A Story of a Photographer and Videographer
Stephanie-
NASHUA, NH (Native)- Stephanie was always an artistic soul even in elementary school. Throughout her years, she practiced as many forms of art as she could. From pottery to stained glass. Eventually in high school she found passion in three dimensional digital art, and went off to Keene State College to obtain a B. S. in Architecture with dual minors in both Studio Art and Sustainable Product Design & Innovation. She loves learning, and it was with that passion that every moment of time she could, she would continue to learn more about the arts and trying new things. Through college, Stephanie supplemented her income moonlighting as a photographer working alongside the best.
Nick-
NIAGARA FALLS, NY (Native) - Nicholas (or "Nicolai" as Stephanie often calls him) is what we call a late bloomer in the arts. Nicholas has always had a creative soul, leading him into the Culinary Arts in High School and College. Embracing his nomadic roots, Nicholas decided to relocate from New York to New Hampshire to live with family, and start his own life. It was in New Hampshire that he met Stephanie.
Yin + Yang-
It was very clear that since the two met, they represented complete opposites. Initially, the two did NOT hit it off, and parted their ways due to these differences. However thanks to a certain big box home improvement store and two orange aprons, the two fell in love and ran off into the sunset.
Stephanie is our true representation of Yin. Yin is a symbol of earth, darkness, femininity, and absorption. In her artwork, Stephanie embraces the darkness and the strict control of light. You can see many of her works embracing hues of ruby, sapphire, emerald, and deep golds.
Nicholas is our true representation of Yang. Yang is a symbol of heaven, light, activity, and masculinity. Nicholas embraces the richness of light and the heavenly warmth of the sun. You can see in many of his works embracing natural light and brightness, with much energy and movement.
Together, the two balance beautiful and play off one another creating a common balance in the world of Photography and Videography.
Our Family to Yours-
Nicholas and Stephanie have been married since October 3rd, 2015. Like many of you, we celebrated our union at Steele Hill Resorts in Sanbornton NH and are happy to share our own personal vendor recommendations! We have three amazing children, who you may often see at one of our shoot locations! Our oldest is already mastering the use of our professional cameras, our middle starting his own blogging journey, and our youngest is preparing for professional modeling with that perfect head tilt and smile!
We love animals- and invite you to bring your own animals to your shoot! At home, we have two dogs and three cats. At one point, we have had over forty five chickens and ducks, eight guinea pigs, six fish, and even two giant English Flemmish rabbits! And to this day-n Stephanie will do everything she can to convince Nicholas that goats are a necessity. (Hint Hint Nicolai, I heard they come with gift bows on them now.)
Like you, we have a family. We were married once, we had our own little bundles of joy that we brought home from the hospital for the first time too. We bought our first home, and celebrated the win at our children's baseball games. We laughed as we cannon-balled into the pool to splash the people who swim in the pool but DONT want to get wet... and we stayed up way past our bedtime working on our sons multi-week project that he told us about only the night before it was due. We know what it's like to drag three kids to a photo shoot upside down and screaming. We know what it's like to take family reunion portraits not knowing if the same combination of people will ever be together again. We know what it's like to live paycheck to paycheck, and to envy the mom and dads who seem to have it all together. We know life isn't perfect- was it ever meant to be?
We don't do this for the money. We do what we do for the memories. We celebrate meeting families and couples of all types, and making new friends along the way. It is because of this opportunity that we get to travel and experience our own adventure, all while helping you capture yours. We want to live- and embrace the world around us while celebrating reality. It's ok to ugly cry in a picture, and to look back at the memory years down the road. Our memories create who we are today, and remind us as to what it means to be alive.
On a somewhat irrelevant note, if anybody wants to pay for their photo session with a goat or mini highland cow- Stephanie is more than happy to accept that as payment. (Shhh Nicolai!)
