Hope you guys are having a wonderful amazing time in Hawaii and give me a call when you get home! You can view the preview images by visiting www.cristynielsen.com/slideshows password: preview. More to come!!
Congratulations!






These are from an engagement session I did last Saturday with Huy and Abigail. They are such a cute couple, and it was kind of a funny day. They showed up and Huy informed me that Abigail was doing her makeup in the car. Well little did I know but Abigail informed me later that they had been having a "disagreement" earlier that morning...lol. So getting them to be all cutesy and in love was funny initially. It only took them a few minutes to get over their initial "ooh he touched me" moment and enjoy the session. They said that I helped them get over their frustrations and had a better day. John and I will be doing their wedding in November, so stay tuned! They are so sweet, and have the greatest energy! Young love at it's finest!! To view the entire slideshow from Huy and Abigail's engagement session, please visit www.cristynielsen.com/slideshows and enter password abigailhuy








This is the sparkler entry!
This was the entry for the "Kids Art" Contest...lol... yes I am a crazy mother!
I'm also excited because my good friends Amber and Troy Schmidt also won the whole kit and caboodle for Troy's expose as Blu Guy of 2006! He is at the top of the blog, painted blue in all his glory! The prize for that competition was a free website and an I Pod with docking station! Congrats to Troy and Amber! They have had a hard week in their family and this was a much needed and well deserved win for them! They are wonderful people and have such kind hearts. Perfect winners for this contest!! Troy also got to choose a friend to receive a second free site, and I was the lucky friend!! Sooo... stay tuned as I update and heavily upgrade to a BluDomain site within the next few weeks. This is very exciting for me and will hopefully save me time and headache when it comes to updating. It will be much more user friendly than my current site, and easier to navigate. I'm so excited I can't stand it!
Just wanted to take a moment to say Happy Father's Day to all the dads in my life! Dad, my hubby John, Gregg, Zack, Tony, Bob, Rob, Timmy, Josh, Dave ~ hope you all have a great and relaxing day! We are all spending the day together here and trying to relax and barbecue a bit later. I had hoped we'd be able to spend the day in the pool, but the weather is not looking so hot today.
Jessica gave birth to their daughter Ava early yesterday morning! She came a bit early, but they had a wonderful and fast birth, and I can't wait to get my hands and lens on that new little babe! Happy Father's Day with a new baby GIRL Jim! Scroll down to see a sample of Jessica's pregnancy photos!
Anna, you can view it here! www.cristynielsen.com/AGWed .
I also photographed a girl named Melinda who is pursuing modeling. She did a great job at her session! Thanks Melinda!
poker league with some friends and he won the whole pot for the end of the year tournament! So he came with just over $1,100 in his pocket! Gotta love that! He's been trying to get out and golf more too, so that is always fun for him. His best friend from high school Josh and Josh's family will be headed our way in less than two weeks to spend the 4th of July with us. It will be a blast and good for them to hang out and have guy time to play golf, yack and do whatever it is that guys do!
My wedding assistant Christina caught these of me doing my "thang" at Anna & Gary's wedding... they are the first images I have of me working.
I also thought I'd throw in a shot of my little photographer in training, and the headshot that she took of me..these are a few months old, but still thought they were cute. Today she spent about a half hour this morning taking pictures of her dolls and horses. Pretty scary because she knows how to change her exposure and is already quite good at shooting full manual at 4 1/2 years old. I've been showing her how to use the camera and what it
means to have a under and
overexposed photo...lol.
Someday she's going to give her mama a run for her money! Have a great weekend!
Happy Wednesday! Just thought I would share some pregnancy photos that I took of Jessica and her son and husband Jim this past Saturday. She looks gorgeous at 36 weeks pregnant! I photographed her son about a year and a half ago, so seeing how much he has grown was awesome! Their little girl Ava should be arriving within the next month, so stay tuned for a new little cutie for newborn photos! Here's the link to a slideshow of the images from the session. It was loads of fun and I swear that Jess could be a pregnancy model!
So it's past midnight and I've been up checking out the images from Anna & Gary's wedding today. It was such a fun day! They are the coolest couple and such wonderful people. I also saw Andrea & Scott whose wedding I did last July. It was great to see you Andrea & Scott!


So I'm in the studio, and have done several sessions there already. It's amazing the difference when I can spread out and move around! I have done two sessions this week with a gorgeous 12 year old named Sunny. Here's a few of the images from her two sessions. We did these for a modeling portfolio and comp cards. She's really great in front of the camera. By far the hardest thing was keeping her looking her age. I ordered up several sets of new business cards with my new address on them, so I'm anxiously awaiting to get them and start passing them out all over town. I also got in a wedding album that I ordered for my clients Ehren and Paul. I created an album for them with their wedding photos and ordered it from one of my favorite vendors. It is STUNNING in print. I gasped when I opened the book and it brought tears to my eyes. Seeing your work on the computer is one thing, but seeing it in print is a whole nother deal. I know they will love it! If you haven't seen it yet, you can view it by clicking on this link www.cristynielsen.com/EhrenPaul/AlbumShowcase .
Shaylee is doing well, getting ready for the summer to begin. I am still trying to find some sort of summer camp to keep her busy for the summer. Last Friday night she and John went to the Dad N Me night at her school. They had a great time enjoying arts and crafts and making me a moms day gift. It was supposed to be a surprise, but we all know Shaylee can't keep surprises so I got the angel pin that she made for me when they got home. She's been swimming every day and has learned to dive and do flips in the pool. Her latest challenge has been learning to swim underwater. She is turning into fish girl!
We booked our vacation tickets to Maine for the first week of August last week, so I'm excited for some much needed time off! We haven't taken a vacation in two years, so this is a welcome break! My cousins who I love so much and hardly ever get to see will be off the same week and we will all spend time together at camp. I'm going to be doing my cousin Kyle's senior portraits while there on vacation... it will be very weird for me to do that, as I have been away for most of his growing up years and still think of him as a little guy... his sister Jessica just called me last week to tell me she's pregnant! Congratulations! My dad will also be taking time off to spend some time with his kooky granddaughter. She is VERY excited to see her Grampy, Nanee and Uncle Scotty!
league. The tournament is coming up and he's in good standings, so he's excited about that. The weather here has been wonderful, although we haven't gotten rain in about two months now, and we are desperately needing some moisture!
It's been a bit since I posted so I thought I'd jump on and share my latest news. It's official! I am IN a studio! I met a great lady in Winter Park who has been a photographer for 26 years and she has invited me to join her and share her studio. This is an amazing opportunity for me to spend some time with a photographer who has seen the changes in the industry and she has great knowledge and has already helped me so much! I am thrilled to have this chance to bring my business to the next level in a studio. It's in the downtown Winter Park area so it will be a great location as well.
I did my first session in the new "digs" on Tuesday. It was for Will, one of my favorite baby clients who just turned one! Happy Birthday little man! We had a great time and his mom and I were laughing hysterically through most of the session...he is quite a little ham! Here's some photos from his session... blue eyes that make your heart melt! And he was VERY happy to be having at the birthday cake his mom made for him. Some of the cake images are hysterical... talk about man on a mission! I always love taking pictures of Will...he's so cooperative and always seems to be in a good mood.
Easter morning was quite funny in our house. Shaylee was sooo excited to find her eggs and her basket. I searched all over looking for a regular wicker Easter basket, but could not find one so I ended up with this funky My Little Pony one for her...which she ended up liking better as a hat...go figure! It was really cute to see her get excited on Easter...here's a picture of her Easter basket hat!
eady to head back out there in a bit. Shaylee loves playing in the pool. We've been swimming in the evenings as it's a great thing to get her tired out and ready for bed. Here's a few shots of her doing her thang in the pool. She's grown so much and can now touch the bottom!
spent 5 days with women (and men) who I have known online for about a year. It was really nice to see them in person and hear the voices behind the type that I see everyday. I have bonded with some really great women who like me are moms and photographers trying to get through the struggles of balancing both of those things. We had classes everyday on different photography topics, and I spent lots of time picking the brains of several photographers whose work I admire and respect.
have done so far yesterday. Feel free to check it out and give me