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03.29.10
I remember when Nicole and I were kid sisters together, pretending to be sumo wrestlers on our parents' bed...LOL! Then, it seriously feels like yesterday, she met the man of her dreams and got married! NOW, my Pickle (Nicole) and Jeff are about to have a little baby girl! I can hardly stand it, I'm full of so much excitement I might just explode!
Justin and I love you both Nicole + Jeff, we CAN'T WAIT to meet little Lucille! Just 4 days left and Nicole is ready to pop!
Kirsten said:
SO incredible. normally i think maternity shots are kind of barfy... this is amazing.
(03.29.10 11:21 PM)
brooke bowland said:
totally and utterly speechless. seriously.
(03.29.10 11:22 PM)
alec vanderboom said:
way to rock the prego photos! beautiful stuff. i like the b&w silhouette one a lot.
(03.29.10 11:23 PM)
angie + matt said:
yay! Nicole is so beautiful!!! Can't wait to see her little baby girl!
(03.29.10 11:24 PM)
Cynthia W said:
gorgeous!!
(03.29.10 11:29 PM)
Jane Jeon said:
OMG! she's such an ADORABLE mama to be!! great great shots!!
(03.29.10 11:31 PM)
jac kaiser said:
nicole, you look divine! seriously a beautiful preggo lady :) lucille is one lucky little lady to have you two as parents...and I'm sure amelia is going to be the best auntie :)
(03.29.10 11:36 PM)
alyda said:
wow wow wow! Your sister is beautiful!!! This is easily the best pregnancy shoot i've ever seen :D!
(03.29.10 11:38 PM)
nancy {so happi together} said:
wowzers! Nicole is one hot mama!! I am in love with this set. Seriously a work of art!
(03.29.10 11:56 PM)
Lyndzee of EP said:
Oh my beautiful Nicole. What a beautiful Mommy to be and INCREDIBLE pictures. So excited for her and Jeff to be parents. Can't wait to meet sweet little Lucy. Love you guys!!
(03.30.10 12:02 AM)
Melissa@ The Loveliest Day said:
Nicole looks beautiful! I'm so excited for her!!!
(03.30.10 12:23 AM)
AmyPunky Photography said:
Nicole is gorgeous!!! Beautiful photos!!!
(03.30.10 01:51 AM)
Heather Brown said:
AMAZING!!! Love love them! You can tell how excited and happyt hey both are! Cant wait to see Lucille! What a cute name!! Congrats Nicole!!
(03.30.10 01:52 AM)
anna said:
wow these are some of the best preggers photos ever! so sweet and romantic. love the colors.
(03.30.10 02:52 AM)
Hannah said:
Beautiful, beautiful photographs. I love all of them. These are the kind of maternity shots I'd want if I were pregnant.
(03.30.10 04:06 AM)
johnwaire | photo said:
...this shoot looks like it was so much fun. truly awesome!
(03.30.10 04:47 AM)
jess@studio3z said:
your sister is BEAUTIFUL!!! congrats to them, and wonderful job Lyons!
(03.30.10 05:45 AM)
Stacey said:
SUCH gorgeous shots. A beauuuutiful couple, and amazing use of the scenery and lighting. The whole feeling is just so sweet.
(03.30.10 06:11 AM)
Adele Cabanillas said:
Oh goodness these are so beautiful. :)
(03.30.10 06:21 AM)
Jesse Chamberlin said:
amelia! these are gorgeous!!!!!
(03.30.10 06:21 AM)
Ravyn Stadick said:
These are beautiful!
(03.30.10 06:44 AM)
Katie said:
These photos are stunning! Not to mention they are a beautiful couple! Love LOVE love these photos.
(03.30.10 06:46 AM)
Nicole Deanne said:
YAY! Justin & Amelia these turned out amazing! It was SO much fun taking these & I am soooo excited for Lucy too! Thank you so much for capturing this for both Jeff & I. We LOVE you guys!
(03.30.10 07:53 AM)
Jill Brady said:
:) That's all. And maybe a "beautiful" too.
(03.30.10 07:58 AM)
Tonya Peterson said:
She is super beautiful! We can't wait to see pics of the sweet baby girl!
(03.30.10 08:06 AM)
Lissa Anglin said:
These are gorgeous. Can we know where she got that first shirt? :)
(03.30.10 08:06 AM)
Lissa Anglin said:
These are gorgeous. Can we know where she got that first shirt? :)
(03.30.10 08:06 AM)
Candice brooke said:
These are amazing!!! I love love love them!
(03.30.10 08:25 AM)
liana said:
Congrats Nicole!! How awesome is that! Absolutely beautiful pictures :)
(03.30.10 08:34 AM)
Ryan Huston said:
YES! Nicole and Jeff are going to join the club and we could not be more excited to have Olive meet her new best friend Lucille! The pictures are fantastico...I expect nothing less from you guys! MY favorite is most definitely the 4th from the top...work it Jeff! haha! But in all seriousness you fav is mine as well! It is most certainly knocking my socks off right now! SO many elements are slaying me right now!
(03.30.10 08:41 AM)
Courtney said:
Plus, she has wonderful maternity tops! So you must be very proud of her taste :) I wish she were my friend so that I could ask her where she got them! I'm due in August, UGH! :)
(03.30.10 09:01 AM)
Katie Neal Photo said:
It's impossible to pick a favorite. They are just stunning!
(03.30.10 09:01 AM)
jamie said:
breathtaking, seriously breathtaking
(03.30.10 09:37 AM)
jenn delisle said:
stunning stunning stunning! these shots are gorgeous and nicole is a beautiful, glowing mother to be! all the best to you and your new family nicole!!
(03.30.10 09:45 AM)
Cindel Huston said:
LOVE!!! love love love!! Amelia, you did an amazing job, they're so beautiful! Jeff and Nicole...i LOVE you guys, and you both look so happy, you're going to love your little Lucy! I cannot wait to meet her! Pickle, you are gorgeous, i love you to pieces! Congrats you two!
(03.30.10 09:49 AM)
Candice {The Beautiful Mess} said:
congrats nicole! you look stunning!!!
(03.30.10 10:09 AM)
Melissa Gartner said:
AMELIA AMAZING!!! I LOVE these so much!! You did such a fantastic job. :)
(03.30.10 11:18 AM)
Marissa Rodriguez said:
She is stunning! Such gorgeous photos!
(03.30.10 11:30 AM)
Emily Ruth said:
Ummm, these pictures make me giddy!!!!!
(03.30.10 11:51 AM)
Shelley Freckleton said:
Nicole! You are such a cute pregnant momma! Lucille will change your life
(03.30.10 12:07 PM)
Steven Elmer said:
Gosh! What a stunning location and hot couple! ;)
(03.30.10 01:15 PM)
Becky said:
Gorgeous!!! I love every one! She is a pretty mama for sure!
(03.30.10 01:30 PM)
Dave Richards said:
WOWZA!!
(03.30.10 02:57 PM)
Leif said:
DANG!!! You rocked it big time on this shoot!
(03.30.10 05:06 PM)
Yuka photo art said:
Sooo beautiful session!
(03.30.10 05:41 PM)
Yolanda said:
These are really inspiring. I love the third one up from the bottom, with the two of them in silhouette. But all of these images make pregnancy look so fun, natural, and freeing.
(03.30.10 07:20 PM)
chelsea donoho said:
soooo lovely :) i realllllly like the seventh one from the bottom, where she's laying in the grass. gorgeous.
(03.30.10 09:42 PM)
Catherine Guidry said:
I believe that is the hottest looking maternity photos I've seen!!! Her outfit was very cute, but it's the way you've capture her...your angles. She looks BEAUTIFUL!! I think the first few remind me of the beginning of Grease! lol..
(03.30.10 11:17 PM)
Eileen said:
These are the most beautiful images I've seen from a Maternity shoot - STUNNING! I love them:)
(03.31.10 06:20 AM)
Jessica Charles said:
WOW! Absolutely breath-takingly stunning!!!
(03.31.10 07:16 AM)
Kaila said:
wow! every.single.one is breathtaking!
(03.31.10 11:07 AM)
Katy Gray said:
What a great session - she looks wonderful!
(03.31.10 11:55 AM)
Xander Swanson said:
absolutely awesome. love the tilt-shift used on maternity pics. great work!
(03.31.10 12:47 PM)
Rog said:
Kindred, you look so pretty! Nicole is as glowing as ever. Even their shadows are are hot. When their walking around outside, even their shadows get hit on by the other shadows. They have shadow stalkers. Mine is one of them. What's creepier than a shadow stalker? A shadow stalker with a ponytail.
(03.31.10 01:06 PM)
arenda said:
ooooh, these photos are absolutely beautiful! i love the light, as well as her super cute shirt!
(03.31.10 02:15 PM)
Jenny said:
LOOOOOVE these! You always inspire :)
(03.31.10 04:47 PM)
Kat Speyer said:
Gorgeous, breathtaking images! Love the sunset photos, and where she's lying in the field. Great session ... I'm inspired!
(03.31.10 05:33 PM)
heather said:
i am so in love with these pictures! i could stare at them all day long.
(03.31.10 08:45 PM)
Paco and Betty said:
I think I just drooled a little. This shoot THIS SHOOT is BEYOND!!! Best Amelia shoot yet, hands down.
(03.31.10 11:20 PM)
Kelly said:
Oh could you please please please share where Nicole Deanne got her gorgeous floral top? I ADORE it. The photos are spectacular, btw!
(04.01.10 02:38 AM)
Nicole Deanne said:
Hello everyone!!! Thanks for all of the sweet comment, I think I'm blushing! Just wanted to mention I got the floral top at Urban outfitters & the light pink top with fluffy shoulders at H&M! :) Thanks for enjoying the photos!!!!
(04.01.10 09:21 AM)
Paco and Betty said:
We're definitely drooling. ZOMG! You are on another level.
(04.01.10 12:49 PM)
Jill Ison said:
oh how i wish i knew of a valley of golden goodness! those are beautiful (as always) my littlest baby's name is Lucy and I adore it so!
(04.01.10 11:21 PM)
Becky said:
wow! She might be one of the most gorgeous pregnant woman I've ever seen! These shots are fantastic! They just make me smile! LOVE the colors!
(04.02.10 07:08 AM)
Katie Slater said:
WOW!!! These are stunningly and insanely beautiful! Dang!!!
(04.05.10 03:24 PM)
Amber Fox said:
These photos are truly spectacular! I have to say they are the best maternity photos I have ever seen. You guys are really pushing the medium and I LOVE IT!
(04.10.10 06:42 PM)
Sarah Frenzel said:
GORGEOUS!!! Amelia amazing job, as always!! And Nicole, you are the cutest 'about to pop' preggo ever!! Congrats to your whole fam on the new addition!
(04.13.10 10:21 AM)
Supermar said:
This has to be the best pregnancy shoot I've ever seen. I hate those shoots usually because everyone does them so tacky, but you really have it down. This is so absolutely gorgeous. I love them all but especially the highway ones at the beginning.
(04.13.10 01:09 PM)
Desi said:
WOW, this is stunning STUNNING PHOTOSSSSSS!!!
how do you do it? its really good!!!
(06.01.10 06:39 AM)
evelyn said:
GORGEOUS!!! :)
(06.08.10 05:31 PM)
Rebecca said:
One question, when are you going to do a photography class in Denver. Please come! Oh one more question, what lenses do you use on these images? Mostly?
(08.02.10 05:54 AM)
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03.25.10
For fellow photographers:)
1.We sell and design all of our albums in "spreads", this mean left side to right side (so essentially a spread is actually two pages).
2.We don't do any wording on the cover, the only wording you'll ever see is on the first spread with the client's name and date of wedding...we like to keep it simple! Remember that less is more!
3. For the page layouts, we keep it minimal. Each image should tell it's own story, so we don't like to over crowd the pages with too many images.
4. We don't like to use any drop shadows! We're really going for more of an art-book/high fashion type look. We have a few fashion books we've collected from Dior and Dolce & Gabbana and there's not one drop shadow!
5. We like all of the image lines to match up, look below and you'll see what we mean.
6. When designing the spreads, we try to keep in mind the "story" that each spread is telling and this what is helpful when grouping the images together.
Here is one of our favorite album designs to date! It is an 11x14 album, vertical, with 26 spreads.
Since there is a fold down the center of each spread, we are VERY cautious to not put faces or anything super important right on that folded line. In this spread below, the center folded line goes right down the left shoulder of the groomsman just four people over from the bride and groom.
We always like to end the album with a photo of just the bride and groom, this sort of helps wrap it all up!
We have to give a quick "high five" to our awesome album company that we do all of our printing and binding through: Renaissance Albums, you really are the best!
anda said:
thanks so much for sharing! i especially like the part about collecting high fashion books and them not having drop shadows :) i need to tell my clients that from now on!
(03.25.10 12:31 PM)
Mel said:
Simplicity is so refreshing! I so appreciate your willingess to share what makes you guys *you*
(03.25.10 12:33 PM)
Victoria said:
Beautiful! I love it! And this helps me a lot since I'm starting to sell albums with my wedding packages.. Thanks!
(03.25.10 12:33 PM)
Larry Reeves said:
Thanks for sharing this Amelia. It's really cool of you guys to give this kind of insight. Awesome album design, too!
(03.25.10 12:35 PM)
Kellan said:
Question.....do you choose the images or does the client? What do you cap it at? We also avg the same album size/spreads as this example so I am curious who chooses the images and how many you/they chose for an average album. Wonderful layout, love the clean and modern style. Thanks for sharing, always helpful. Blessings
(03.25.10 12:36 PM)
amelialyon said:
Kellan, I actually let my clients choose their own images and I usually have them choose double the amount of spreads they are purchasing. So for example, if they have a 25 spread album they want, then I have them choose about 50 images. If they want more then they need to be open to purchasing more spreads. Hope this helps! If you show them a simple design upfront then they will understand why they only get to choose 50 images rather than 100!
(03.25.10 12:42 PM)
Kellan said:
THANK YOU! Exactly what we needed to know. My husband and I have this debate all the time on who should choose and how many. It's hard for the client to understand sometimes that LESS is definitely MORE! Appreciate the quick response.
(03.25.10 12:47 PM)
AmyPunky Photography said:
This is really gorgeous!!! I love this clean and neat look of your albums.
(03.25.10 01:22 PM)
helen said:
I LOVE THIS! you guys are so talented. seeing this album design was definitely inspiring! thanks so much for sharing.
(03.25.10 01:56 PM)
Hannah Lundberg said:
Thank you for this! I am currently in the process of designing my albums and I am going for a very 'fashion book' approach, too so it is awesome to see another (far, far, far more experienced) photographer's approach. Thanks for sharing the love! :)
(03.25.10 02:26 PM)
heather saunders said:
thanks so much for this post! its a great refresher from the Lyon Shop. Excited to do my first book with Rennaissance this week. You guys are the best! Hope everyone is well! xoxo
(03.25.10 02:38 PM)
Becky said:
Thank you so much for posting this! So talented Amelia! This answers a ton of questions for me. Hope you guys are doing great!
(03.25.10 03:15 PM)
Malinda Warder said:
Thank you for sharing!! I check up on your blog at weekly. Love your style. Wondering what program you use to design your layouts. Thanks for all the tips.
(03.25.10 03:22 PM)
Jonathan Connolly said:
Awesome post! Is this who you do all your photo printing through as well? I am looking for some good quality printers to do individual photos in all different sizes. One last question - What kind of finishes on the paper do they offer or which have you found comes out the best?
(03.25.10 05:03 PM)
Dana Goodson said:
I'd love to know what software you're using to design your albums. I hear a lot of people talk about using Photojunction and was wondering if that's what you use? Do you like to use templates are is each album from scratch?
(03.25.10 06:09 PM)
Krystle said:
Love love this session! Amazing work, incredible style! I especially love the first photo! Bravo!
(03.25.10 06:49 PM)
Shari Barnes said:
I would love to know what program you use for your designing also. Thanks! :-) GORGEOUS photography and design!
(03.25.10 07:41 PM)
Mikey said:
Folks, thank you for sharing your insight. Not only does it assist others in need but elevates you in our industry. Keep up the excellent posts. Mikey
(03.25.10 09:04 PM)
Catherine Guidry said:
Yes..these albums are beautiful. Simple and I enjoy the sequencing of your images. Including beginning with a couples image, then details, then the time order. Nice!
(03.26.10 12:10 AM)
gus said:
Overall great layout, not sure of mixing color/bw on same page though.
(03.26.10 01:20 PM)
amelialyon said:
Dana,
I just used good old Photoshop CS3, BUT there are amazing album softwares out there, I know of some specifically in In Design: http://harrison-studio.com/blog/michigan-wedding-photographer/indesign-album-templates-instructional-videos/
Hope this helps!
(03.26.10 03:18 PM)
amelialyon said:
Jonathan,
We do all of our printing through White House Custom Color: http://www.whcc.com/
Renaissance just prints albums, they don't do individual prints. Hope this helps!
(03.26.10 03:20 PM)
sally said:
lovely! very classy & timeless!
(03.27.10 03:50 AM)
Hannah said:
Beautifuly clean design can only be carried of with amazingly skilled photography. You have skill in leaps and bounds though, so naturally the end result is stunning. I have to say I love the two shots of the bride laughing as she's being helped into her dress.
(03.29.10 03:30 PM)
Kent West said:
Wow and wow. Perfect timing, I'm about to design my first album. Thanks so much for sharing. It is great when other photographers impart of their genius.
(04.07.10 10:47 AM)
Kent West said:
Suhweet, double sweet. Quick question: So want to make a 10X10 book. I'm trying to make a full spread. My pics aren't 20 inches wide. I'm trying to keep them at 300 dpi. Any thoughts? Many thanks!
(08.12.10 04:09 PM)
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