Writer – Photographer – Educator
blogs and pages about event photography
~It's summer (still) in the city, and Pride, too~ As it turns out, it's been a pretty busy summer, August in particular has been a hectic (yet good) month for a summer month. Hence, I'll be brief. August is also Pride Month in New Jersey. Here are a few recent images captured while walking the [...]
It's Pride Week this week. While there will still be many virtual-only events, this year, NYC and NJ will also be holding some of their Pride events in person--such as, NYC Pride Fest in the Village, as well as other events across the Garden State (New Jersey). Here are a few images from last year's [...]
It's June, it's summer, and it's Pride Month. As I've covered and photographed Pride-related events for years, and have always found the experience uplifting, inspiring, and exciting. Last year, because of the pandemic, there were only virtual Pride events. This year, though, small Pride festivals and events are happening live, in person, again. If you're [...]
Six notes for the first six months of 2020.
How to celebrate global Pride 2020 on Saturday, June 27 The first Pride was a march, and took place fifty years ago, in 1970. This June, in 2020, because of Covid-19, we have no choice but to celebrate half a century of Pride through global virtual Pride events happening all day, on Saturday, June27. But [...]
2020 New Year's Resolutions Now that the holidays are over, the glitter swept away and quietly discarded, and the fireworks smoke dispersed in the night's air, we find ourselves "back to life, back to reality." 2020 New Year's fireworks celebrations. Photo by Alina Oswald. All Rights Reserved. The reality is that it's the year 2020. [...]
Photographing Halloween
Identity. WAD 2007. And Also how I met celebrity host, actor and advocate, Ron B.
Photographing Jersey City Pride June might be Pride Month, but August is Jersey Pride Month. Usually, Jersey City Pride Fest(ival) falls on the last weekend of August. JC Pride celebrations start with raising the flag, and continue throughout the month of August, leading to JC Pride Fest. JC Pride: Rainbow flag and American flag at [...]
Fireworks photography.
