FINAL POST!!

It's been a good ride here on blogger, but we have to say farewell! Ross at Flosites has just finished designing our brand spanking new blog! Be sure to update your RSS feeds and bookmark the new page!

The domain name nicholaushaskins.com will stay the same but will take a few days to propagate to the new site.

CLICK HERE FOR NEW BLOG!

Site Outage

We are going through some big changes this weekend. All of our sites are getting moved to faster servers, and our new blog is finally going to be launched!

The new blogs domain name will stay the same (nicholaushaskins.com) but the RSS will change, so be sure to update your readers!

A final post will be made on this blog this weekend, with a link to the new blog.

As a result of the server switch, ALL of our emails will be down temporarily.

If you need to get a hold of me, please call me at 727.504.9372, or the emergency email nphaskins@gmail.com

Happy New Year!

Thanks so much to everyone who has stopped by my blog this year. Since I started tracking it on May 1st of this year, we've had a little under 8,000 unique hits, with an average time on site of about 2 minutes. Thats about 1,000 people a month on average, who really care to read about what we're up too! I am so grateful to have so many loyal readers! It's only going to get better too!

(Those peaks...heh...thanks David!)

Just wanted to take a few minutes to personally thank a handful of readers;

Ed - I appreciate your kind comments. They really have meaning, and I am grateful to have a visitor such as yourself.

Shem - Your doing so good! I watch your blog, and you've been getting so much better at off camera lighting! Those athlete shots are stellar!

Phil and Nancy - You guys frikking rock. We've had so much fun together, and I haven't even shot your wedding yet! I cant wait! Thanks so much for believing in me!

Steven - Thanks so much for being a loyal reader. I enjoy reading your blog as well.

To the other 9,996 of you guys a month who stop by, thanks!

Happy new years to all of you!

See ya'll next year!

New Blizogg!

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up...this blog is going to be shut down soon!

Its ok, its ok...we're movin up in the world, and getting a complete custom blog design courtesy of Ross over at Flosites.com!

The url (www.nicholaushaskins.com) will stay the same, just might not work for a day or two. This soon to be old blog will always be here at the following url:

http://haskinsphotos.blogspot.com

Flosites.com is one of LUMU!'s newest sponsors, and I am deeply grateful that they decided to support the LUMU! Shoot Shops! The company designs custom blogs, websites, myspace pages, logos, branding, and pretty much everything you need to get going in the photographic industry. With a star studded list of clientèle, you can bet your sweet arse you'll be well taken care of!

Posts will still be made on this blog until the new one launches!

Exciting stuff!

Max is here!

Holy crappity!

That pretty much sums it up. This is Brandi and I's first born, Max. Both of us had no idea what to expect. You see babies born on TV and such, and you really dont think twice about it. Actually being there is something that I'll never be able to put into words. Seeing Max for the first time...my heart stopped....the world stopped....I was completely amazed!

Anyways, I gotta go. Just wanted to post a few photos of Max. You can bet your arse that there are waaaay more to come!

*Edit*
Because I was in a rush yesterday, here are the stats of big boy Max!

Born: October 3rd, 2002 @ 1:27 AM
Weight: 9lb 4oz
Length: 21 1/4"

The Anderson Family

I had a pretty good weekend. No weddings to shoot, so I felt sort of "left out." Its funny, I was telling Brandi that it feels like all of my friends went out, and left me behind!

Its ok though, I did get to spend some time with a really awesome family! These folks are really frikking cool, definitely my ideal clients! They are fun, outgoing, and they totally put all of their trust into me to produce some wicked cool images!This is what happens when you hire me as your photographer for any event. (This rockin photo was taken my my assistant, and soon to be second shooter Chris!)

I refuse to do those "standard" family portraits where everyone is matching, and posed! Ickk! I provide something completely unique!

Enter The Andersons.

They have this cool wing-back chair that they explained had been the center of family photos for years now.

Enter Nicks creative imagination.


I presented a fantabulous idea. "Lets take the chair, and go to all of your favorite places. The beach, a restaurant, the park, the movies...we'll just pull over, get out the chair, take a picture, and be on our way to the next spot."

Strange? Not so. Just different. Although she didn't go for the idea, it did open her mind a little...which was my exact intention to begin with. She then says,

"Well...you know, now that I think about it...I always though it would be cool if we could do something like the cover of that Beatles Album. You know, Abbey Road."

Now thats frikking awesome! A few days later, we ended up finding the same crosswalk, and it was on!
You might recognize the one guy, thats Blaine the musician. This was actually their family session that they wanted me to do as well! Awesome stuff!

*Edit*
Oh gosh I almost forgot. Chris and I put together a really funny video of "Whats in my bag?" Check it out!