Nathalie's Photo Blog » Orlando

Ego Labs Client Appreciation Party

Thalie — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:03:18 +0000

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

LOL, Deena’s face is priceless (Too much wine?)

Quiet Storm

Thalie — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:49:32 +0000

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.

Much thanks to @primeluva for the heads up on this one. I finally got to catch lightning on camera!

The rest of the set can be seen // here

Rachit JitBilly

Thalie — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:53:55 +0000

Natural Hair Group in Orlando

Thalie — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:59:53 +0000

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!

Must See:

Here’s the rest of the set.
Nappy New Year (Calendar Sale coming soon in 2010. Email you high resolution NATURAL HAIR photo to nappynewyear@gmail.com)
It Just Makes Scents : Natural candles, scented oils, and more.
Keke’s Napptural Hair Designz : 407-485-9557
And of course, BraidMyHair.net

P.O.P.S. Banquet

Thalie — Sun, 31 May 2009 00:52:43 +0000

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.

Zora Neale Hurston Festival

Thalie — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:50:15 +0000

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.

Ta’nia and I

This man put on a GOOD show! I don’t know what you’d call his style of dancing, but it was definitely entertaining!

Interesting sculpture made of dinnerware

Orlando Sky View

Thalie — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:56:25 +0000

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

The photo above was a merge of 3 photos taken. Photoshop CS3 has an “Automate” function that does this for you all on it’s own.

If you haven’t heard of tilt-shift photography, you have now. This is a fake, made by TILT, but the concept is to make a photo look like a miniature set by blurring the foreground and the back of the image.

Event Photography : Citrus Parade

Thalie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:24:40 +0000

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.

This pony was shot in a high aperture so that the focus could be mainly on him. Plus, he’s got a FRESH haircut.

I loved this little girl with the glasses! Such a cutie pie!

You know I played the clarinet in the marching band right? Don’t sleep on it!

One of the statues in the Plaza building on Pine and Orange

The rest of the set can be veiwed {[ here ]}

Slow Down on the Mimosas!

Thalie — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:30:29 +0000

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!

Trick or Treat FOOL!

Thalie — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:25:49 +0000

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?!?!?!?

There were a lot of Jokers out there this night, but Ivan was in character the entire time. He was sooo scary!!!

I won the office costume contest too! YAYY!!!