A few months ago, I took a trip to California to visit with friends!  I was lucky enough to be able to stay with my e-BFF turned real life BFF, Nora of Pride and Vegudice!  We geeked out over photography, and I even got to take her senior portraits!  It was such a blast.

I LOVE this shot!  So sassy.

While the sun was setting, we headed over to some train tracks near Nora’s school for some more dramatic shots!

One more before I go, look at this incredible salad I ate at M Cafe while I was in Los Angeles.  It was one of the tastiest I’ve had in a while!

Well, it sure has been a while!  Sorry about that.  I’m back, though, and here to show you my favorite photos from a few different shoots with Christi from Inside Bella’s Closet.

As I’ve written before, I’m obsessed with food photography.  In fact, I’m giving a presentation on (mostly) food photography in Chicago at the Healthy Living Summit in a week!  Since it’s been a while since I’ve posted about it, here’s a few of my favorite food photos from recently.

I’ve been eating pretty well, but I’m sure you noticed that!  All vegan, too!  Yum.

When my friend Jackie asked me to take portraits of her a few weeks ago, I was so excited!  I love taking photos of all my beautiful friends.  We headed over to the beach in the next town over and took some lovely shots around there.

Hi friends!  Sorry for my lack of updates.  I’ve been on and off sick and generally very busy and overwhelmed!  I recently cut myself free from a very time consuming commitment and plan on blogging my photography much more frequently!  This commitment left me creatively and emotionally dry and I cannot wait to show you what I’ve been up to since then.  I’ve been feeling so very inspired lately!

Anyway, I had the pleasure of taking engagement photos for my friend and old college roommate, Melissa!  I met up with Melissa and her fiance, Jeremy, in the area to take some gorgeous shots.  It’s great working with my friends!  They trust my crazy ideas and are willing to hop fences and get dangerously close to waterfalls, just to get that shot

They are such a super fun and lovely couple!  I’m so happy they let me take their photos

Happy Holidays from Nicole Lee Photography!  I hope you all had a beautiful holiday and that it continues into the New Year.  I am so thankful for the support received this year.  I plan on this business growing and being able to create many more lovely images for my clients in 2010.

Again, happy holidays from my family to yours!  I’ll leave you with some personal photos from our Christmas celebration yesterday.