Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Orlando Bound

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:50:16 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

Well, heading out the door to my {life as art} Workshop in Orlando, FL tomorrow morning. I have sessions to post here and lots of good news, but just no more time tonight, haha. But thought that I would at least blow everyone a kiss goodbye!

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 Tuesday, April 20, 2010

A Red Cloak in the Mist

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 9:21:47 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

So I've been patiently waiting for spring to arrive around here, but it's been sooooooo slow to come this year. The snow is almost gone up here, but now we're expecting more snow with a storm blowing in tomorrow. Sigh. Spring and green will come at some point, right?! So instead of moaning and complaining about things that I can't control, I've just decided to embrace it. Well, or at least make the best of it, haha.

So with the last storm that came in last week, I dragged my sweet daughter outside for a quick session. The clouds and fog had settled in over us, so it was deliciously moody.

A few shots . . . .

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 Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Fun Couple's Shoot in the Desert

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 11:45:20 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

This couple was so much fun! They've been married for several years and wanted to get some headshots for business purposes, but also just wanted to have some fun photos of the two of them together. So we headed out to the desert and managed to even find some old train cars. The wind was terrible and it was surprisingly cold, but they hung in there! Thanks S. & R. for several hours of laughter and craziness!

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 Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Workshop in a Box Winner!!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:14:10 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00) ( )

Well, I had a fabulous spring break and enjoyed watching all the entries for the contest come in. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to enter and post about Flourish Emporium! To determine a winner, we pulled all the entries into a spreadsheet and then used www.random.org to generate a random number. And the winner is ( . . . . drumroll . . . . . .) Melissa H.! Congrats! Feel free to email me with your address and I'll get a wonderful {life as art} Workshop in a Box in the mail to you!

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 Friday, April 02, 2010

New Sunshine Action set and Win a {life as art} Workshop in a Box!!!

Friday, April 02, 2010 9:07:43 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )

Well, there's still a foot of snow on the ground around here, but I have spring fever . . . . . honestly, can't wait for some green grass and warm sunshine. But seeing how that's in short supply around here, I've had to make my own, haha! There's lots of spring goodness in this blog post, so read carefully!

For starters, I've heard your pleas and created a set of sunflare actions for Photoshop, the Sunshine Action set. This fabulous little set is similar to my Sunflare Presets for Lightroom 2 (though not identical), but instead works in Photoshop CS-CS4. This wonderful set will add a burst of sun instantly to any photo.

A before and after . . . .




To see more details about this new set and view more before and after images, please visit http://shop.nicholeV.com. And of course, I can't launch a new action set without a coupon code, so enter this coupon code to receive 10% off your entire purchase of Flourish Emporium products!

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Also, due to high demand, I've added a few more workshops for 2010. I have opened up another Professional Workshop on August 5-7 in Salt Lake City and new Lighting Workshops on July 16-17 and September 17-18. And best of all, I am now offering my Lighting Workshops to everyone, even those who have never attended one of my workshops in the past. But hurry! I expect that the Lighting Workshops will fill quickly as they are limited to only 12 people.  Visit http://workshops.nicholeV.com to see all the details. And how's about a coupon code?! Enter this code at checkout to receive $50 off your purchase of the Workshop in a Box:

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All coupon codes will expire on Friday, April 16, 2010.

And what's even better than owning the Workshop in a Box? Winning one for free, of course! The workshop in a box has been such a huge success 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 bragging about any nicholeV site and linking to me on your blog or your Facebook page or Twitter (you get the idea) 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 Saturday, April 10th at midnight MST.

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

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 Tuesday, March 30, 2010

a little fun in the snow . . . . .

Tuesday, March 30, 2010 2:19:32 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )

Well, I loved that this darling family managed to squeeze in a session during a busy skiing trip to Utah. I was even more amazed that all four kids braved the bitter Utah cold, even though they're used to warm California sun. They were such troopers!

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 Wednesday, March 24, 2010

a little sneak peak

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:53:19 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )

Well, I'm heading off to my March Professional Workshop for the next three days. Can't wait to meet all my new workshop people tomorrow. The workshop will be amazing . . . . we've been working so hard on all the details!

And in the meantime, I thought that I would post a little teaser shot from a bridal session yesterday . . . .

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 Saturday, March 20, 2010

Last Minute Spot in March Workshop | Utah Portrait Photographer

Saturday, March 20, 2010 9:47:19 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )

Just wanted to let everyone know that I've had a spot open up in my March workshop next week, March 25-27 in Salt Lake City. The workshop has been sold out for months, but someone had a last minute conflict. If you are interested in the spot, please email me. The workshop promises to be amazing and we'd love to see you there!

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 Thursday, March 18, 2010

N & L Engagements | Utah Wedding Photographer

Thursday, March 18, 2010 9:50:01 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )

Well, as usual, I have a backlog of sessions to post. So let's start with this fun engagement session! I so love this couple . . . . . they're adorable, fun and so in love! Can't wait to shoot their wedding!

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 Friday, March 12, 2010

Professional Photographer Magazine | Utah Wedding Photographer

Friday, March 12, 2010 11:45:25 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00) ( )

Eeeeek! So excited! I came home to the March issue of Professional Photographer magazine in my mailbox and was so thrilled to see their feature article on my wedding work. I'm just so incredibly honored to be featured by PPA (Professional Photographers of America). And even better, they used one of my images for their "contents" page, as well as a little write-up in their "the goods" section. If you don't receive Professional Photographer, you can read the article here:

http://www.ppmag.com/current_issue/pdfs/0310/NicholeV.pdf

A couple shots of the magazine . . . .

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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.