if (document.images)
    {
      preload_image_object = new Image();
      // set image url
      image_url = new Array();
      image_url[0] = "../images/photos/joseph-spiegel.jpg";
      image_url[1] = "../images/photos/donald-brown.jpg";
      image_url[2] = "../images/photos/cynthia-fichera.jpg";
      image_url[3] = "../images/photos/micheal-cote.jpg";

       var i = 0;
       for(i=0; i<=3; i++) 
         preload_image_object.src = image_url[i];
    }