Archive for January, 2011

Lisa Nikole Premier Saint Louis Photographers | Model Bride | Ashtin

Saturday, January 29th, 2011

I do some shooting for a local bridal shoppe. The shoppe is named Troy Wedding Shoppe. I really love this store, there is something about a small town store, set in a historical district. From it’s heavy wooden door to it’s amazing wooden floors, after that it’s all weddings, with side to side wedding dresses and racks of mother dresses and even some dresses to wear on that cruise or destination wedding you may be planning! If you’ve never been there.. Please go check out Troy Wedding Shoppe and tell Angie I sent you!

Now to the shoot! We took Ashtin and a beautiful dress and headed down to a secret location for an amazing shoot!

Ashtin is a model, she knows how to turn, look and pose. She’s also not afraid to be in front of the camera and that is told by the strong looks into the lens!

The dress was beautiful and perfect for her, in fact.. I know she loved the dress so much she said she’ll probably wear it for her wedding day!

The day was perfect! It was a total pleasure to capture the front cover image for a local magazine. I’ll share more on that when I get more details.

For now.. more Ashtin!

Old Peace Church | Stefanie and Jeremy | Lisa Nikole | Daniel Boone Town Missouri

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Old Peace Church was the setting of Stefanie and Jeremy’s wedding. The magnificent Daniel Boone Towne provided an amazing backdrop of history and scenic architecture to create incredible memories and images!

Stefanie and Jeremy live in California, in the desert (okay, I mention that only because I want to go shoot the desert) they think it’s boring, I think it would be amazing!

Either way, I was thrilled to introduced to this lovely couple by Stefanie’s mom, Lisa. Lisa contacted me and we worked together to make sure Stefanie’s day would be covered in perfection.

When the day arrived it was a beautiful day, the blue sky and clouds seemed to arrive just in time.

Inside the Peace Chapel walls of windows allowed in just the right amount of light, it illuminated the wedding party and couple in splendid beauty.

Outside the chapel there were doves that were released and then a most interesting wedding couple shot… shotguns! Both Stefanie and Jeremy are avid hunters and shooters. What great shots we got and had a little bit of fun with Stefanie’s dad and Jeremy and a shotgun wedding!

A beautiful reception was held at Trigg Banquet Center in O’Fallon with family and friends celebrating in the love of these two souls becoming one!

As always… we are and forever are grateful in every couple we are asked to create memories for and Stefanie and Jeremy’s family and friends are number one in our book! Thank you again! It was an honor!

Chaplains – Joe and Linda Chetta
Banquet Center – Trigg
Cake – Ozenkoski Bakery
DJ – Total Eclipse Entertainment
Photographers – Lisa Nikole

Lisa Nikole | Premiere Photographers | Oatmeal

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

This morning is my morning to blog, it hits you. I’m sitting here enjoying a perfect bowl of oatmeal with honey, nuts and granola on top and I have a sense to blog and tell you about my mornings!

Some people are afraid to be who they are in public, some people would never tell you their morning routine, but today.. you get a glimpse into the morning life of one part of the Lisa Nikole team.

Me! :-)

My alarm goes off at 6:30am every morning, like I said it “goes off”, but that does not mean I jump out of bed and start my day. Used to be I could and wanted to do that but in 2011 I’ve decided to slow my life down a bit.

I’m a massive multi tasker. I noticed that I was doing things to “get them done” rather then enjoy what I was doing. That even included the Su Do Ku games I was playing.

Once you decide to do something in your life.. all of a sudden it all becomes a bit more obvious. Normal tasks now are seen as rushed through and completed, hurry ,rush, talk, do, complete!

I started to eat Oatmeal for breakfast… Do you realize how long 5 minutes is to stir a pot of oatmeal? I won’t do instant oatmeal (ick) nothing replaces the taste of real whole oats.

I read a proverb every morning, it’s way cool because I have an app on my bible that allows me to lay in bed and read. At night I play a game of mah jong or read part of a book that I have on my Iphone Kindle.

Then I can get out of bed. I already feel as if I’ve accomplished something and I’ve stared my day of well!

I make my oatmeal and as I am eating away I read through my morning paper and mail, delete the garbage and now… I am ready to start my day..

That is where I am right now… ready to start my day.

I’ve got images to edit and a commercial shoot to accomplish. I have dinner plans at 4:30 and church tonight. Today is going to be a good day. It’s going to be a slower pace, because I want it to be. I want to take time for my boys. I want my business to grow and I want more then anything for people not to feel rushed around me.

Striving for peace in a fast food society… I think I’ve always been against the norm, but this time it’s for a good cause.

Happy Day to you all! Take a moment and just breathe!
Lisa…