Monday, March 8, 2010 at 1:50pm
I am soooo excited about this new product. My studio sample came in the other day and I couldn’t be happier with it. I am now offering a collection called Vintage Camera Canvases– choose from five designs (I chose this one for my office but I am SO going to order one for my home as well, just haven’t decided if it will feature my hubs and I on our wedding day, or the dearest Mr. Tucker…) and choose your size canvas. This is one 20 x 20 canvas, but I’m thinking of something that would be so cool: four 10 x 10 canvases pushed up next to each other or in a line… or even four 20 x 20’s if you’ve got the wall space!
Anyway, like all of my canvases, these are UV protected and Gallery Wrapped, which means that the image stretches off the edge and the canvas is wrapped around the wooden frame. These stand 1.5 inches off the wall and are all set for hanging– no frame needed, and they even come with a nice black paper backing and mounting hardware already installed, so literally all you need is a hammer and a nail and you’re good to go.
If you’re looking to make a big statement but don’t necessarily want a 2 by 2 foot photo of yourself, this is definitely the way to go!
…and below you’ll see the other four options. Number 4 holds two images, the rest hold one.
If you are a previous client and you are interested in purchasing one of these new canvases for your home, shoot me an email.
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 5:14pm
Here’s baby Garrett’s birth announcement… one of my favorites yet.
Monday, March 1, 2010 at 8:17pm
Indoor riding ring with big, dim, florescent lights. No flash for respect for horses. Six pm.
And yet.
I love this photo of my new sister Meg riding Jackie O. It reminds me that everything is possible.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 9:24am
I would like to introduce you to the winners of the Helping Hearts contest! Hope and her family are simply delightful… she has been one of those inspirational people in my life for a long time, so it was beyond a treat to spend the morning at her home with her family.
This session was a little bit different in a lot of ways: it wasn’t focused on just one or two family members as I typically would do for babies, kids and pets. So I took more of a documentary approach, thinking of this as “A Morning at Sunflower Farm.” And there’s a whole lotta love at this farm!
The sign above their woodstove reads “Just another day in paradise…” which is exactly what this day felt like for me. Families like this make me love my job, love the coming spring, love life! Thank you Hope, Chris, Lila, Tess, Rex (the pug), Ned (the bull mastiff), and thank you three goats, ten chickens, one rabbit and one cat for such an amazing morning!
Posted in dogs, families, kids | Tags: bull mastiff photos, farm photography, Haiti fundraiser, Helping Hearts, maine dog photographer, Maine family photography, maine photographer, Maine Portrait Photographer, pug photos, Sunflower Farm
Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 12:19pm
and now, for something completely different…
as you know I’ve been working hard to get out into my new community, meeting people for both business and pleasure. I met Mia Foley and her twin sister Monica at a holiday event at the Early Bird Cafe downtown in December and we hit it off right away. Mia and her mother own a jewelry business called Jewelry With Attitude, and they’re in the process of creating a fantabulous website to showcase their designs… but they needed photos!
This was a different, fun way for me to spend an afternoon. These photos showcase Mia and Mom’s jewelry, which is beeeauuutifullll! And then I found out: they also have a bridal line! So I will certainly keep you posted on that as well, and highly recommend my brides to check out their work.
Mia describes the company like this:
Jewelry with Attitude is a co-owned by mother-daughter design team Monique and Mia Foley. Their chic jewelry designs celebrate and play up that unique “extra something” that sets us apart from the rest. Call it what you will - creative flair, verve, or panache - a little oomph in attitude makes a big statement in style.
Jewelry With Attitude designs will be available for purchase on their website www.jewelry-with-attitude.com within a few weeks!
Also, stay tuned for more Mia and Monica: I have a dog session scheduled with Monica and her Maltipoo Preston this spring, and we’ve also set up a twin session for early summer.
Posted in publicity, weddings | Tags: Add new tag, bridal jewelry, Jewelry With Attitude, maine dog photographer, Maine jewelers, Maine Portrait Photographer, Maine Wedding Photographer, Maine wedding vendors, South Berwick Maine, twin photographer
Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 9:28am
Through this Helping Hearts contest, we raised $160 dollars to help out people and animals recovering from the earthquake in Haiti. Thank you to everybody who participated!
I want to congratulate Hope Hall, winner of the Helping Hearts Sweetheart photo session! There were 16 entries, so I entered 16 into the Random Number Generator at random.org (which I’ve been dying to use for a real purpose!) and the number generated was 2– Each time I received an entry I numbered it– Hope entered three times with entries numbered 1, 2 and 3, and so she is the winner!
Stay tuned for pics from Hope’s session! Hope was my senior year English teacher who inspired me in many ways, led me to Bowdoin College, and now is a colleague of mine… and a friend. She is now starting her own farm at her home and I am so excited to visit in real life… you get to visit it on the web: www.sunflowerfarm.info
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 8:33pm
It is already time for high school juniors to begin thinking about senior year… and that means senior pictures! Now that I’m all settled here in South Berwick, I’m ready to expand my senior picture offerings– more timeslots for more seniors!
In order to get this year’s senior sessions rolling, I’m looking for a few young men and women who would like to be “senior representatives” of NMD Photography Seniors. What does this mean? If you are chosen as a rep, you get:
- a free senior session with me (this means up to two hours of shooting at unlimited locations, in unlimited outfits, and with anyone or anything you care to bring into your pictures. I should say straight up: my style for portraits is not traditional: My goal for senior sessions is not to put you into a fakey pose and have you lean against a fake tree/fence/rock– I want your pictures to show you- your personality, your style, your feelings.)
- ten images tagged on Facebook for you to share online
- 10% off all of your print, product, or package orders
- wallet-sized cards with your picture on one side, and my info and a coupon on the other, for you to pass out to friends who might be interested in booking their own senior session with me since they love your pics so much…
- … and when your friends DO book a session with me, you get ten bucks cash! Yes, each and every friend that you refer who books and pays for a session earns you ten bucks.
I am looking for current juniors who are outgoing, friendly, have an active Facebook account, and are willing to spread the word about NMD Photography both online and in person. You need to be willing to have your senior photo session completed by June 1, and to allow me to use your photos for promotional purposes for my senior business. I am looking for one or two people (depending on how big your school is) from high schools in York County Maine, and Rockingham and Strafford counties in NH.
To review: you get free photos, you get cash, and I get awesome new seniors to work with.
Interested? Shoot me an email (nicole@nmdphotography.com) with the following info: your name, gender, high school, your contact info including email and phone number, hobbies and activities, your hopes for your senior pictures, and how you’d help to spread the word about NMD Seniors.
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 8:59am
As part of every portrait session, you get a 90 minute ordering session with me, where I will help you to plan how you’d like to display your images in your home. When possible, I’m going to be sharing examples of real clients’ homes and what they’ve chosen to do with their photos. I hope that this will help to inspire you with ways that you can use your own photos as custom art in your home.
Here are some images of Angela and Pete’s home, showing how they’ve decorated their living room area with images from their daughter Maya’s newborn session. They also framed Maya’s newborn announcement in her nursery, and have a beautiful 10×10 on their dresser in their bedroom.
If you are a previous or current client, I’d loooove to share your displays too! Just email me some photos and I’ll share them here as soon as I can.
Posted in Products, babies, families | Tags: decorating with photos, displaying photos, how to display family photos, how to hang pictures, maine children's photographer, Maine lifestyle photographer, Maine newborn photographer, NH lifestyle photographer, NH newborn photographer
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 8:14pm
Welcome Garrett! Remember Michelle and Marty’s maternity shoot? And before that, their wedding? My first wedding EVER? It is on beyond exciting for me to document this family as it grows, and today, the cherry on the cake: newborn Garrett! Today he is six days new, and his mommy and daddy are relishing every moment.
He is just sweetest little guy; he didn’t make a peep our whole session, patiently allowing us to change his position, change his blankets… he was just happy as a clam.
And need I mention… his hair! Adorable adorable adorable. Garrett was given a handmade Native American basket and baby blanket, Michelle had the idea to put Garret in there for some photos to pay tribute to his Native American heritage. And ohhh my gosh. Typically I am all for newborn photos in black and white, but those shots with the bright blanket are now among my all time favorites. To me he looks like an angel.
Michelle and Marty: I am elated for you and honored to be able to document the most important moments of your lives. You are going to be amazing parents!
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 11:02am
This Saturday, Sooper Dogs in Saco hosted an adoption day to showcase some of the Lucky Pups looking for forever homes. I wanted to introduce you to two of them. If you are interested in meeting or adopting either of these pups, please contact me.
Brian is a four month old puppy– his mom was a lab and they think he may be mixed with a Catahoula or Aussie or Cattle Dog. He is so cute and sweet, and doing a great job learning his manners. He even got a turn in the kissing booth at Sooper Dogs, where you stop by anytime before Valentine’s Day and and get pic of yourself getting smooched with your pup. You’ll even see the rare pic of me, because I couldn’t not pick this guy up for a snuggle. (Thanks Meg for taking over the camera for me while I snuggled with him!)
Now meet Megan. Megan is a one year old hound / Shepherd or even Rottweiler mix. She is so sweet and doing a great job with her foster family. She is so well mannered and did a great job meeting new people and dogs at the event this Saturday. I love the last photo of Megan, where she is looking out the window, just waiting for her forever family to come and pick her up!
…and below you’ll see the other four options. Number 4 holds two images, the rest hold one.
If you are a previous client and you are interested in purchasing one of these new canvases for your home, shoot me an email.
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