Nicole Polk Photography

Celebrating my new film with PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH Beloved sessions!

Nicole — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:43:29 +0000

I made a little film about the photography I create and a few of the things that inspire me along the way…

I believe people are beautiful and deserve to truly be seen…
yes… you…are…BEAUTIFUL…

I believe relationships should be celebrated… in the every day…whether together for 1 year or 50… in the subtle ways we tell each other that we choose to spend our lives with someone…through all the challenges…through all the joys…

I believe Beloved photography sessions I offer are a reminder of how beautiful you are, how beautiful the connections are between you and your Beloved…

AN INVITATION FOR YOU:
In celebration of my new short film, I am offering an invitation to 5 couples to celebrate their love…

PAY-WHAT-YOU-WISH

You heard that right, I am inviting 5 couples to experience Beloved with zero obligation. I only ask that you to pay what YOU feel the Beloved session was worth to YOU… AFTER you experience one.

To be clear, this applies for the photography session fee and applies for Beloved Couples sessions only. If you feel it was worthless, you pay nothing. If you think it was priceless, I’ll be able to retire pretty soon *wink* *wink.* The point is, you decide the value. Collections of wall art & fine art books will be available for purchase separately.

To get more details about the session and start a fun filled adventure of the heart, please fill out the Pay-What-You-Wish inquiry form! This offer is open to the first 5 couples that respond first and expires on June 17th, so hurry hurry to snatch one up!

If you aren’t convinced yet, go take a gander at the gallery of Beloved photographs or one of the sessions featured in the film here or here.

Oh, and if you know someone who would love to participate, please do me the honor of sharing this with them!

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Thank you to the incredible Jeremy Bircher for making this film happen!

The world was on fire…

Nicole — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:24:18 +0000

…and no one could save me but you…

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leaving on a jet plane…

Nicole — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:46:30 +0000

I have some travel coming up this year and I’d love to photograph some Beloved sessions around the world! Below are my tentative travel dates for the year. If you live in/near one of these areas, it’s the perfect time to invest in a session without worrying about travel fees. If you would like to fall in love with your beloved all over again, drop me a line at nic.polk@gmail.com to set something up!

March 31 – April 9 London and Scotland

May 18 – 22 Denver

July 26 – August 3 Washington and Oregon Coast

Aug 4 – 10 Lake Tahoe

October 20 – 25 Los Angeles

Love, it is…

Nicole — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:07:03 +0000

… a melody…

There is this girl named Katie. We met just 3 short years ago, but I can’t even remember my life before her. Our first lunch together was over 3 hours long and I’ve called her one of my closest friends ever since. We galavant all over the country on adventures near and dear to our hearts in pursuit of learning and growth. I spend more time with her than just about anyone in my life, yet she lives 6 hours away from me. In our conversations, we seamlessly flow from topics on metaphysics to business, books, our hopes and dreams, our fears and struggles, to my love of Ryan Gosling, with out ever missing a beat. Sometimes we talk for over 20 hours a month on the phone. No joke. Kate is married to a boy named Mike, who sometimes goes by the names Walter or Lance Thunderstud. Mike sends me the most amazing iPhone self portraits that make my day. Mike will tell you how he met me before Katie. Mike also has amazing hair and the most kind eyes. Katie and Mike share quite an extraordinary love. They are one of the few couples in my life that I look to as a model of a love I hope to have one day.

Katie told me this past June that she and Mike were expecting their first child in February. She’s shared her dreams and fears about being a parent. We talked about how things might change once she arrived. I felt her baby girl kick in her belly. We joked about her kids calling me “Grandma Nicole” because sometimes I think I’d like to skip having kids and go straight to being a grandparent. She asked me to photograph the birth of her first child. She asked ME to photograph the birth of her first child! I said yes without really even thinking about it. I’ve never photographed, or even witnessed a birth before, I had no idea what to expect. We worried about how I might miss it being 6 hours away in Boston. I made her an 18 hour birth playlist we thought or hoped would be way too long. We joked about her delivering at home during the blizzard they had. It turns out we didn’t have to worry about me missing it. Katie delivered miss Esmé Leona almost 48 hours after her water broke. I cut the umbilical cord! I witnessed the power of the human body, Esmé’s first breath of air, first time being held by Mike, first time being breastfed, meeting her family.

This was both humbling and magical. I’m so honored and grateful to have been asked to do this. I was asked in the birthing room how long I’ve known Katie. When I heard myself say just a few years, it seemed odd that I would be picked to be there. But I can’t imagine it any other way…

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