Brandi Nicole | Photographer @brandinicolephoto

brandinicolephoto Excited to announce I’m doing a mini takeover today over on the @2instagood page! :D 💕 Head on over there and be on the lookout for some of my all time favorite self portraits on their page! 🌸⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Also; I've been going back in my archives and bringing new life to old images and having a freakin blast. What do we think about this edit from my shoot back in 2018?? Swipe to see the space I created this in! No excuses from anyone about not being able to create for not having a studio! I've definitely been there! 🤍 ⁠⠀

brandinicolephoto ☁️I had this dream the other night, that is pretty recurring. In it; I was flashing through some of the places that left on an imprint on me for one reason or another from my childhood. From specific memories to walking through general areas that hold importance... But this time I woke up and immediately knew that I needed to return home one day (hopefully soon) and start a new personal project attempting to re-imagining these memories & places that have stayed with me. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I couldn't be more excited; since dreaming this up it has been hard to focus on my million other projects going on! 😅But nostalgia to me; is a powerful magical wonderful feeling, and I just simply cant wait to start on this little project🤍🤍🤍 ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Model: @malinareznik MUAH: @aliciadangelo ⁠⠀ Designer: @littleragsandriches ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀

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brandinicolephoto Locked away in her tower 🌿⠀ ⠀ So excited to share a little in my self portrait shoot the other day. Boy did I learn some lessons; after waking up at 6am to try and capture the sunrise (that was totally overcast 😓) & After shooting a particular concept for ~10 hours that wasn’t working out; I eventually started trying new things - and I’m grateful I tried this before giving up for the day; because I am really smitten with the storytelling aspect. ⠀ ⠀ What do you think the story is here?? ✨⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Dress: @andrea_leo_couture ⠀

brandinicolephoto "A season of loneliness and isolation is when the caterpillar gets its wings." ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I could probably talk your ear off at the amount of transformation I have personally felt since quarantine. ⁠Between the time to slow down and the time to refocus on work that bring me so much joy; I truly feel like I am coming out of this a new, happier, more focused, and more intentional human. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Constantly grateful for you all supporting me on this wild journey 🦋⁠⠀ Also I truly cannot believe the constant stream of support on my new YouTube launch yesterday! 😭😭😭🤗🤍🥰 Cannot express enough how thankful I am 🤍 But sending big virtual hugs and high fives to you all 🤍🤍🤍⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Quote by Mandy Hale / @thesinglewoman ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀

brandinicolephoto 💫Exciting Announcement! 💫⁠⠀ Today I am launching my YouTube channel!!! 🕺⁠⠀ My first video is a tour of my home studio and a breakdown of my go-to light setup and I would love if you could go give it a view!! <3 Link in bio ^_^⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I cannot tell you how long this has been a goal of mine and how long I've let fear keep me from posting this! ⁠⠀ But now I am ready and excited to share more of what little I do know with you all 💫 ⁠ (& also now mentally ready to weather the inevitable storm of YouTube trolls 😂) ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🖤⁠⠀

brandinicolephoto “The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.” ⁠⠀ ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 📸 The lovely @fallonvendetta taken last year 🖤 ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀

brandinicolephoto Where are my writer friends? I need help with a caption for this image 🤍 Let me know what story comes to mind for you📝⠀ ⠀ When a photo from this shoot with Ty popped up on my time hop I knew I wanted to go back in my photo archives and revisit some of the photos that never saw the light. And I am so grateful I did. Not only do I find so much joy in reworking and going through the “treasure chest” of my unending archive of images - but I just love love how this photo got reimagined 🤍🤍🤍 ⠀ ⠀ Model/MUA: @tybeautyfy Lighting: @elinchrom_ltd Processing: @captureonepro

brandinicolephoto Forever channeling my inner @akitching 💕⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Really, really, really happy about how this series turned out. Taken on about hour 10 of a 13 hour creative self portrait photo marathon with my fellow creative genius @aliciadangelo ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 🌸🌸🌸⁠⠀ ⁠

brandinicolephoto There is magic in journaling ✨ Show of hands on who here keeps a journal of some sort? 🙋‍♀️ To me; my journal is a direct link to the past because its handwritten and always has the day, time, and location in the beginning. I can almost always remember exactly where I was when rereading old journal entries and remember exactly what I was thinking and feeling 🤍 What’s in my journal? I would call it an organized mess. 😂I make graphs every month for my schedule and sometimes track habits. But mostly I write. I write about my goals, my day, my to do lists, and what’s important or stressing me out at the time. I write about my plans and steps to take next. I write out quotes that are meaningful, and doodle botanical drawings in every nook and cranny between the words. My little journal collection is by far my most treasured item and I am grateful to have found this little method of recording life to re-live later 🤍📝✨

brandinicolephoto I have always loved photographing ballerinas. Whenever I can combine dance in my dream world and I just swoon 🌸🤗 ⁠ ⁠ Model: @chloe___noelle MUAH: @hairbyfrannyb ⁠

brandinicolephoto Woke up early and inspired to go through my archives and re-edit something from one of my favorite shoots to date 🖤⁠ ⁠ I've been debating with Emily if we prefer the red or purple; spoiler alert my favorite color is purple and hers is red 🤪 Which one do you prefer? ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ Model: @courterickson_ MUAH: @aliciadangelo ⁠