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Happy New Year | Lisa Nikole | Amazing 2010

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

I’m blessed, 2009 was an awesome year for us. I personally went through a ton of changes.

I moved 600+ miles away from my daughter and her family
I moved to the country, and …. I’m a city girl
I found a new and wonderful church full of awesome people
I made a ton of new friends
and lost a few old ones
One of our images was selected for publication (suwweettt)
We shot more E-sessions and weddings
We are producing a book that people submit their image and words to be put into
We worked on a product (still tossing this around)
I’ve learned a lot of lessons, some hurt and some made me smile
I laughed and I cried
I learned a lot about marketing (I have a Looonnnggg way to go)
I made it to PDN (in my favorite city in the world)
We met Zack Arias, Tofurious, Kenny Kim, Jason Groupp, Bob and Dawn Davis and Picseshu and got to see my old buddy Ahmet Ze and the girls from Simply Canvas (you rock)
Participated in the Cleveland Ohio and St. Charles Missouri bridal shows
Because of my awesome church I photographed, Sinbad and Darryl Strawberry, both honors and got to shoot several other amazing outreaches events that changed my world!
I traveled a lot this year to shoot some amazing couples
Oh and created this awesome new blog (thanks Tofurious, Lawrence Chan)
Met with a few photographers starting out and wanting advice (and yes, they asked me) :-)

and today as I look back, I can only hope and pray that 2010 is bigger,better and greater then 2009.

My goals ( I don’t believe in resolutions)
I’m going to read the bible in 365 days (thank you COTR)
I’m going to shoot more and better
I’m going to WPPI
I’m still looking for that biker to shoot
I want to shoot the Patriots Motorcycle Club in action
I’ll be back in NYC, Pa, Ohio, Ill. and Kansas city for sure and maybe a few other surprise spots :-)
I want to help educate more brides and point and shoot (pro) photographers :-)
I want to smile more and as Dr. Alex Ness said:
I want to let the worries,stress and fears flow off me as water off of a ducks back!
and most importantly….
I want to hear from more of you, meet more of you and enjoy every day I’m given.

So raise your glass…Here’s to 2010 and all she holds *clink*

Here’s to our 2009 couples. Our brides, grooms and engaged couples you’ll see again in 2010!

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Along comes a note…

Monday, April 6th, 2009

I love to share the notes I get along the way…This one comes from an upcoming bride to be! Allison!

Lisa and Raquel,

I just wanted to take a minute to thank you so much for giving Sean and I this wonderful opportunity.

The photographer to me is one of the most important parts of the whole day. Just that you take time out of the year to do something for the community is so wonderful.

I spoke with you on the phone about the arrangements, it is still some time away, we will pick the ceremony and reception sites within the next few months and get them to you ASAP. I wil probably contact you sometime ove the summer to have the engagement session.

Once again, thank you so much, it means so much.

Looking forward to meeting you soon,

Allison

We love our brides (and grooms)… and I love getting to know them, it’s so much more then “just shooting their wedding” I know we have that covered, but to actually become friends, to meet then to email, facebook and twitter and connect, just makes it even more special.

So here’s to Allison and all our brides in 2009 and 2010. We look forward to sharing in your special days!

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Bridal Show 2.0

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

On Sunday I had the opportunity to head to St. Peters and participate in the 2009 Bridal Bliss Bridal Expo.

Raquel came in from Ohio and we had a really wonderful time in a new market for us and met a lot of really nice people.

We were located between a Golf Course and a Travel Agent! The smell of the food was amazing and then the people… a non-stop flow of brides, grooms, friends and family! We had some wonderful conversations. We met a family whose brother is getting married, for the first time, he’s 53. We met another woman who between her and her future husband they combined 82 years of marriage, both widowed and going to walk down that aisle one more time, together. And our Texas Groom who wants his engagement pictures outside Busch Stadium in matching Cubs shirts. Yikes!

We met an amazing group of people who shared one thing on that one dayThey were going to marry the love of their lives and they were looking for people to share in that day with them.

I love the Bridal Shows that I am able to talk with the people. I loved listening to your life stories and getting to know you all.

It was great to meet you all. I hope you all enjoyed the show as much as we enjoyed doing it.

To all my new vendor friends, it was nice to meet you, yes even you pole fitness lady! Yes, she was there, with her pole and no I did get on it. But it’s a new big thing in the realm of fitness and fitness parties.

From the smell of the meatballs, that drove Raquel crazy (I ate one and they were GOOD!), to the health and fitness, all around great show.

Thank you St. Peters. See you next year!
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