Happy Diwali and the Bull Riders

CRASH: Freedom Fridays at PBR Louisville — With the PBR in town, the mechanical bull proved even more popular than it already was.

When you think about communities with diverse celebrations, Louisville come to mind. This past weekend, I covered a party where a bunch of the riders who came to town for the Professional Bull Riders event on Friday. PBR Louisville has always been good to me when I shoot events there and they remain gracious. We even had some of the riders come in to party. See the all the party pics on Metromix.

CRASH: Jalsa 2012 — Akriti Kapur and Diana Blau posed in the performance hall.

Then Saturday, I got to do a photo story at a Jalsa event. Jalsa means celebration and the University of Louisville’s Indian Student Association put it together to celebrate Diwali, a festival of lights. They’ve done it before, but this on surprised everyone and turned into the biggest celebration of Diwali yet. See those photos also at Metromix. Get a sneak peek of both events below.