Be”, “Testify”, “Go”, and one of my all time fav’s…”I Used to Love Her”.  He break danced for us, he freestyled, AND he brought some audience members on stage.

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Tags: Celebrations

Winter Park High School had our 10 year reunion over this weekend. I had been contemplating if I wanted to go, and after being there, I can’t say that I regretted it. Yes, the event was a little dry and overpriced, and yes, they had the nerve not to even server a meal (or real liquor), but reminiscing was great!

There are still a LOT of people I didn’t get to see, but for those of you who came (especially to my afterparty), I’m really glad to know that you all turned out so well. Our crew is STILL FINE! LOL