Nicole Micheli Photography

Thursday, March 17, 2011

New Orleans Brass Band - Mardis Gras 2011

I'm very lucky to live within a few blocks of a wonderful little bar that offers live jazz. I'm also very lucky to know most of the musicians performing there often. For this year's Mardi Gras Cole and I walked to the bar where he'd be playing beer bottle for a friend's brass band. The band was absolutely amazing, very energetic. They made me feel like I was in New Orleans, which is probably what they were going for...

Anyone hire a beer bottle player?

Monday, February 21, 2011

Vacation Time

Cole, his dad and I spent a long weekend in Palm Springs at the end of January. Perfect timing as it was cold and rainy in Sacramento. Our Southern California weather was sunny and warm, in the high 70's during the day and just what my camera needed. There were so many bright colors and I was so thankful to be away from dreary grey skies. My favorite part of our weekend was spending a couple hours at The Salton Sea. I've always wanted to go (no idea why) and when I saw we were only 40 minutes away we hopped in the car and made it for sunset. The place is eery. It really is. It's extremely humid and sticky because of all the saline in the water. The creepiest part is all the dead fish...yes. Dead fish. We had to hike through a dead fish and bones graveyard to get to a rocky point to set up the tripod. Pretty gross. On our way home we stopped in West Hollywood to enjoy some last minute sunshine, a gorgeous view and lunch. Not a bad way to end an awesome trip.

West Hollywood

Downtown LA

Perfect sandal weather

The Salton Sea is actually pretty creepy in this light...

Salty Mist

Very "Hills Have Eyes" if you ask me...

There were dead fish everywhere at the sea

Beer time at tee time

Tim and Ali - Love and Marriage

From their energy and love for one another you'd never guess Tim and Ali have been married for a few years already. When we went to Downtown Sacramento for a shoot I felt as if I was there for their engagement pictures, not just because fun pictures. These two were an absolute blast to hang out with all day!

James' Modeling Portfolio

James and I took the afternoon to go out and get some modeling shots for his portfolio. It was the first time I've done any modeling portfolio photos but I think I did OK :) He was an amazing model and I always enjoy photographing him. I can't wait to see how far he'll get with professional modeling!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Love is...

Today I did a couple's shoot for a lovely young couple. Their energy certainly showed through their pictures and I could not be happier. In the end the two were extremely happy with their pictures and that's all I could ask for at the end of any shoot.