Family Photos stylin’ in a Little Tikes Cozy Coupe
Fun in the studio with this family and Isabella’s pink car!
Categories: families, personal projects • Tags: families, family
Author Archives: Nicole Caldwell
Coffee First- Melyssa and Emily’s Australia Wedding (on a Thursday!) Feature Rock N roll Bride
Read The feature Here: Eco-Conscious, Australian Boho Wedding with Homespun Touches
Categories: Destination Weddings, published, Weddings • Tags: destination wedddings, published, weddings
Hi Speed Sync in the California Desert
Portrait of my mom and her 1971 Manx Dune buggy. Shot on location in the California desert. Hi speed sync, three strobes and a star filter over the lens.
Categories: editorial
Space Trucker Star filter- the making of an image
Venture on the set with The Space Trucker, with a new 8 point star lens filter. A black seamless background and three speedlights with different color gels, and a silver reflector to bounce some more light onto that disco helmet!
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Laguna Beach Wedding Venue| Surf and Sand Resort
One of my favorite photographic backdrops located at The Surf and Sand Resort in Laguna Beach- the Bamboo. Happy Anniversary you two. “So AWESOMEE!!! We love the photos.. thank you so much! So many of the photos are so special.”- Julie
Categories: Surf and Sand Resort Weddings, Weddings • Tags: surf and sand resort, wedding, weddings
50th Wedding Anniversary photoshoot
While wearing the exact Kimono she wore for her wedding, Sunai showed up to the set like a boss. Bob also brought his a game in a rented white tux. Bob and Sunai were married 50 years ago, and their daughters wanted to give them a photo gift for their anniversary, and try to recreate images they shot in the studio. We shot some 4×5 film portraits, here are the proof sheets, and printing video.
Categories: families, personal projects, Weddings • Tags: families, family, wedding, weddings
Modern Relaxed maternity photography
My Surf Couple is having a baby! For their engagement session, we shot film at Crystal Cove Beach of the two in the ocean, now in the studio for their maternity photographs. I told the couple to smooch, and Tommy had coffee breath.
Categories: maternity, personal projects • Tags: maternity
Henley The Great
Flight time with Henley the Great and the family. Cheers to Chelsea & Jon, who just celebrated 5 years as a married couple! Here they are on wedding day.
Categories: dogs, families, personal projects • Tags: dogs, families
Welcoming baby Aiden
In Home maternity session welcoming Baby Aiden.
Categories: families, Newborn Photography • Tags: families, newborn, newborns
Lola and Bryan
Fur and fun in the studio with these two rescues, both hard of hearing, and such loves. And of course, the most amazing human, and fur mom, Gina.
Categories: dogs, families, personal projects • Tags: dogs, familes
Sunrise & Sugar Wedding day after shoot
Part two of the anniversary post for Cayla and Brady. Sunrise and Sugar and coffee for this wedding photoshoot.. Buzzing on sugar, caffeine and sleep deprivation, we ubered over to the St John’s Bridge and got some infrared shots.
Categories: personal projects
Castaway Wedding- Happy Anniversary to Cayla and Brady
Happy Anniversary to Cayla and Brady who married at Castaway ,Oregon. “Nicole is INCREDIBLE. I worked with her when I was a wedding coordinator at a venue in Laguna Beach. She was always so professional, easy to work with and so creative. When I got engaged, we reconnected and she was the perfect choice for our special day. She did an incredible engagement shoot that we are crazy about, and have the most amazing pictures that captured our all time […]
Categories: Destination Weddings, Weddings • Tags: destination wedding, weddings
A Day at The Beach, Family Photographs
This is the goal of the family photograph, this image.. Seconds before the little one to the right was posing behind Mom and Dad, then decided we got the shots and off she went. Genius. For Safety we stayed one “Zebra” distance away- brilliant reference for the kiddos. I wore a facial covering the whole time, as the family did walking to the spot and back. Thank you! These girls are so fun. Looking forward to working with you again. […]
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Dance Photography in the studio with Ballerina Sienna
Celebrating Sienna on Point. Mom brought her old Point Shoes for a beautiful mother daughter portrait.
Categories: dance • Tags: dance photography
Cabernet, Chardonnay, Viognier… Temecula Wine Country Wedding
TEMECULA, CA… . Happy Anniversary to Pamela and Alan, who were married at the Callaway Winery in Temecula. Featured in California Wedding Day Magazine Best Of Weddings. With Sprawling rows of grapes, you can imagine yourself crushing them between your toes, in some movie, then the sweet fermented juice of the gods hitting those taste buds and wait, I’m on duty. photographing this beautiful wedding, but did enjoy that glass at the stroke of midnight after the wedding. VENDOR […]
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Say Hello To My Little Friend
On the Set with Space Trucker and a new friend. The ring light was around the 8×10 camera, and fell down a bit creating that black ring, making it look all planet like! The alien design was borrowed from one of my favorite hotels, the Atomic Inn in, located just outside Death Valley in Beatty, Nevada. Take Me to more SPACE TRUCKER
Categories: 8x10, film, personal projects, space trucker • Tags: 8x10, polaroid, space trucker
Magnolias In the Darkroom
Watching the magic appear before your eyes, under a warm red safelight in the darkroom, is something that never gets old. It always curls my toes. Had I not learned photography shooting film, I most likely would not have become a photographer through digital process. It’s the process, the routine, the formula. Spot the nerd, I took pre-calculus in high school as an elective. The ISO is rated at 2 or 3, so you are looking at a long exposure […]
Categories: film, personal projects • Tags: film
Happy Anniversary #ROBOTAB Flashback to Ghost Chasing | Bodi Ghost Town
Find the Ghost. Bodi State Park is a spectacular place. You must go there. Bodie — a town so lawless that in 1881 it was described as“ . . . a sea of sin, lashed by the tempests of lust and passion.” The elevation is over 8300 feet- so bring a jacket. After shooting at trash the dress in Monolake last year at sunrise, wedding couple #Robotab, and I ventured to Bodi Ghost Town later that evening. A steep 45 […]
Categories: personal projects, Weddings • Tags: trash the dress, wedding, weddings
On The Set |Space Trucker, The Making of an image
8×10 The World Second Largest Instant Film! So instant, the final developed image is ready in 45 minutes :p. The Star Galaxy was made by punching holes in the seamless with nails of various sizes. I placed the light low behind the backdrop to get the glow and illuminate the stars. The film Film processor After 45 minutes, the Polaroid of Space Trucker has fully developed.
Categories: 8x10, film, personal projects, space trucker • Tags: 8x10, polaroid, space trucker