Noah | Senior Session

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Noah is just a super nice, thoughtful guy. Easy going & really easy to talk too. And really smart too! Noah is graduating this spring a couple years before he even needs too 🙂 We had his entire senior session at McGraw Park & I enjoyed getting to talk to him & hear about his interests & stuff he likes to do. Which include taking a Japanese class at Heartland! (Isn’t that awesome?!)

Meet Noah!

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That picture on the right is a favorite of mine 🙂

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Noah’s family has two beautiful retrievers, Pazel & Zahavi. They’re gorgeous, friendly dogs & we had a lot of fun trying to get them to look at the camera 😉 As you can see, it was a lot of work haha 🙂

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But it happened!

Noah, congrats on this new journey you’re embarking on! I know if you give your plans to the Lord & listen for His leading, your plans will succeed. All the best Noah!

Mom & Me Mini Sessions Favorites!

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You and me happy as can be
Flying through the park on our bikes
On a Sunday afternoon

You and me rolling on the floor
Practicing your somersaults, your cartwheels
Your donkey kicks and more

How did you grow so big overnight
How did you get so smart and bright
Yesterday you were asleep in my arms
Today you’re growing off the charts
I’m so proud of you

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You and me drawing pictures wild and free
The paint flying, your smile brightens up the room
You and me reading books in bed
Your head on my shoulder
Your eyes on the pages ahead

How did you grow so big overnight
How did you get so smart and bright

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Yesterday you were asleep in my arms
Today you’re growing off the charts
I’m so proud of you
I’m so proud of you

To all the mom’s who came for the Mom & Me Mini Sessions, I LOVED spending time honoring your love & your time you pour into your littles. You’re the BEST mom ever. Don’t forget it.

Lyrics from the song “You & Me” by Frances England

M Family | life&love Family Session

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When you meet Amos & Renee, you immediately like them. You can’t help but not! They’re genuine, loving people. Renee is super sweet & beautiful & always asks “How are you doing?” & Amos, is well, Amos 😉 He’s generous & always wanting to help out. Together these two make an awesome couple. My husband & I have had the privilege of getting to know them & their boys while attending our church & our couples small group over the past year. When they called me a few weeks ago to see if I was available to come out to their home & have a session with them, I made it happen!

The M Family is the kind of family you love to be around. You don’t have to pretend & can just be yourself. It’s a fun, new season they’re entering into! With 2 little boys now & one on the way & I was SUPER excited they’d asked me to come hangout with them & capture this time in their lives. Plus, I knew it’d be a ton of fun 😉 It always is with the M Family!

They love their daddy 🙂

I loved being able to spend some time with Renee & get her baby bump on camera 🙂 🙂

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She’s SOOOOOOO PRETTY!!!

And Amos thinks so too 😉

My favorite thing to do is to capture where my clients do life & where they love = their home! I LOVED being able to help Amos & Renee remember these precious moments & activities they do with their boys. Precious times like these NEED to be remembered.

Eric & I are SOOO excited for your family to be adding another little one Amos & Renee. We can’t wait to meet him! You are raising your boys with the Lord’s help & that’s so awesome. We look forward to continuing to doing life with you & we’re thankful for your friendship. We love you guys!!!

Ryan | Senior Session

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It is the season of senior sessions & especially boys! Just in the past 4 weeks, I’ve had FIVE senior sessions for guys. Ryan,’s session was just a few weeks ago & we had perfect spring weather for it. I had enjoyed meeting with he & his mom to go over details about the session & was looking forward to capturing Ryan in this season of his life.

Ryan is just a super nice guy. He’s graduating from Normal West & has a love for soccer. He & his family have lived alllllll over- including Hawaii). I enjoyed comparing notes on various places since I’ve moved a lot as well. During Ryan’s session we talked about soccer, movies, his upcoming prom & his job at a local nursing home. Friends, meet Ryan!

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Such a handsome guy!

We HAD to incorporate a little soccer in his session 😉

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Ryan, I enjoyed hanging out with you! I’m SUPER excited for you as you take this new path in life & being a new season in Iowa City. All the best to you!!!

Ulseth | life&love Family Session

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I’ve known the Ulseth Family for about 7 years now & it was a very special time that I got to spend with them just a couple weeks ago. I arrived at their house & immediately felt AT HOME. We played outside, hungout, played games, talked & I got to hear many fun stories about their life. Debbie & I had talked about me capturing on camera different activities their family enjoys doing together & we did just that!

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I always enjoy getting to know my clients through the process of preparing & having their session. I LOVED getting to know Debbie even better as we had several phone dates & exchanged emails. I was looking forward to their session because I knew I’d have the chance to be around Debbie. She’s a beautiful, strong woman who loves the Lord so much. And all that pours into how she loves her husband & teachers her children. She’s just amazing.

One of their favorite family games is Moose Farkel!

If you know the Ulseth Family, you know how important music & singing & ministering to people is important to them. My VERY favorite part of our session together was getting to watch & listen as they sang together around the piano. The love & strength this family has just filled the house as did their tight harmonies & beautiful music.

Mark & Debbie & kids, I really enjoyed hanging out with you guys! I felt like was I was spending time with family! I enjoyed every story & every laugh we shared together. Your family’s heart to be a blessing & reach out to people touched my heart & made me look at my own heart & actions. It’s amazing & wonderful to see how the Lord uses your family. May He continue to bless & pour favor on you all! LOVE YOU GUYS!!!

PS Be on the lookout for a special interview soon coming with Elizabeth Ulseth!!!

Sibling Mini Sessions

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Here’s a few of my favorites from the Sibling Mini Sessions we had a couple Saturdays ago! I was excited to introduce this new Mini Session theme to the list for 2015. My relationship with my siblings is something & cherish! And it was super fun to see these 3 sibling sets interact!

Brotherly love 🙂 🙂

She’s seriously SUCH a great big sister!

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These two cracked me up!

For the list of the Mini Sessions I’ll be having in 2015, click HERE!

Scheduling a Newborn Session

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I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again. I want to photograph ALL THE BABIES 🙂

Every momma has a list of things they need to get done. Especially when a new baby is coming to the family. While having a Newborn Photo Session with the newest little is always a want, it doesn’t always get to happen. Whether it’s because mommy & daddy didn’t know who to work with, or the timing of when to have the pictures or even if they have the time for pictures, all these things on top of other reasons can make scheduling a Newborn Session confusing.

That’s what this blog post is about. I’m going to clear the confusion for you by answering those questions including others such as “When should I schedule my baby’s first photo session? I’m not due for 6 months, should I still get that figured out?” “We have other kids we’d like to incorporate into the session, is that possible?”

So start off, first things first. You’re expecting- HOW EXCITING! Please know I am over the MOON excited for you & that I will strive to make this process of scheduling your new baby’s FIRST ever photo session.

1) Once you know you’re expecting & have a due date, that’s really all you need in order to schedule your session with Nomi Photography! As a photographer, I’m oftentimes am scheduling sessions MONTHS in advance & if you would like me to capture your newest addition in their first couple of days, all you need to do is email me at naomi@nomi-photography.com. Once you email me, we will more then likely setup a phone date to chat & get to know each other.

2) I HIGHLY recommend having your baby’s pictures done within the first 3-10 days of their life. Why? Labor side effects (like skin spots & their head shape) have diminished but they are still all ready to curl up & be all cuddly as if they were still in the womb :). (Day 9-12 of their life they’ve already begun developing muscles & are *tear* already growing up just way too fast!)

3) So we will look at your due date & I will put that specific date on my calendar. Now I’ll be in touch with you during your pregnancy as you get closer to your due date just to see how you’re doing & if there are any changes. Once Baby comes, I will send you an email that says something along the lines of this: “Hey Mama-CONGRATULATIONS! You have just delivered a beautiful, precious baby & I am here ready to go! Here are the times within the next 3-10 days that I am available to come over & capture your little one. You do NOT need to answer me back right at this moment. I just want you to know I’m here, I’m aware Baby has arrived & just let me know at your earliest convenience that I am SOOOO EXCITED to come see you & meet your precious new bundle of love!”

4) We then work out a time that I can come over to meet your new little one & I count down the days until I’m able to meet your Baby 🙂

And ta-da! We’re ALL SET!

That’s IT? you may be asking. That’s it 🙂 Through the process of us getting to know each other, I’ve already talked to you about outfits, the best times of day to have the session & a few other little things.

I simple ADORE newborn sessions at my client’s homes. Your house DOES NOT have to look like a Martha Stewart magazine. All we need are windows & the right time of day for lighting to hit those windows. Some mommas get nervous about their home being perfect & please don’t be. I get more into that during the process I go through with my clients, but all I ask for is your bed to be made & windows. Seriously. If I see anything during the session that needs to be moved, I’ll move it. If you need to move to a different area of the house, I’ll move you. That’s my job 🙂 Besides, you just gave birth to a little one & if you’re making your house look all perfect instead of cuddling the newest addition to your family, I may just scold you a bit 😉

The benefits to having a session in your own home are endless. ESPECIALLY when you have a new little one. Why worry about lugging everyone to a location that’s not your home when I can come STRAIGHT to you? Besides, you cuddling your Baby where you do life & love is just priceless.

I allow 2 hours for each Newborn Session. Most take an hour & fifteen minutes. I simply LOVE incorporating other members of the family. Obviously, daddy is a must & the other siblings are always a joy to capture as they are getting to know their newest family member. (And please, someone invite the grandparents to the session as well! I would LOVE to capture them with Baby as well!)

So if you’re expecting, please go right up to Step 1 & email me. Let’s work together to capture the very first days of your Baby’s life <3 Because why? Because I want to photograph ALL the babies 😉 (Yep, there it is, I said it again! ;-))

PS If you’re interested, click HERE to view all the details regarding my Maternity+Newborn Session Package that is here for 2015!

Lucas | Senior Session

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Lucas, Lucas 😉

About 6 years ago, I was a youth leader at my church (First Assembly of God) & Lucas was just coming into the youth group. I actually thought about going back through the photo’s I took of when I was a youth leader at the youth group & try to find some embarrassing picture of Lucas buuuttttt I decided against it 😉 Not even sure if I have any actually! 🙂 Just teasing you Lucas!

But we sure did get some good pictures the other night!

Lucas doing what his sister calls his funny face on the left 😉 & then laughing about her reaction on the right 😉

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If you know Lucas, you know that he likes to goof off & have a good time 😉

This one should be an ad for Hollister or someplace!

And my fav!

Lucas, you’re a good guy. You’ve got a whole new season of life coming up here pretty soon. I pray that you will keep the Lord as your focus & He will make your paths straight. You’re amazing Lucas!!!

Norris | Family Session

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The Norris family is just plain fun! Lucas is just weeks away really from graduating from high school & Bailey is on her way to completing college not too long from now. Fun, new things on the way!

We met up a couple weeks ago to have a family session & I enjoyed exploring the area where they live. (Special thank you to their neighbors who let us come on their property!)

What’s cool to me, is that even though this family is busy & has some big events on the horizon, they MADE TIME for a photo session. A session that will forever capture this time, this season they are in. I could not have been more honored to be there & capture them.

Love these two pictures!

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I told these two to pretend they were annoyed with each other 😉 I think they did pretty well haha Course Bailey started to crack up though since Lucas is a little TOO good at it 😉 Norris | www.nomi-photography.com-21

Don’t let them fool you! They like each other 😉

If you come back to the blog tomorrow, you’ll see the senior pictures we did with Lucas!

She’s such a pretty girl 🙂 Inside & out! Bailey gives a lot of her time to help others & recently got back from a missions trip to Taiwan!

Thank you Norris Family for asking me to come hangout with you!!!!! I can’t believe we’ve known each other for so many years now! I’m excited for the Lord has for the Bailey & Lucas in the future & I know they’re thankful they have such strong supporting parents!

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I don’t even know how to form the words for this blog post.

See, these pictures, this particular session, this Saturday morning I got to spend with a very special family just HAS MY HEART. If this blog post had a subtitle it would be “That Time a Session Left Me Speechless”. I’m serious (which if you know me doesn’t happen very often 😉 ).

But this session has done that. This session has EVERYTHING I want Nomi Photography to be about. To capture where LIFE & LOVE happen. Sessions right in the homes of my clients. Sessions where REAL moments happen. Whether we’re spending time outside or inside REAL moments is where it’s at for me folks.

Lynne & I chatted on the phone about their life&love Family Session that would be in their home. We discussed how having their family doing a couple activities that their family does on a regular basis would really CAPTURE their family. I seriously was SO looking forward to hanging out with the Norris Family!

So I’m going to be brief & really just let the photo’s speak for themselves. And they do. They really do. You’ll see love written all over the faces of Lynne & Brad’s faces as they interact & spend a memorable Saturday morning with their two littles (with another one on the way!).

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One of the things Lynne was really excited about me capturing was the kids reactions to the “magic tricks” their daddy performs for them. I tell you it was SOOOO fun seeing their reactions! They’ve got a pretty talented daddy 😉 Look at how excited they are! I see not only joy in their eyes but love for their daddy.

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I LOVE that you can see not only the kids expressions in these two pictures but their daddy’s as well!

Lynne & Brad, you guys ROCK. The way you love & lead your family with love & patience is just plain amazing. I’m huge Norris Family fans. Please let me come hangout again sometime 🙂 Love you guys!

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