Nathalie’s Photo Blog

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: lightning, nature, storms, weather

Orlando’s known for freaky weather, but I’ve never seen a storm like this before.  If you didn’t see last night’s light show, you missed out.  Thing about it, with all the commotion going on, there wasn’t a drop of rain where I was and absolutely no sound.

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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: downtown orlando, Orlando, panorama, skyline, tilt-shift

An internet outage at the office one day haphazardly granted me the chance to take some photos of the Downtown Orlando Skyline.

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Tags: Celebrations

Since the Citrus Parade was right outside of my office this year, I decided to take the opportunity to practice on event photography.  I had difficulty with lighting (the buildings cast HUGE shadows on my subjects) and the fact that everything was moving!  I missed a lot of great shots simply because they moved  too fast for me to focus.

At first, I tried to take shots of entire lines of people marching on the street, but eventually decided to focus on individual objects, subjects and faces in order to achieve a more moving photo.

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Tags: breakfast, Dining

Brunch @ Fifi’s is DELICIOUS!  (I suggest going on the weekend…mimosas are 1/2 off).  It’s located in downtown Orlando under the Sanctuary.  The restaurant is quaint, beautifully designed, and the food is DELICIOUS!

Don’t sleep on the mimosas!  They will creep up on you and no one wants to be crunk in the morning!

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Tags: Celebrations, halloween, NightLife

Halloween is a silly azz holiday.  I haven’t dressed up in years but put the effort in to be the best darn pirate I could be this time around.  I know that this is supposed to be a kid’s holiday, but 30+thousand grown adults showed up for the Halloween Street party on Church Street this year.

This was the funniest costume I saw!!  Do you see the bills on his utility belt?!?!?!?

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