nicholle goodnight photography

poor emily :: she tolerates me

love this one..

   

dreaming of summer :: a busy summer

just not feeling great today - better than yesterday but goodness, sooo ready for Spring and Summer and being outdoors and running around - chasing little kids with my camera!

finally got enough energy to check my email today - had two new bookings and realized, June is completely booked.. July is getting there.  May is getting tight too. 

as far as travel.. well, gosh.. lots going on.. 

March 8th and 9th, I will be in Augusta, GA and can fit in one more session on Monday morning.  

June 14th and 15th, going to be in Myrtle Beach, SC photographing a wonderful family and meeting another photog there to help with a project.. and will have room for probably one additional session while we are there.

June 21st - 27th - Outer Banks, NC.  I can fit in at least two more sessions if anyone would like...

Also, a Nashville/Brentwood, TN trip at some point this fall.  And if I'm not scheduled but you'd like me to come to you, email me and we will see if we can figure something out!

we had good friends come and stay last weekend.  a house full of little kids - gosh.. i've known Chase and Cathleen for - wow, twelve years or so.   It is the coolest thing to see their kids.. and see how much the kids are JUST like them.. they are from further South and don't see snow much at all.  waking up on Sunday morning with a good bit of snow on the ground was exactly what Cathleen ordered!

 

   

he said, "Aunt Nikki, it tastes like popcorn"

 

 

  she was not too thrilled with the snow.. and Daddy is more of a "warm golf course" kind of guy - me too!!!

it was a very fun weekend... and so nice to have them here and have our families together...

a bit of history :: cool coincidences..

loving my new home office space and studio... got my little model ready for some pics the other day - wanted to see just how much lovely light came through... going to be so perfect. 

in this pic, the little case she is sitting on is from my husband's Grandfather.  it's an old camera case which holds a treasure of old cool stuff.. Nikon camera, old flash bulbs, a light meter which I LOVE.. and it works great..  also in my office is the camera my Grandpa took to WWII with him.. I've seen so many pictures he took from his travels while in the Army and in the South Pacific.  If you have a chance, read the Ghost Mountain Boys - it's an account of the part of the war my Grandpa lived.  Not long not long after Grandpa died my Grandma gave me his camera - would have been late 1980's..  very grateful to have..

so here is Emily, chillin on the case that her Great Grandfather Goodnight carried...   

another very cool thing (well, to me) is the coins she was playing with were from my husband and my first trip to Paris when we were just dating.. didn't notice that until after i was studying the photo..

here is another with out the vintage look.. Emily just for a second looking at the camera... yes, that is a wee little mohawk on her head..

 

snow :: again

now, being a Southern gal (lived in Augusta, GA for 12 years) it's fun to have snow.. however, i am really ready for the summer and sunshine.. or at least enough snow to get out and play in - not just close the schools!

from our porch - haven't seen the neighbors in weeks with the horrible weather

 

and on our rhodendron (yea, can't spell that for anything).. it will be yanked out this spring anyway.

be careful out there if it gets icy

new stuff :: bring on the newborns

newbies.. for all these little babies on my calendar in the next couple months.. i have new stuff.. i'll not call them props because i hated when the photographer would say "hey, let's use this number ONE prop to stand next to your kid!!!"  nooooo!  i want natural - how is a HUGE one natural???  old memories - sorry! 

but adorable hats, cocoons.. can't wait to have a newborn to play with.. just wait to see the images..

here is one.. all organic.. soo dang cute.. soooo tiny!