Saturday, August 08, 2009 6:38:50 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Whew! Well, I know that I've been seriously MIA lately. I had a fabulous 3-week trip to Australia which included 5 workshops, some unbelievable scenery and even more incredible people. Though cliche, it was truly the trip of a lifetime. More to come about it in the next day or two.
In the meantime, I just have to share my exciting news of the year. I've been keeping quiet about this for forever it seems. Rangefinder magazine contacted my last year about being featured in the magazine. So I began the process of working with writer Martha Blanchfield who wrote the article. It was fun and somewhat challenging to distill my vision and ideas into just a couple pages, but Martha was just fabulous to work with. I knew that the article was slated to be released in the August 2009 issue, but I was overwhelmed when Bill Hurter (the editor-in-chief of Rangefinder) emailed to let me know that my image would be the cover of the August issue! **squeal** And even more amazing, the cover is printed dimensionally on Kodak's NexPress digital press, making the texture on the image stand out literally. You have to check it out! I'm so honored by all of it!
Anyway, you can see the August issue online here. You can see the full article here. And here is a larger version of the image on the cover. 
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Nichole Van has repeatedly been labeled as a hot, new, up and coming photographer. As a Utah wedding photographer and a Utah
portrait photographer, she specializes in turning everyday life into art. Nichole loves expressing the unique beauty of
every client, creating artistic images that make people gasp when they see them.
As an international award-winning photographer, Nichole won the prestigious International 8x10 Portrait of the Year from
Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) for 2007. Consequently, her international award winning photography
was featured in Rangefinder Magazine in June 2008. She has also taken First, Second and Third place honors from WPPI in other
international competitions for her child and family photography. Additionally, Nichole has received numerous Accolades of
Excellence and currently holds an Accolade of Photographic Mastery from WPPI.
In addition to her love for photography, Nichole loves teaching and enjoyed being English faculty at Brigham Young University
for nearly 10 years. As the best of both worlds, teaching photography to others is her passion. Nichole currently offers
international photography workshops focusing on helping others enhance creativity and artistry in their photos. Combining her
excellence in teaching with her photographic knowledge, Nichole’s Life as Art Workshops are quickly revamping industry standards
for photographic workshops.
Nichole lives in southern Utah County with her husband and three children. You can see her work at www.nicholeV.com.