Monday, September 27, 2010 9:53:30 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Man! I am SUCH a blog slacker! But, I do have an excuse . . . . . really, I do . . . . . my {life as art} Lighting Workshop in a Box! It's been nearly a year in the making, but it's finally here!
My [life as art] Lighting Workshop launched this year and has been receiving rave reviews! Participants in the workshop have left with new skills, able to light any situation and get amazing results using off-camera flash. It's been so exciting to see the incredible things they've been doing. And even better, with the Lighting Workshop in a Box, you can now complete the workshop without having to leave home.
The [life as art] Lighting Workshop in a Box focuses strictly on off-camera, on-location lighting, teaching you how to create a beautifully lit photo in even the brightest or darkest situations. Including a 250+ page manual, hours of shooting and editing video tutorials and tons of goodies, the Lighting workshop materials give you everything you will need to learn off-camera lighting. The hours of tutorials include sessions, like this one here. See me working a fog machine and off-camera flash at high noon to create this shot. And then watch me edit it fully in Photoshop, seeing my thought processes and techniques all along the way:
You can see all the details about the Lighting Workshop in a Box here:
http://workshops.nicholeV.com
And
even better, enter this coupon code at checkout and receive $50 off any
workshop purchase, including the new Lighting Workshop in a Box:
2010FallBox
We are currently accepting pre-orders of the Lighting Workshop in a Box and will start shipping boxes on October 12th.
Also, if you're interested in attending a lighting workshop in-person, I did
have a spot open up in my Lighting Workshop in Orlando, FL on November
8-9, 2010. I will be opening my 2011 workshops in a couple weeks.
And
if you still haven't checked out the new holiday templates at Flourish
Emporium, now might be the time! To help you with any last minute
editing needs, here is a nice coupon code. Visit Flourish
(http://shop.nicholeV.com) and enter this coupon at checkout and
receive 25% off your entire Flourish purchase!
2010Fall
This is one of my best discounts of the year, so don't miss out! All coupon codes will expire on October 15th.
As usual, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me!
Thursday, September 09, 2010 2:11:03 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Well, it seems almost incredible to say, but Fall is here. The leaves are just starting to change on the trees high on the mountains and there's a noticeable crispness in the air each morning. I so love Fall, but I particularly love doing photos with all the beautiful fall leaves.
So for the first time, I've decided to do Fall Family Mini-Sessions this year. I've been wanting to do mini-sessions for quite a while, but just haven't had the time. So I finally just cleared my schedule! The mini-sessions will be held in my outdoor studio in Woodland Hills, UT and will feature my 1920's vintage red velvet couch, as well as some fabulous fall scenery. Here is a preview of what you can expect the mini-session images to look like:
Here are the basic mini-session details:
-
October 7th and October 9th in the morning and evening
-
20 minute session in my outdoor studio with my red velvet couch
- a digital proof copy of every image I take on CD for personal printing
- one art print digital file of your choice for personal printing
Cost: $249 plus tax
This is an incredible discount over my normal family session rates. If you're interested in securing your mini-session slot or have any questions, please email me at nichole [at] nicholeV.com. I can send over all the details!
Also, we will have a booth set up during Woodland Hills Days this weekend on Friday, September 10th and Saturday, September 11th. The booth will be part of the craft fair and will be located in the Woodland Hills Park in Woodland Hills, UT. There will also be fun and games for the kids! You can see all the details here:
http://www.woodlandhillsdays.org
We will have awesome discounts for Flourish and the {life as art} Workshops, as well as samples of things you can see and touch. We will also be doing free photos from 1:00-3:00pm on Saturday. So stop by! We'd love to see you there!
Saturday, August 21, 2010 6:57:18 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Well, it's officially back to school time for us. Am I the only one who has been counting down the days? I love my children dearly, but I've decided that it's okay for us not to spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in each other's space, haha. So with the kids going back to school and me reveling in a little more free time, I've been gearing up for that mad fall rush of family sessions and holiday cards. So I have some items to help out!
First of all, I have designed three brand new template sets—Baroque Tapestry, Graceful Quill and Autumn Sparrow—to help you when creating holiday cards. These sets feature simple yet unique designs, meant to showcase your photography, not compete with it. Additionally, the designs of the cards are generic enough to be used for many occasions, not just the holidays. Each of these sets includes multiple designs that can be used alone on a photo card or mixed and matched to create 2- and 4-sided designs. And even better, these cards are entirely unflattened, leaving all graphic elements accessible. And all colors are added in a separate layer, making changing colors a snap. This also means that the text and layout of the cards are completely customizable. Here's a little sample of them:
Baroque Tapestry
Graceful Quill
Autumn Sparrow
Even
better, I am offering each set for only $35 (normally $40) for the next
2 weeks, an incredible price given the high quality of these sets. And I've
bundled all 3 of them together into my 2010 Template Collection, which
gives you 3 for the price of 2, so own all 3 sets for only $80. Whew!
That's a staggering savings. And what's a new product without a coupon
code? Enter this code at checkout to receive an additional 10% off your
entire purchase:
backtoschool2010
To see examples of the sets and purchase them, visit the templates section of my Flourish website at http://shop.nicholeV.com
In
addition to the new template sets, I'm also putting the finishing
touches on my {life as art} Lighting Workshop in a Box. The Lighting
Workshop has been receiving rave reviews from attendees all summer, so
I'm excited to be able to offer all the materials from my Lighting
Workshop to those who can't travel to attend one in-person. The
Lighting Workshop in a Box will include my 200+ page Lighting Manual,
hours of instruction and tutorials on a DVD, and other fun goodies.
Pre-ordering for the Lighting Workshop in a Box will begin on September
20th, with the boxes shipping beginning October 4th. Additionally, the
{life as art} Professional Workshop in a Box continues to draw rave
reviews. If you've been hesitating in purchasing it, here is a coupon
code to help you along. Just enter this code at checkout out and $50
will be taken off your purchase of the box:
fallbox2010
And
if you still would really like to attend a {life as art} Lighting
Workshop in person, there are just a few opportunities left in 2010. My
September 17-18 Lighting Workshop in Utah is full, but I just opened up
a Lighting Workshop in Orlando, FL on November 8-9. Enrollment for this
workshop has only been open for 48 hours, but there are only 2 spots
left. So if you would like to attend a Lighting Workshop this year,
don't hesitate! You can see details about the Lighting Workshop, as
well as the Professional Workshop in a Box, at
http://workshops.nicholeV.com.
Whew! That is some goodness! Don't hesitate to email if you have any questions!
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:27:35 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Okay, so remember my ghost town sessions (Session 1 and Session 2)? They are some of my favorite images of all time, I have to be honest. I am actually going back up to the ghost town next week to take some personal photos but I thought that it would be fun to offer a discounted session in the ghost town to one lucky client.
The ghost town is located in rural Montana about 6 hours north of Salt Lake City. So here are the details:
- Tuesday, July 27th in the evening or Wednesday, July 28th in the morning or early afternoon
- A 2-hour session for a couple, bridal/groomal or small family (you pick!)
- $550
- Includes all proof digital files on CD (so a digital copy of every image I take) and your choice of 3 art print digital files with copyright release for personal printing
Whew! That's an insane deal, folks! Please email me (nichole [at] nicholeV.com) if you are interested.
So just imagine . . . . . this could be you!!
Monday, July 19, 2010 3:32:48 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Running out the door to a wedding shoot, but thought that I would post a winner to the blog contest. We pulled all entries into a spreadsheet, determined how many entries each post received and then scrambled all the entries. Then we used www.random.org to generate a random number.
And the winner is . . . . .
Brittany C. of Cascio Photography!!!
Congratulations! Please contact me and we'll see about arranging your August workshop attendance or a workshop in a box (whichever you prefer!)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 10:52:34 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Wow! There is a lot of amazing goodness in this post! Read on!
For starters, if you’ve ever been to Utah in the summer, you know that July is our sepia tone
month--everything becomes a little brown and muted. So it's a good thing I love
that vintage-y look! In celebration of hot, desaturated days I’m putting my vintage action sets on sale on Flourish Emporium. For a limited time, get my vintage action and textures sets for only $30.
- Chic
Vintage Actions and Textures,
- Antique Vintage Actions and Textures, and
- Ethereal Actions and Textures
Or add them all to your cart and receive my multiple action discount and get them all for $76.50. Even better, use the 10% off coupon included in this email to get an additional 10% off your entire order, making a purchase of all three sets only $68. That's nearly 50% of the regular retail price of these action sets.
To receive an additional 10% off your entire Flourish purchase, enter this coupon code at checkout:
july073110
Visit http://shop.nicholeV.com to see everything Flourish Emporium has to offer. This sale will run through Monday, July 26th.
In addition to Flourish goodness, I'm also wrapping up most of my {life as art} 2010 workshops. I launched my {life as art} Lighting Workshops last month and they are receiving rave reviews. The workshop is an intensive, hands-on learning of off-camera lighting with lots of incredible images, wonderful food and laughter mixed in. We are doing our last Lighting Workshop of the summer this week. But be excited. I have plans to release a {life as art} Lighting Workshop in a Box sometime in the early fall, for all those who can't travel to an in-person workshop. Here's a sample of some of the images we've been doing at the Lighting Workshop:
Then, on August 5-7 we are conducting our last {life as art}
Professional Workshop of 2010 in Salt Lake City. The {life as art}
Professional Workshop has completely redefined industry standards for
workshop excellence and is 3-days of in-depth discussion of creativity,
composition, natural light, Photoshop and business practices. Attendees
also receive my {life as art} Workshop in a Box. We still have a couple spots available in the August workshop and even better, we are GIVING AWAY one spot in the workshop to a lucky winner. That's right, one lucky person will have the entire $1100 workshop fee waived and be able to attend the workshop for FREE. And never fear! If you win and can't attend the workshop in August, we will send you a {life as art} Workshop in a Box instead.
So how to enter?!
- To receive 1 entry into the contest, just leave a comment to this blog post.
- To receive 5 entries, post a link back to a nicholeV website on your blog or other page (i.e. http://shop.nicholeV.com or http://workshops.nicholeV.com) and come back here and leave a comment with a link to your link.
- To
received 10 entries, if you love Nichole Van products, post a blog
review raving about the product that you love the most and link to it.
Again, come back here and leave a comment linking to your post.
Yep,
that's a total of 16 possible entries and past contests have proven
that more entries do matter. Note that all online posts need to post-date this blog entry (sorry, no digging up old posts) and entries need to be visible
publicly, as I do verify them. The winner will be chosen using a number
generated via random.org and will be announced on Monday, July 19th.
The fine print: The winner of this
contest will have the $1100 workshop fee waived for the August 5-7th
workshop in Salt Lake City. The workshop fees are not transferable to
another {life as art} workshop date. The winner will be responsible for
all travel and lodging expenses possibly associated with attending the
workshop. If the winner is not able to attend the workshop in person,
they may opt for a {life as art} Workshop in a Box instead.
And what's a contest without a coupon code for my {life as art} Workshop in a Box? Visit http://workshops.nicholeV.com and enter this code at checkout and receive $50 off your Workshop in a Box purchase:
boxjuly073110
Whew! Now that's a lot of goodness!
Monday, June 14, 2010 5:16:14 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )
Wow! I really have been a bad blog mommy. I have to blame it all 100% on my {life as art} Lighting Workshop that launched last weekend. I've done nothing other than eat, sleep and dream lighting workshop for the last several months. But the workshop was fabulous and I now have a lot of catching up to do!
So to celebrate having launched the new lighting workshop, let's do a fantastic Flourish Emporium sale. Go to shop.nicholeV.com and enter this coupon at checkout and receive an additional 25% off your entire purchase.
clickn631
Wow! I think that this is my best sale ever on Flourish, so don't miss out! This sale will run until Sunday, June 30th.
And just a little teaser shot from the workshop last weekend . . . . . the torrential weather just added to the drama of all the images, haha! More to come! 
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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.