Wishing you all the best this holiday season. I am looking forward to a happy, busy and prosperous new year!
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May 11
Saturday Night Live Is Taking My Location Ideas!
I did a double take while watching a recent episode of Saturday Night Live, check out Justin Timberlake and Adam Samberg at the exact location I used during Sarah and George’s engagement session in Long Island City.
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May 11
Bark For Life
This is the fourth year in a row that I have participated in “Bark For Life”. Dogs and humans alike gathered early last Sunday to support this great cause, which is an annual walk to raise awareness and funding to fight cancer. We were lucky enough to have gorgeous weather this year, last year it was rainy and freezing!
I want to thank the American Cancer Society for endorsing this cause, all the sponsors that participated and all those that donated to my team “Charlie and Murphy”. Most importantly I want to send love to my uncle that thrives after his own battle with the disease.
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Feb 11
Happy Chinese Lunar New Year!
I celebrated the Chinese New Year by watching Chinatown’s annual Lunar Parade. The streets were overflowing with people celebrating the New Year, with poppers and confetti. It was so much fun capturing the excitement. Take a look!
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Jan 11
The Remnants of Pleasure Beach
Pleasure Beach, CT was once a thriving beach community but is now more of a ghost town. My mom and her family spent their summers here so when she wanted to go back to see the old stomping ground, I jumped on board, along with Mom’s sister Bonnie and her daughter Lynn.
In 1996 the only bridge leading to the area was partially burned down leaving very limited access to the cottages. This made it too difficult to travel and live in the area ,and by 2007 Pleasure Beach was completely vacated. Sadly the cottages have succumb to arson and vandals, leaving them in despair. They are being prepared to be torn down, and the area will be turned into a wildlife preserve.
Mom Joan to the left and her sister Bonnie to the right.
There was something really beautiful and sad about this tree, standing even after being burned.
This is the cottage my mom rented with her family when she was just a young girl.
We snuck a peak in the cottage. It looked as if the most recent occupants literally just walked out the door one day. The bathroom still had their toiletries and the closet still had clothes. It was an eerie place, to say the least.
It was so nice to view and learn about memories of the past, but very sad to see the beloved beach area they once spent so much time in, destroyed and almost unrecognizable.
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Apr 10
Harlem Link Charter School
I have been wanting to volunteer for a while, but it wasn’t until recently that I realized I could use my skills as a photographer to help my community. I browsed google and found volunteermatch.org. After searching under photography, Harlem Link Charter School really stood out. The school was in need of some professional photographs to keep on hand for newsletters, an upcoming website, and other promotional efforts. Harlem Link is an independent public charter school founded by husband and wife duo Steven Evangelista and Megan Ryan. Both were teachers in Harlem and the South Bronx for over 10 years, and in seeing the demand for access to higher standards in academics, they decided to open a charter school.
Open for 5 years now, Harlem Link has a unique hands-on learning system that really seems to keep the kids’ interests peaked, though me being there with two cameras snapping photos must have certainly been distracting! It worked to my advantage though, because I got tons of great shots. Steven had told me that when I met the kids I’d fall in love…and now I see why. They were so welcoming, and full of curiosity about what I was doing. I had a wonderful time at Harlem Link and meeting all of the students and faculty.
At the end of the session I had 162 photographs. Steven later told me this was a lucky number because it is not only the number of students that enrolled in the school’s second year of opening but it is also the number of games in a baseball season. I thought that was pretty cool – two things I never would have known! I hope you enjoy the photographs as much as I enjoyed taking them, and please let me know what you think!
To learn more about Harlem Link Charter School you can visit their facebook page by clicking here or by visiting their website http://www.harlemlink.org/
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Aug 09
Dogswalk for Cancer
Angela Gaspar Photography finished in the top ten (#8) for companies raising the most money for the NYC Dogswalk for Cancer this year! Thanks to all of you that donated to this great cause!
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Jul 09
Nana’s House
This is one of my favorite little photo projects. It took me a little while to get it up but here it is. You have not fallen into a time warp these are pretty recent photos of my Grandmother’s house in Sarasota, FL. It was like stepping back in time when I walked through the door. She isn’t living there anymore and I knew the house wouldn’t stay like this long so I took plenty of photographs of it. Please enjoy!
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Jul 09
Fourth of July 2009!
I finally got to meet my friend Hollie’s first born baby girl Amelia this July 4th weekend! She is so adorable as you can see and I can’t wait to watch her grown up. Congrats Hollie and Jeff!
Me with Amelia
Cute Amelia
Look at those tiny fingers
