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Monday, August 31, 2009

Be My Bride Contest Winner! | Utah Wedding Photographer

Monday, August 31, 2009 4:58:19 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

Okay, so first of all, deciding on a bride was soooooooo incredibly hard. So terribly hard. There were so many entries that moved me to tears. I want to photograph every one of you! My husband and I discussed maybe doing a bridal-palooza or something where everyone would come, but logistically it just isn't feasible.

So after much debate, we've chosen Whitney and Nick to be our ghost town bridal couple. Yay! I want to post more about them and their story, but I'm going to save it until after the photosession, so I can post it all with images. I can't wait for the session. It promises to be truly amazing.

Whew! I'm so sorry to have made some of you wait. Bad timing on my part. We just finished up our final US professional workshop this year, so I've been gone for the last several days. I plan on having info on 2010 workshops posted in the next several weeks. And for all those who ask, we do still have a little room in the London workshop the end of September, so register while you can!

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Will You Be My Bride? | Utah Wedding Photographer

Thursday, August 13, 2009 1:05:29 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

Will you be my bride? Ready for the photosession of a lifetime? Because I'm looking to give away the wedding session of, well, my dreams, haha.

Imagine the scene: a remote ghost town, you in your wedding dress on the grand staircase of an old adandoned hotel, your handsome groom hovering nearby . . . . all brought together with some dramatic lighting and breath-taking composition. If you crave incredible vistas and a location unlike any other, this session is for you!

The winner of this contest will get a full day photosession on-location in an amazing old ghost town, including engagement (if you'd like) and wedding photos of bride and groom together. You will receive all full-res images from the session on CD along with a print release, as well as a print of each art print image I create. I don't care if you are engaged, soon-to-be engaged or if you've been married for 10 years. I just care that you love each other and want to capture the chemistry between you on camera!

So here are the details:

To enter, please email me an image of you and your significant other, as well as a photo of your wedding dress (or you in your wedding dress . . . . you get the idea). Also, please tell me why you feel you should win this contest. Send all entries to nichole -at- nicholeV.com
This will NOT be a trash the dress session (unless you want it to be, haha!). I will do everything in my power to keep your wedding dress as clean as possible (trust me, despite how my photos look, my bride's dresses rarely if ever get dirty!).
The date for the session is flexible and will be done sometime in mid-September or the second week of October, 2009. We'll find a day that works for you.
You have to be willing to drive to the location, which is about a 6 hour drive outside of Salt Lake City, UT.
As stated above, you will receive a full-res digital copy of every single proof from our session together (which is most likely to be several hundred images). You will also receive a full-res digital copy and print of each art print I create from our session.
I reserve the right to choose the couple who I feel will be best suited for the location and my vision for this photosession.

Even if you feel your own wedding dress days are long over, please spread the word to others who you think might be interested. This contest will close on August 26th, 2009.

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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Rangefinder Feature and Cover Image | Utah Wedding Photographer

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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Friday, July 10, 2009

MasterClass during WPPI 2010 | Utah Wedding Photography

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

Bridals with Some Serious Spunk | Utah Wedding Photographer

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

A Little Teaser . . . . . . | Utah Wedding Photosgrapher

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

And the winner is . . . . | Utah Portrait Photographer

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

Mini Session with Sweet C. | Utah Portrait Photographer

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

Let's Celebrate My New Blog | Utah Portrait Photographer

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!

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Wednesday, June 03, 2009

{S & D} Bridals with Attitude | Utah Wedding Photographer

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 . . .

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

Stephanie and Doug Bridal Photos-730_vitnage copy

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About 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.