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Hindus around the world celebrated Holi a few weeks ago. For whatever reason, NYC was a bit late to the party… Holi was on March 8th, this year, but NYC Banghra hosted Holi Hai last Sunday, March 25. Olinda attended the event at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, taking pictures for Sulekha. You can see the full [...]
This is the third year that I’ve been around for HASA and CaribSA’s annual fashion show at William Paterson, and as usual it was an exciting show. The students packed into the Shea Performing Arts Center, and the DJ kept the energy high between scenes. John Cook and his models put on a heckuva show, [...]
Ms. Mayes and Ms. Manuel retired after many years of service to the East Orange School District. Here are a few choice shots from the afternoon, an event hosted at Bella Italia in Orange, New Jersey, by John Cook, Wanda Davis, and Makeba McCray.
I was up in East Orange today for a community event – Single Mother’s Appreciation Day. The event was at Watsessing Park in East Orange / Bloomfield on Saturday, June 4, 2011. For pictures from the event, follow this link - .
This year, the Air Force celebrated Colonel Forchion’s retirement. Again. After 20 years of service in the Air Force, he spent another 15 heading a Junior Air Force ROTC unit. This military ball doubled as a formal dance and celebration for the cadets as well as a recognition of Colonel Forchion’s many years of service.
Note: William Paterson just put on their 2012 Fashion Show last week. Just uploaded the this evening, so check ‘em out! On Thursday, March 10, we covered the 2011 William Paterson Fashion Show, “Still Standing,” at the Shea Center for Performing Arts. Congratulations to the Haitian American Student Association (HASA), CARIBSA (Caribbean Student Association), John Cook of [...]
Shellone had a big birthday bash at the beginning of September, and she asked Olinda to be there to take pictures. There were lots of speeches and lots of dancing. It looks like everyone had a great time! Here are a few of the nice shots from the evening. I love the one of Jamal [...]
The plan was simple. Go to the toast off to take pictures of all the wonderful seniors as they headed off to prom. Meet three girls and their dates for a quick photo session at Brookdale Park. Then head off to the prom. Too bad mother nature didn’t agree, it rained all day, and the [...]
This year, we had the privilege of working the annual military ball for the Junior Air Force ROTC at East Orange Campus High School. The ball is a part ceremony, where cadets follow military etiquette and receive awards for their performance at the annual flight competition, and part party, where the cadets let loose and [...]
Busy weekend. After Mr. P’s baby shower, we worked Jenn’s wedding shower on that Sunday, April 10. The shower was held at Arthur’s Tavern in North Brunswick. There were lots of pictures of presents and plenty of happy guests. The photos above are a few of the candid shots from the day.
Mr. P’s wonderful secretary, Ms. K., asked us to photograph the surprise baby shower that she had organized. We took a bunch of pictures, especially the lengthy present-opening ceremony, and assembled them into a slideshow for Mr. P. For the rest of you, here are a couple highlights from the day.
Note: William Paterson just put on their 2012 Fashion Show last week. Just uploaded the tonight, check them out! We worked the William Paterson Fashion Show on March 25, and what a show it was! Congratulations to John Cook and all of the models on a job well done. Between all of our running around, [...]