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Welcome to my blog! Here you will find my most recent sessions, information on specials and contests, and a little bit of everything. Go to www.nicolerogersphotography.blogspot.com for my old blog.
My heart, as your photographer, is to establish a lasting relationship with you, become your friend, and to document what is real and precious in your life. What inspires me most is the way you interact together as a family. I am also inspired by:
Light, eyelashes, pensive looks, sunlight in a child's hair, laughter, connections, hands, feet, tall grass, trees, old/worn walls, cuddling, window light, the unexpected beauty in the simple things. A little about me:
First and foremost, I am a follower of Christ. I identify so much with this quote:
"You, O Lord, have created us for yourself, and our heart finds no rest, until it rests in You." St. Augustine
I am a wife of 7 years. We have an almost 8 month old named Jax. My husband is a hero. He serves our country and the city of Charlotte. At the end of the day, all I want to be is curled up on our couch with him. We had the wonderful opportunity to spend our 5 year anniversary in Italy.
I am a daughter to two amazing parents, a sister to 4 others, an aunt to 3 nephews and 3 neices. My family motivates, strengthens, and revives my soul.
I love popcorn and ice cream.
I have spent time in Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Panama, so I have fallen in love with Spanish culture.
I love everything vintage and feminine (I may be a little obsessed with Antro and Ruche).
I could spend hours shopping around in thrift, consignment, and antique stores.
There are pictures of the people I love all around my house because it's extremely important to me to be surrounded by memories.
Header and logo design by Jessica Mullen. (inquire for her information) Profile photo courtesy of Lime Green Photography.
I had the wonderful opportunity of spending time with this lovely family this past weekend. I had never shot at this location in Fort Mill, and welcomed the change of scenery. I loved how they just fell into what they do everyday…thumb sucking, laughing, consoling, and loving on each other. 
I thought I was going to have to cancel this shoot. The weather was not promising and sunshine was not on the horizon. We postponed an hour and were able to grab some sweet shots in a beautiful garden. While I do not shoot weddings, I love to shoot engagement and couples. These two have known each other since Jr. High. Somewhere along the way they fell in love and are going to celebrate that love next Spring. Such a beautiful couple! I wish them all the best!
Now that I have my own child, I have a greater sense of how fleeting moments with our little ones are. I first met this beautiful family when their oldest child was a tiny newborn. Now he is almost 3 and now has a precious 1 year old little brother. I love going to my client’s homes and documenting how they interact with each other. It melts my heart and blesses me each time.
I had the wonderful opportunity of spending some time and meeting the “M” family the other week. They welcomed their most precious little girl into the world just days ago. I loved watching mom and dad interact with her. She is definitely loved and can’t wait to document her next milestone. Thanks so much guys and can’t wait to share the rest of your images.
Happy Memorial day weekend! I hope you enjoy being around your families and spending time in the beautiful sunshine. Speaking of sunshine…look at this sweet little one who just turned one. You can’t look at her without smiling.
I am so honored and grateful to be able to capture families for a living. This particular family holds a special place in my heart. So blessed to call them friends. Anna and Wade…congratulations! I hope you enjoy your slideshow here!
I had the pleasure of meeting this wonderful couple this past weekend. They are expecting their first baby and couldn’t be more excited to welcome him into the world in July. We started at their home with their adorable dogs, then headed to a field off of South point road. I can’t wait to meet their little man once he arrives!
It always makes me so nervous to photograph other photographers. Natalie Harris is a very talented photographer in the area and was thrilled and nervous when she asked me to photograph her family for my May special. I loved the way they interacted with each other with really no direction at all. My favorite kind of session. Thanks so much for the opportunity!
I had such a great time documenting this beautiful family in their lovely Charlotte home. They welcomed their first son into their family just 6 months ago. He is so precious, along with his big sister. Thank you so much “T” family for the opportunity! To view more of their pictures, click here!
This weekend at church, and the topic at hand, ignited a desire in me to be content with myself and my life, and to desire the Lord more than anything this world has to offer. I would encourage you to listen to the past two sermons here. Brian, our pastor, launched a 4 week series on money. I have to be honest, I was not looking forward in these sermons, because I thought it would be another sermon on giving, and tithing, and I would be sitting there feeling bad and guilty. Well, this is not Brian’s approach. He speaks the Truth in love, but in a manner that makes you look at your own heart and want to change it to glorify the Lord. We did talk about money, and dangerous desires, stated in 1 Timothy 6, and how the love of money can lead to dangerous desires. More is not better. God is better.
We also discussed contentment and are we satisfied with what we have been graciously given? This is where the Lord tugged on my heart. You see, growing up I always thought that I was not good enough, fast enough as a track runner in Jr. and High school, pretty enough, smart enough, and the list could go on and on. As an adult, these same negative feelings have followed me and when I allow them to manifest into my heart, I feel horrible about myself, don’t accept compliments easily, feel as though I am a lousy photographer at times, and I am robbed of joy and contentment. The enemy wants to steal my joy and I have allowed him to many times.
The Lord used Brian to help me want to lay down all of those pursuits and idols, discontentment, things of this world that will not satisfy, and to repent and make God my one and only King. I have a lot to do, to refocus my life and heart to desire and to follow my one and only King. One thing I am doing is getting of Facebook for a little bit to refocus and to not allow posts, pictures, and statuses to dictate how I feel about myself or my business. I have made some changes in my business, and as a result I feel I am slower. God may want to use this slower time to teach me something. I have been using Facebook and other social media to affirm myself and it was becoming really important to me how others viewed me via their comments or posts. I need to break away from it for a little while and to allow God to be the only one who affirms me. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
I never get comments on this blog, other than spam, and that’s okay. This post isn’t for anyone else, but for me proclaiming I NEED JESUS and HE’S ALL I NEED! And because every post isn’t complete without an image…here is my sweet friend’s little princess in the cherry trees.
April 29, 2013 - 10:43 pm - Love this post. Brings joy to a pastors heart!
May 1, 2013 - 1:33 pm - Thank you, Greg! Thanks for reading!
May 2, 2013 - 8:55 pm - It is awesome to see how God is working in your heart and mind.
May 7, 2013 - 11:54 am - Thanks, Matt! It is wonderful to be apart of such a wonderful church and community group. :)
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