The Ruby Family

Sometimes you meet someone, and you just know that they are "good". When I met the Ruby family, I could see right away that they were a warm, loving family and that it would be a breeze to shoot them. And I was right. As usual. (KIDDING!) They were here visiting from Kentucky, and I was lucky enough to be asked to take their family photos for them! Chris and Sandy were so sweet, low key and relaxed. You can't ask for more. They were so at ease with the camera and with their seriously adorable daughter Emma. I really enjoyed hanging out with them! 

One thing that I will never forget, is how kind Chris was. When we drove to our location, he and Sandy noticed that my back brake light was out. I said thank you for letting me know and I would fix it that week sometime. Well, while I was inside yakking away to their family after the shoot, he and his cousin went to the store and replaced my brake light for me. without me even knowing. I was in shock. It really meant so much to me and I will forever remember their act of kindness. Especially since I am sure that I would have left it like that for FAR too long, ended up being pulled over and ticketed I am sure! :) But thank you so much Ruby family for a great time. Have a safe trip back to Kentucky! Here are a few of my favorites from their shoot. Sandy, you are gorgeous!

Logan Turns 1

This last week I had a blast taking pictures for a friend! Her nephew was turning one, and he was soooo adorable! One of the reasons I love shooting little ones, is the fact that they have no idea the camera is on them. They don't know how to pose, so what you get is them. Real and refreshing! These pictures from Logan's 1st birthday are just too adorable. He is such a sweet natured little guy, and when he got ahold of the cake, he went to town! Enjoy!

1 Year B-Day - Winter Wonderland

I recently had the pleasure of documenting Conner Alvarado's 1 year birthday, and boy was it a birthday! They had something at the party that we don't really ever get to see in Southern California.....SNOW! Jaime and Manny must have wanted to get the coolest parents award, because when the kids saw the snow you could see it in their sparkling little eyes that they were about to have some fun! Snowball fights exploded, snow angels were created, and the parents even reverted back to their youth and got in on the action. 

Then, after snow time, it was cake time. My FAVORITE part of a 1 year olds birthday. Not because of the cake, because I actually don't even really like cake. But because I love watching a little one try and dig into the cake and make a mess! It makes for the best pictures! I had such a blast and am so thankful that the Alvarado family asked me to work this for them! Your family is just adorable! Enjoy the pics... I did!!

The sweets and cake looked scrumptious! 

Snow time!

Enjoying his cake!

Time to clean up and unwrap gifts!

Train wreck? Shmrain wreck.

Sometimes we don't do things in life because we are scared. Scared of failure. Scared of rejection. Scared of being a train wreck. You know, where people just stand around you while you lay on the floor in agony and they are all saying.. man, I am so glad that is not me! Look at how terribly she failed! (ok, I may be exaggerating here slightly). I have done this throughout my life with so many different things. Love, business, life. I have recently figured out that this is absolutely no way to live.  Sure, we may fail. Like MAJORLY fail. And that would pretty much suck. But what if we don't? What if you give life your all and you soar? What if you stop sitting back and just go for it? Say, you know what? I want a change. And sure, maybe making a big decision may mean that you will have to sacrifice in the beginning. But in the end, you will be so happy you did it. I don't know about you all, but this year I am going to change a lot in my life. I will no longer sit back and try and weigh out the pros and cons. I am going to go for my dream. And if I happen to fail. At least I failed doing something I love, rather then being mediocre at something I hate. 

This video below just reminds us that even if we fail HARD, there is always someone there to help you. And if it isn't you failing, maybe it is you helping that person along to not fail, but to get them through it. 

Santiago Engagement - Slideshow

I have discovered an amazing way to post video and slideshows easily on the web! Vimeo! I love this site and just to test it out, here is a little video of one of my couples whose wedding is coming up this next year! The Santiagos, really they are too sweet together!

Santiago Engagement from Nicole Andrews on Vimeo.

Amazing Promotion For Wedding Season!!!

Wedding season is right around the corner! Many people are either newly engaged, or just about to become engaged and then the madness will begin! I just so happen to LOVE wedding season, especially because I have some incredibly beautiful weddings booked for this new year!

As many of you know from previous posts, I am going to slowly be transferring most of my time to weddings. It isn't that I don't absolutely LOVE doing family and children sessions. Because I absolutely do. It is that I believe that we should follow our hearts in what we do, and truly, telling a love story is where my passion lays.  There is something that draws me like a magnet, to capturing love. I actually lay awake at night thinking of fabulous new spots, camera angles, etc to take my couples to! Insane right? 

So with that said, I have decided to give a fantastic deal to the next 5 weddings I book from this point forward. The next 5 weddings booked will receive their engagement session absolutely free of cost!!!! That is right, no addition cost for an entire engagement session!!

For those weddings that I have already booked from last year, don't worry. My prices have changed so you had an amazing deal to begin with! :)

If you or anyone that you know of is looking for a wedding photographer, contact me and tell me you saw my post and you will get the discounted deal!

Wedding season... let's get ready to rumble!!!!

Can't wait to hear from you! email: nicolekandrews@gmail.com

Energize!!!

First scroll down to the bottom of the page and pause my music before you play the video! 

So with the start of this new year I feel like I have a fresh start. I think that is what is so great about January. It feels as though everything from the past year has been wiped clean and you can start all over again. With that, there is a song that I just love and it has become my cleaning song. Yes, I have cleaning songs. 

When I am getting my clean on, I like to blare upbeat songs that get me in the right mind set! I open all the windows, blast my music, put my hair up, and get to town. When I am dancing around, it just doesn't seem like such a chore anymore! :) I thought that I would share this song with you internet world, so that if you are looking for a new song to get you going in the morning, maybe you will like this one just as much as me!