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# Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Happy Holidays! | Utah Wedding Photographer
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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# Monday, December 21, 2009
D & D Wedding | Utah Wedding Photographer
Monday, December 21, 2009 4:45:34 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
I've been meaning to post this session for a month or two now, just finally getting around to it. I loved shooting this wedding and working with such a fabulous bride and groom! So here are a few highlights from their wedding day!












































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# Thursday, December 10, 2009
A Little Holiday Cheer! | Utah Portrait Photographer
Thursday, December 10, 2009 8:46:36 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
So it's been bitterly cold outside the last few days and I'm feeling the need for some holiday cheer. So here's a coupon code for my Flourish Emporium site that will give you 10% off your entire purchase!

Just enter this code when you checkout:

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This code expires on Christmas, December 25th!

Also, remember that you can still get a Flourish Gift Certificate! Just email me if you'd like a gift certificate and I will send you an invoice to pay.

And just a little photo that always makes me feel cheery, haha!



Happy Holidays to one and all!
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# Tuesday, December 08, 2009
a little holiday gift | Utah Portrait Photographer
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 2:58:07 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
Well, if you're like me, you're frantically trying to get everything done during this busy holiday season. And if you're like me, you may not have gotten your holiday cards done yet (hey, I'm working on it . . . . . I'll have time tomorrow to do them, right?).  So here's a little free holiday card template to help you along! Just go to my Flourish Emporium website and click on the freebies link at the bottom of the page to download the free template.

And I hope that despite all the madness that you're having a fabulous holiday season!

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# Thursday, December 03, 2009
Ghost Town Bride, Part II | Utah Wedding Photographer
Thursday, December 03, 2009 3:52:31 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
Well, here is Part II of my ghost town bridal shoot. As you may remember, I had a contest a few months back for a bridal session in a ghost town. I had sooooooo many fabulous entries and it was so hard to choose a winner. In the end, I couldn't narrow it down and ended up doing two days of shooting with two different couples.

So here is Bride #2, Whitney and her husband, Nick. They were recently married this summer and were up for more fun wedding photos. I absolutely adored her dress for this location!






































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# Saturday, November 28, 2009
Ghost Town Bride, Part I | Utah Wedding Photographer
Saturday, November 28, 2009 9:15:29 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
Well, this post has been a long time in coming. If you remember, I had a contest a few months back for a bridal session in a ghost town. I had sooooooo many fabulous entries and it was so hard to choose a winner. In the end, I couldn't narrow it down and ended up doing two days of shooting with two different couples.

The town is completely abandoned and is one of the best preserved old pioneer towns in the western US. Though it was so much work to arrange the shoot, I'm so in love with these photos. I've been savoring them for the last several weeks, haha!

So here is bride #1, Vikki, and her wonderful husband, Mark. They've been married for several years, but were less-than-thrilled with their original wedding photos. I so enjoyed working with them and soaked up the warmth and kindness that they radiate!

In the old church . . . .



The old schoolhouse/Masonic lodge . . . .


The grand staircase in the old hotel . . . .




On a bluff overlooking the town . . . .











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# Thursday, November 26, 2009
Holiday Goodness! | Utah Portrait Photographer
Thursday, November 26, 2009 9:40:51 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to one and all! I hope you're having a fabulous day!

I just wanted to pop in and say that we have all sorts of goodness planned for Cyber Monday (November 30th), so if you haven't already, make sure you're on our email notification list. You won't want to miss these deals. I only do them once a year!

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If you get an error message when you sign up, then you're already on our list!

And here's a little something for my family. My brother's newest little one. She was so incredibly tiny, just barely 5lbs, but incredibly sweet.



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# Friday, November 20, 2009
B&D Wedding | Utah Wedding Photographer
Friday, November 20, 2009 8:56:47 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
Thank you so much to all those who have purchased the workshop in a box over the last week. So far those who have received their boxes have been giving it rave reviews. I'm so glad to see people really enjoying all the amazing information in the workshop materials. Additionally, my WPPI Masterclass has sold out, so I'm excited to meet everyone who signed up at the class in March!

I also figured that I need to get on top of posting client sessions. I have quite a backlog, haha! Here are B&D's wedding images. They were so fun to shoot and SUCH troopers, as it poured rain pretty much the entire time. We were huddled under trees and overhangs waiting for the rain to let up and when it did, we'd dash out into the open for 5 minutes of frantic shooting until the rain came back. In the end, we got a little creative with the inside shots, which of course ended up being some of my favs.






















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# Monday, November 16, 2009
Winner {life as art} Workshop in a Box!! | Utah Wedding Photographer
Monday, November 16, 2009 9:14:13 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
Thank you sooooooo much to all those who entered into my contest last week. It was so fun to see your comments and posts come in.The Workshop in a Box has been a tremendous success and I've loved to hear your feedback about it.  In the end, we used www.random.org to generate a random number for us to determine the winner. 

. . . . . and the winner is . . . . . . . Judy P. Congrats!!! I'll be emailing you with all the details!

Thank you again to all who entered!

I also wanted to mention that it appears that my WPPI Masterclass has sold out, so woohooo! The class promises to be a lot of creative fun! Can't wait to meet all the attendees!

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# Monday, November 09, 2009
Win a {life as art} Workshop in a Box!! | Utah Portrait Photographer
Monday, November 09, 2009 7:55:24 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )
Woohoo!! My {life as art} Workshop in a Box is FINALLY ready to ship. I know that for many of you this has been a LONG time coming, so I appreciate your patience. I just wanted to make sure that everything was perfect with the box before I shipped it. I just have to say that I am so excited for this product. I was just telling my husband last night that I think that it's one of the best things I've ever done. Nearly a year of work has gone into it and I feel it shows!

You can see pictures and all the details here:

Workshop in a Box

Enter in this coupon code at checkout and receive $50 off your purchase of the box:

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The coupon code is valid for all Workshop in a Box purchases until November 23, 2009.

And remember, the Workshop in a Box is still a workshop, so everyone who purchases will be entered to win a doorprize. I have a wonderful pile of doorprizes sitting here just waiting to be given away, from a CD of goodies from House of 3 to free canvases from Pixel2Canvas and more doorprizes keep arriving everyday! Who knows what you might win!

And what's even better than owning the Workshop in a Box? Winning one for free, of course! We're so excited about the workshop in a box, that we're going to give one away for free. Yes, we're giving away a $549 {life as art} Workshop in a Box to one lucky person.

So how do you enter to win?
  • You can leave a reply in the comments to this blog post to receive one entry into the contest.
  • Receive 5 entries into the contest by posting a link back to any nicholeV site and then link me to your link in a comment to this blog post, and/or
  • Receive 10 entries into the contest by posting a before and after image using nicholeV products and again, link me to your images by commenting on this blog post. 
Yeah, that's a total of 16 entries that you could get into this contest! Note that the links you post back must date after this blog post (sorry, no digging up old links, though I love you for having linked me in the past, haha). And if you have already purchased the workshop in a box and you win, I will refund your purchase. So don't wait to buy, hoping that you'll win! This contest will close on Sunday, November 15 at midnight MST.

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

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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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