Wednesday, December 23, 2009 3:05:07 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
First of all, I want to wish everyone a happy holidays and a very merry Christmas! After weeks of craziness, I have mailed all my holiday cards, completed my Christmas shopping (though I haven't started to wrap presents yet . . . . sigh) and am now hoping for at least a day or two of relaxing time.
But I first wanted to wish everyone some Christmas cheer, so here are the outtakes from my 2009 holiday card. Photos are always stressful, especially when you add an active 16-month old into the mix.
First you have to catch the toddler . . . .
Then you have to get him to hold still . . . . .
And prevent him from escaping . . .
And going boneless . . . .
And then several hours of frustration later, 164 frames, 2 swapped heads in Photoshop and lots of tears (theirs and mine), you have a holiday photo. So here's wishing you and yours a fabulous holiday season!
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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.