Serena Nicole Studios

Thank you for

calling Serena Nicole Studios please HOLD.....amazingly annoying hold music playing now....your call will be answered in the order it was received....

Just need you to be on hold a little longer...I have had ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING weeks of my entire life and I have pictues and stories to share it with you. I also have a ton of client sessions to share too...but at this very moment - showering alone is a priveledge! I have been working 18 hour days... some starting at 3:30 am. So I thank you for being so patient with me...you all never cease to amaze me.

Until soon,

SN

This message...

is so true and so powerful... my client is so sweet and as we were talking at the shoot she said something that rang so true to me. She mentioned that she had been waiting for the perfect moment, you know when I am the weight I would like to be at, the money is good, the timing is just right....and she said then she realized if she kept waiting for everything to be just 'perfect' she would miss the now. I think that is so amazingly true. How many times in our lives have we been waiting for everything to line up just perfectly...instead of enjoying this very moment and celebrating it! Wow...I hope she can inspire you too.

I think she looks beautiful and am so glad she choose to celebrate this moment...

This next one is my FAVORITE...in a long time!

There is something powerful about it...to me!

And there little dog Nova (as in Cassanova!) is so cute and GOOD... he loved having his own moment to shine...

Dont you just want to pet his nice soft fur! He is so cuddly :)

I love this last one...something so timeless about it.

Doesnt she look beautiful...

Thank you so much you two, for the photographs and the inspiration!

Today I got this sweet email in my box...

Oh wow! I absolutely love our photos. :) We have been looking at them ever since you e-mailed us yesterday. Nova just stole the show and I especially love the first one of him with his head to the side. It is the exact face he makes at me everyday when I ask him if he wants a cookie. You captured his personality perfectly and made our family look great! There are so many wonderful photos, we had a great time working with you and had a truly memorable experience.

How great is that to wake up to! Couldnt ask for anything more. I do love my job, if you can call it that! 

Hugs - SN

HOT! 2 mini sessions just re-released!

This just in...beep, beep a beep...excuse this interuption...Serena Nicole Studios has just released two times (3:20 and 3:45) for a Mini Session on June 7th!

These spots were not confirmed by a deposit so I have decided to set them free! This could be your lucky day :). What do you say, want one more session? You know you do!

Make one of them yours by clicking here:

www.serenanicolestudios.com/bookingrequest.htm 

First come, first served.

** 8:45 am update - MAKE THAT ONE SESSION, the second one just booked! 3:20 is the only time left.

** UPDATE...They are both gone! Thank all of you - you are truly the best!

Hugs - SN

So I have been here...

for working on year number seven and have never had the chance to see what is in store for you below...to my dear friend in Germany...this is for you. I will explain more...soon! Hang in there, it will ruin the story if I tell too much now!

This family was so fun. I love the boy dynamics, as I can so relate! And boy (no pun intended), Mom and Dad better hold onto these boys tight as they are cute to boot! I think the girls are already calling!

So we were having fun and snapping away when the  youngest says to his Mom...

Hey Mom do you see that?

See what?

That snake over there?

No....

Mom look it is on the rocks....

That is when we all said --- WHOAAAAA.

And here is why...

Can you see it? This is close up...I personally have NO IDEA how he saw this as we were (luckily) probably 100 feet away!

So taking one for the team, I decided I should get a close up... Stac, my friend in Germany who has a wonderful 'love' for snakes, he he ,dont read the next part. I went  and got about 5 - 6  feet away to get this shot...

Didnt realize while I was there how intently he was watching me!!! I was just watching for movement! Kat, my awesome assistant got a shot of me, taking a close-up of the snake to PROVE my coolness to my boys...and I am so sad to say it got deleted. I am so bummed as that would have surely upped the cool factor a least a couple of notches for me!

So we continued on with our shoot...I did ask the now famous snake spotter to keep an eye on the snake...because if he decided he wanted a dip in the ocean, I would have nicely RAN out of his way and maybe would have even let out a shreek or two just to let others know to nicely move!

It is too bad we didnt save any time for fun!

Thanks guys for such a great morning! I could keep sharing and sharing as you guys were so fun to photograph! Oh and thank you for showing me my first SNAKE in Okinawa! It wouldnt have been right for me to leave without seeing at least ONE :)

By the way, anyone out there know what kind of snake this is?

Hugs - SN         

Sometimes just a voice...

is enough of a clue. When I called for our pre-session phone call and started talking to this Mom I realized, hey wait I know you! Our children went to school last year together...and like many Mom's that talk and chat while waiting for our kidos after school I didnt know her as her name but as her daughter's (insert name) mom! I was so excited for the chance to work with them...they have since changed schools and I havent seen her in almost a year. It was so great to get to see her again. And the little baby that she used to so sweetly cart around on her hip...he is a walking almost talking machine!

  and well that little one - he loves sand. Very much.

It was so wonderful to see you again. I feel so lucky to have been able to capture your family.

Oh, I just got the sweetest email from Mom...

I want to thank you for giving me the best gift possible.  I love the way you captured my family.  These pictures are totally us. We will treasure these pictures forever. 

More hugs than I can give.

You are so welcome...THANK YOU for sending me such sweetness to my email box!

SN   

Leaving a mark...

We all want to leave a mark in this world. It is evident as you walk across the sidewalks and you see "'jen' was here" or graffiti grazing the walls of an abandoned building. I remember one day in my early twenties, sitting across the table from my in-laws discussing how we wanted to be remembered and what mark we wanted to leave in this world. They had amazing intellectual ideas that left me a little bewilldered (they are inspirational in that department to this day)...mine was something much more emotional. I wanted to do 'something' to help people feel connected and blessed in this world. To do 'something' to help others. At the time I felt this was all too abstract and was disappointed in myself for not knowing what that 'something' was. But now I know that was just the beginning to a beautiful journey.

Fast forward to the present... beyond the unexpected success of my business I feel empowered to share that before every portrait shoot  I say a little prayer. "Please use me to show them the beauty you want them to see in themselves." I show up to every portrait session a blank slate...and I like it that way.  It has bleseed me with the ability to share my style but to allow each and every person to be their own. With this, so many of my clients have thanked me for capturing and helping them remember what they love about their family, their child, their connection. Could this be the 'something' that I wanted to do. A tearful moment of clarity...I believe it may be.

A while ago I read the words of another photographer that had symbolized camera equipment with pots and pans and how it is not the pots and pans that make a good cook it was what you do with them. Meaning you can own the best camera in the world but it wont make you a great photographer... my thought for life is, what if you open your heart and show someone how to use their pots and pans, the utensils, everything in the kitchen and then they take your secret recipe and call it their own. Do you still teach them to use the pots and pans?

Yes. Yes, you do.

But, why and how?  It is simple. We have to live our lives with the best intentions and  give of oursleves in such a way that we inspire others to do good too. If you give yourself full heartedly there will be cooks that try to take that from you. It may sting for a moment. But at the end of the day you have inspired a hundred more cooks to give back to this world in their own beautiful way.

One question for you, how will you leave your mark?

 

Second time is a...

charm. I think. The first day we set out for our session the wind was a blowing! Blowing so hard that Mom's hair became instantly reminiscent of an 80's flashback. So we decided to give it another go, a different day. This day was perfect. Great company...great weather...and NO wind!

Thank you guys... I enjoyed our time together so much. I feel so lucky to have clients that immediately feel like friends.

Hugs,

SN    

And then there was one...

The very last session to book on Okinawa. Wow. I am always curious who takes the last spot on my regular booking month to month. It always seems that it is waiting for that one person...and there is always a neat story to their booking.  But this is big. This is THE last spot for Okinawa. Who will it be? It is a mini portrait session on June 7th. We shall see...

If you want it to be yours... click here:

BOOK THE LAST SESSION HERE

Call me crazy but I am getting a bit sentimental and mushy... hugs to you all.

SN