Author: Elliffephotography

Students at Eastern Regional high School celebrate their graduation, Monday June 20, 2022.

On Wednesday 15 June 2022 the seniors at Pennsville Memorial High School graduated. With much effort over these difficult years to do so, the town is proud of their graduates for sticking in there.

Butler, New Jersey hosted their senior prom in Paterson at the Brownstone. It was a event full of smiles and fine cheeses. Friday 3 June 2022.

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The event I had the pleasure shooting was the tristate Basset Hound Rescue in Ocean City, New Jersey. This treasured gathering was put off, as many things were, in the midst of Covid and this broke the hearts of many. But thankfully this year I got to go to my first every Board-waddle and experience it first hand on April 8th and 9th. I was able to take part in photographing the basset hounds as they did their olympics and their walk across the Ocean City boardwalk. This organization raises money for hounds and re-homes them when necessary.

Pictures that did not make the video:

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   Thank you so much for your kind words!!

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   Elliffe’s work is infallible, consistent, and fun! She tells a story with every photo she takes. I’m always amazed by…

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   Very professional, best in the business. Good choice of models too 🙂

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   thanks so much<3<3

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   Awesome job, I look forward to seeing your portfolio grow!

April 9th 2022

I interviewed my mother for this video project. I asked her to tell me a story but not just any story, it had to be something of magnitude. Something that changed her life for the better in her opinion. And right away she looked to my father. She said clearly that her world was changed the second he entered it and without him she would not have the blessings that are her children.

I wanted a more tradition interview style. I wanted it to be sat down, with good lighting and in private but we do not see each other very often with them living so far from campus. So I could not be picky and in a way I think that this interview shows exactly our relationship with each other. We are constantly busy and running from task to task. I think sharing a beautiful story in a busy diner on a weekend away in Ocean City is pretty in character for us.

My mother’s name is Gina Karina Azua Elliffe and she is from Manta, Ecuador. She came to the United States as a little girl when her mother was seeking a legal divorce from her cheating husband that Ecuador could not offer to her at that time.

My mother then grew up in Union City and joined the church at 17 years old to be a missionary. She then traveled the world with her beliefs and hopes to make the world a better place. She then was married in Sweden from ages 21-29. When her and her first husband could not have children and being so far from home was too much for my mother to bare she came back to United States. While being home for the first time in years my mother was walking in Manhattan alone. It was a cold day in February and she was wrapped in a hat and scarf. She felt the need to stand in the middle of the walking traffic, in everyone’s way. People cursing at her presence left and right did not phase her as she was determined to keep with what she felt was right. And soon enough, my father, who’s first day in America was that very day, tapped on her shoulder. The rest is history.