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Tracie & Bill | September 3, 2009 | Maui, Hawaii (See online gallery HERE)

Venue: Sheraton Maui

“I would recommend Nicole Goddard to everyone!!! She is extremely creative and has a great eye for unique shots. She is very friendly, fun and professional.

It was absolutely wonderful to have her photograph our wedding!  I don’t know where to begin to thank her for all her hard work, dedication and fantastic photos!!  When we got engaged, I knew immediately that I wanted Nicole to be there.  I could not imagine anyone else photographing our big day!  She has been extremely professional, despite being a good friend of mine, and I am truly thankful for that.  We loved her natural, laid back ‘aura’ throughout the entire process.  I enjoyed how Nicole molded Bill (and his groomsmen) right into the palm of her hand and kept me relaxed on our wedding day!

It has been absolutely crazy how many compliments we have gotten for our engagement and wedding pictures– our friends and family have raved over your photos!  Nicole has such an amazing eye and a different, creative perspective, setting her miles above others.  It is really fun to see someone so passionate about her work!  And in the end, we now have wonderful, priceless family keepsakes to start off our lives together.

I have already recommended her to numerous friends and co-workers and I can only hope her to continue to photograph us as our family grows!  Thank you very, very much Nicole!  We love you!”

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Jay & Mia | August 16, 2008 | Torch Lake, Michigan

Venue: Private Beach House Residence

“Working with Nicole was one of the most pleasurable parts of our wedding celebration.  She has an amazing spirit of kindness and enthusiasm for her work and for those she is working with.  We had a unique format to our ceremony and not only was Nicole flexible and creative working in the situation, but she was able to capture every moment we could have hoped for and some we could never have planned.  Every moment was captured beautifully and her photographs tell the whole story over again when we revisit them!”

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Phillip & Liz | August 12, 2006 | Issaquah, Washington

Venue: Pickering Barn

“Words could never express the joy you have brought to me and Phillip. Pictures mean a lot to us and you have truly given us memories to cherish forever. Every time we look at our pictures we can’t help but smile and feel as if it’s happening all over again. You captured our emotions in every picture and that’s something that our children will be able to look at and see the joy we felt the day we became husband and wife. You have made a way for them to experience the journey we took to get married. From our engagements to our wedding day portraits…they were truly fantastic. Thank you so much. My family and I fell in love with you from the beginning and you are a part of our family now and forever.”

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Eric & Angela Weingrad | September 27, 2009 | Marina Del Rey, California  (See online gallery HERE)

Venue: FantaSea Yachts & Yacht Club

“Our wedding day was the most exhilarating day of our life.  We invited our closest friends and family to share with us a moment that can never be recreated again!  And there to capture every second of our joy was Nicole and her wonderful team.  We opted to not hire a videographer but rather rely on the beautiful images Nicole took to tell the story of our wedding.  After all is said and done, we’d do it the same exact way all over again!  The wedding album she created for us will be cherished by generations as they flip through pictures that say more then just a thousand words.”

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Jordan & Randy | July 4, 2009 | Malibu, California (See online gallery HERE)

Venue: Private Residence

“We are SO EXCITED about the photos!!! They are just stunning and capture the day unbelievably!  You did such a great job!  From beginning to end, they are so well done!

I also appreciate the organization of everything.  The categories of the photos on Pictage, the posting on Facebook, the pre-view DVD.  You are not only great at your art form but have such a sense of customer service to back up your talents.

Again and again – THANK YOU!!! Superb job on everything!!!”

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Tina & Sung Min | June 27, 2009  | Highland Spring, California  (See Engagement Gallery HERE & for Wedding Gallery click HERE)

Venue: Highland Spring Resort

“NICOLE NICOLE NICOLE…. Absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!!!! Both Sung Min and I were in complete awe when we saw the pictures….. Thrilled.

We can’t believe how perfectly the web gallery and the photos captured the true feeling of the wedding day. We’ve already been raving about your photos…. friends that weren’t able to attend the wedding are watching the web-gallery and they keep saying how they feel like they were there!

Nicole, Sung Min and I really wanted to thank you for your wonderful pictures and how perfect you made the wedding day. And lets not forget the engagement photos! Your kind personality and love for photos made standing in front of the camera comfortable– and it shows in the fabulous photos.

Sung Min keeps telling me that working with you was one of the “up” points of the wedding day…. and his father is in love! Sung Min’s father has been staring at the computer since yesterday, he can’t stop looking at all the photos…. loves them!

Working together with you has been a dream!

Please come shoot for our next milestones in Sung Min and my life together!”

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Tasha & Kyle | July 2, 2006 | Leavenworth, Washington

Venue: Mountain Springs Lodge

“When we first met with Nicole to discuss her style and what we envisioned for our wedding we knew she would fit right into the celebration we had been planning for the last five months.  She was flexible, laid back, perceptive, and the pictures she had taken in the past were as creative as they were beautiful.  On the day of the wedding, Nicole came up with wonderful ideas for how to shoot our wedding.  She has a great artistic sense and knows when to pose her clients and when to capture them in the moment.  Our wedding day was a joyous event that Nicole only added to and captured in wonderful pictures for us to enjoy for years to come.”

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Jen & Jon | April 18, 2009 | Seattle, Washington (See Online Gallery HERE)

Venue: Columbia Tower Club

“Nicole was absolutely amazing!! She suggested 2 location ideas for outdoor shoots, which turned out to be perfect. In addition, she helped plan the timeline for the photos prior to the wedding and was able to keep us exactly on schedule! We never felt rushed and made it to the ceremony with plenty of time to get ready for the walk down the aisle. Nicole was also great about getting every to be relaxed and have fun with the pictures so that we didn’t look uptight or too “pose-y”. She was very professional and produced a gorgeous online web gallery that all the guests loved! I would highly recommend Nicole for any photography needs!!”

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Mallory & Dylan | July 18, 2009 | North Bend, Washington

Venue: Bybee-Nims Farms

“Nicole’s pictures are really outstanding! She really captured the atmosphere of our wedding, and we honestly could not be happier with the way the pictures turned out. The quality is simply amazing and so worth it!”

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Katie & Loren | June 24, 2006 | Bellingham, Washington

“Nicole Goddard was a great wedding photographer who did an excellent job capturing both candid and posed shots of my wedding day!  From the moment she started, till the end of the night, she captured every shot I desired, and really listened to my requests.  Her skill and attention to detail really impressed my husband and me, and we are very pleased to look back at the photographs that perfectly captured our beautiful wedding day! ”

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Melody & Pat | August 7, 2004 | Tacoma, Washington

Venue: Tacoma Union Station

“It is hard to put in words how much I appreciate the memories that Nicole has helped us capture.  Basically, the best decision I made in planning for my wedding day was choosing her to spend it with us.  Working with Nicole is effortless.  She was so easy to get along with that both of us immediately felt at ease and it felt like she really wanted to take photos that best represented who we are as a couple.  She captured every moment we would have hoped for.  Looking through our photos made us relive all of the emotions we felt on that day.    We were so fond of our experience with Nicole that we had her shoot my brother’s senior portraits and some family photos.  And now that we have a child of our own we only hope that we will get to use her again in the future.”

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Laurel & Brian | April 7, 2006 | Seattle, Washington

Venue:  DeLille Cellars

“Brian and I would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making our wedding day that much more special.  Not only were you professional and easy to work with, but your creativity produced beautiful photographs!  We truly enjoyed getting to know you through the months of planning and hope we can maintain a lasting friendship. Every time we look at a photo from that day we remember how perfect it was- you captured that, thank you!”

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Aaaah….. I’ll quit with my day dreaming now.  Ok…….. Here’s Tracie and Bill. They have known each other since they were about 8 years old! Their ‘save-the-date’ was an adorable black & white photo of the them together when they knew each other as children. They have come a LONG ways. They got married on September 3, 2009 at the Sheraton Maui Resort and Spa in Kaanapali. This trip was Bill & Tracie’s first time ever in Maui. We even snuck in a 5 minute ‘trash the dress’ shoot of them jumping of Black Cliff. To see those photos click here. It was a spectacle, really.

We did deal with lots of gusty winds and very bright sun.. but overall… the day was beautiful and the timeline was seamless.

During the toasts, a colorful rainbow appeared and so, during dinner we had a small amount of rain. But, no-one seemed to flinch.  You know what that means… GOOD LUCK! From everyone (80 guests) singing “Sweet Caroline” to having an AMAZING sunset, their wedding was a dream come true. To see their web-gallery to a sweet song, please click here.

Congratulation Tracie & Bill. Cheers to a long, beautiful life together. Aloha.

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While I was in Maui, I was playing around with light and how to capture the pretty luminosity ommitting from them. I know. This is random for me. I am a wedding and portrait photographer, but I believe testing other subjects will only help me. Plus it was a lot of fun!

My friend Nels, with Stemm Development, helped me get access to these two stunning locations during the night hours. The first location was the Kapulua Spa. This boutique spa was 5 star, top-notch. The attention detail was insanely cool. I even had time to get a massage here and I have to say, it was the best massage I’ve ever had. Nels was the project manager on the creation of this spa and he did an exquisite job. In this blog post, you will only see photos of the light fixtures. I encourage you to check out the link above, so next time you find yourself in Maui, you will remember to visit it!

The second location is at the Merriman’s Restaurant in Kapulua. I can safely say this restaurant is in my top 3 favorites that I have experienced. The food was so tasty, the ambience amazing, and the views of the ocean & sunsets were out of this world!  I highly recommend eating here and don’t forget to have desert and drinks out on the  point around the lovely fire pit. Nels also was the project manager of this renovation.

So, here are some of my light fixture shots…

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