nicholeV photography, LLC
# Friday, July 10, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009 9:40:21 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Whew! So many amazing things happening in the next month, I can hardly get my head around it all!

I found out last week that I'll be conducting a MasterClass during WPPI next March. I'll be talking about creativity—the skills and methods you can employ to enhance and expand your creativity as you shoot. I'm so honored to be part of WPPI! And even more excited to work with the students who enroll in my class! I believe that registration will open sometime in October, so I'll keep you posted!

And in honor of it all, I had to do a new, more traditional, headshot. So here you go:



Also, I leave for workshops in Australia in about a week. So excited to meet everyone down under! And even more excited for the few surprises I have up my sleeve, haha. The workshops promise to be amazing!
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# Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:09:32 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Okay, so determined to post more sessions, so here goes!

Love love LOVED these bridals! Done in my outdoor studio with Harrison the Ford, antique couch and plenty of off camera flash. I shot a 580EX II through an umbrella for most of the images. I so loved that she was game for anything I wanted to do. It was a fabulous time.

Alright, there are a lot of images here . . . . . . too many amazing shots to choose from!























Whew! Thanks if you're still with me! Like I said, just too many great images from this shoot.


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# Wednesday, July 01, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:26:03 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Just wanted to post a little teaser from my session last night . . . . . more to come. So many sessions to post, so little time! But here's one for now . . . .



This shot was a little insane to set up. First, there was hiking in to the location with dress and gear. Then super slow shutter, manually focused because it was too dark to see, flash in the water with assistant . . . you get the idea! Still, it's all worth it when it turns out!

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# Monday, June 29, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009 10:59:43 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Thank you sooo much for everyone who took the time to stop by and post a kind comment about my new blog. I so appreciate it!

So we randomly generated a number to choose a winner and the winner is Jocelin!! Woohoo!! I'll be emailing you about your prize!

And everyone else, look for a little special surprise in your inbox!

Thank you again!

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# Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:43:53 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Well, I had the fun of shooting little C. a few weeks ago . . . . . he was about the sweetest little guy. Just so patient and full of smiles! I'm really wanting to do an entire day of mini-sessions with Harrison the Ford . . . . I just need to set a date!








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# Friday, June 19, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009 6:53:46 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Woohoo!! I'm so excited to finally have a new blog. It's been a while in coming, so I'm so excited to finally have it live. The URL should have stayed the same for everyone, but you will have to resubscribe to the RSS feed.

So come celebrate with me! We're all squealing for joy around here (or maybe the water was just really cold, haha). Leave a comment to this post and you will automatically be entered into a drawing for a $150 gift certificate to my Flourish Emporium website. The winner will be randomly chosen on Saturday, June 27th. Thank you all who visit here. I so appreciate you taking the time to stop by!





# Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:17:00 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

Well, I've promised myself that I will start posting sessions to my blog. It's just ridiculous that I don't . . . . I have no good reason other than sheer laziness. So here we go!

This was a fabulous bridal from a few weeks ago. Stephanie and Doug were amazing to work with . . . . fun, a little crazy and always down with my off-the-wall ideas. Not to mention gracious and kind.

Anyway, for every wedding session I do, I create what I call my artist's choice images. So here are my art images from this session . . . .

This was their fav image from the session, I think . . . . edited with my new chic vintage set . . .

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This was my fav, I think . . . . again edited with my chic vintage


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# Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009 10:22:14 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

Yay! I launched a new action set and new texture set earlier this week and I'm sooooooo in love. These have to be my favorite products in quite a while. I've been editing like this for several months and just finally decided to pull it all together into an action set. You can see all the details in my Flourish shop:

Flourish Emporium

So how's about some teaser images?

This is the Chic Vintage Action and Texture set. It features 7 main actions and 6 supporting actions, to give you a wide variety of looks. A few samples:






In addition to the Chic Vintage Actions, I also have a new texture set, Dolci Textures. This set is as sweet as its name. This texture set is gently soft, adding that perfect punch of texture without overwhelming your photo. I love these textures sooooo much! A few samples:




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# Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:36:31 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

Oh man, am I ever late with this post?!! Honestly, I have no excuse. The May workshop was every bit as fabulous as the April workshop. Wonderful food, gorgeous people and incredible energy and creativity! Thank you so much ladies for such a wonderful workshop! It was such an amazing time!

A few pictures:





And for those who are wondering, I think I have just one more space left in my professional workshop in August in SLC if you're wanting a workshop here in the US. I also still have some slots left in my London and Sydney workshops as well! So sign up while you can!

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# Monday, May 04, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009 11:33:31 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

Well, it's official! Enrollment is now open for my London, England and Sydney, Australia workshops! Yay! I'm so excited. The workshops promise to be amazing!

You can see all the details on my workshop website:

{life as art} professional workshops

If the website looks the same to you as it has in the past, you might have the flash cached on your computer. You can either clear your cache, or you can just click here to view the details:

London Details

Sydney Details

Don't hesitate to email if you have any questions!

And here's just a taste of what I've been up to lately . . . . think new vintage action set and a new gentle texture set. I'm so in love with the vintage action set . . . . it's so soft and dreamy and just plain elegant!



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About Nichole
Nichole

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.

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