Nicole Ivey Photography

🌺 STUNNNNNNNING. 🌸 JUST BEAUTIFUL INSIDE AND OUT. 🌹 The most special session with this amazing senior who I’ve watched grow up for the past 18 years - how lucky am I to have captured so many special moments?!? ❤️❤️ She is a star ⭐️ student and a star ⭐️ athlete at school and I know she is going to have even more success in whatever she does next! Congrats Georgia! I loved our session so much!
** also! Don’t forget! There’s a couple more weeks left to enter the drawing for a FREEEEE session with me! Make sure and enter by purchasing something off the Teacher Wish List in my bio for the most amazing Early Childhood Special Ed class and help these sweet 3 year olds get all their needs! Every item is an entry! Maybe some paint or something for their dramatic okay center! Anything is so so appreciated! ❤️

And now for the super fun part! Who wants a chance to win a free mini session again while helping out teachers?!? Many of you remember two years ago when I posted my sister’s teacher wish list here (unbeknownst to her!) and asked you all to clear her list - and you did!! (And then an amazing family won the raffle and got a free session!) Well let’s do that again! Many of you may or may not know, but my other job is one of the Early Childhood Special Education teachers at our local school. Our class is a state program for young children with disabilities ages 3-5 and if I’m being honest, it’s one of the most amazing, special, and rewarding classes in public schools. (ECSE’s mission is to promote early intervention during those developmental years, while providing communicative, academic, cognitive, and social/emotional success ❤️). Our sweet kiddos need appropriate materials and resources to create an engaging and inclusive learning environment. These materials, such as sensory toys, fine motor manipulatives and crafts, adaptive equipment, and specialized educational tools, enable our kids to explore, learn, and thrive - ensuring each child receives the individual attention and resources they need for success! I’m honored and so lucky to be a part of it. Like before, every item purchased on the list receives one entry. Simply screenshot your order(s) and email or DM/text me and you’re entered! If you win and already paid for a mini, I’ll refund you if you win. (If you already paid for a full session, I’ll refund you for half that!) Let’s help CLEAR THE LIST and get our classroom stocked for another amazing year and get someone a free session!! My heart is so full thinking about this!! ❤️❤️❤️ Link in bio and in stories! Thank you SO SO SO SO SO much!!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3MHUDI7JHAY5W?ref_=wl_share

I know it’s hard to believe, but it’s that time again! I’m so excited about this year’s fall minis! Some oldies and some newbie spots that I know you all will love! (**New this year: An anytime weekday mini to fit those schedules that are harder on weekends!)

To book, please email me, DM, or text me your first and second choice for date/time. I will email you back later today with confirmation and the $200 deposit will be due in to secure your spot. $50 of the deposit is non-refundable, but the remaining $150 can be transferred to another session at another time should you need to reschedule your session for any reason.

As you know, these sessions go FAST and are on a first come first serve basis, so don’t wait! (And already went out to the email list)

For those of you desiring a full family session, please contact me asap to schedule that, for availability for those dates fill up even sooner.

And stay tuned for tomorrow when I post about the way to win a FREE MINI session!!! 🍎 🏫 📚

Hello! Happy summer! I just could not bring myself to post the past month-ish and have just been shooting and enjoying summer and off of here! But I’m still here! This is the time I search and search for what spots I want for my fall minis and I think I have them narrowed down! Anywhere specific you want? Yall usually don’t like to drive far, so that limits me! 🤣🤣 ha ha. Will prob post dates and locations at the end of the month, so be on the lookout bc you know they go FAST! Side note, these three boys could be set anywhere and would be the most amazing, handsome models ever. One of my fav shoots every year. Truly a privilege watching them grow over the past decade. My goodness I’m so lucky I get to do this job!

I know SHE was the one graduating, but I’m not sure I’ve ever had more fun at a session! Congrats to this beautiful college graduate! Truly feel like it was yesterday we were taking her high school senior pics!

Here’s to all the mamas and whatever milestone/graduation/ending you might have to conquer this last week of school. 😭😭 Time to let them fly! You did an AMAZING job!!💙💙💙

Thinking of all those parents as they navigate these last few weeks of their “baby” before they graduate from high school. ♥️♥️ I’ve got one graduating 8th, one graduating 5th, and two graduating kindergarten next week and it has been in ALL THE FEELS. Hitting those big milestones can be so emotional! Good luck to all the seniors these last few weeks! I’ve been photographing this handsome young man since he was 6 years old and I loved teasing him about how much we (his mom) used to have to bribe him to get him through photo sessions 🤣🤣🤣 and now?!? SUCH a model!! 🧑‍🎓

NAME ME A CUTER COUSIN DUO….I’LL WAIT……
(Allllllllllllll the heart eyes 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍)

At every senior session, I always glance at the senior’s mom that’s usually there with us, and think - “I bet she has no idea how she got here so fast”; and it always puts a little lump in my throat bc now I’m only 4 years away from feeling the same thing with my oldest. 😭 Babies just don’t keep, do they?!? 😭😭 How lucky am I to get to capture this special milestone for so many amazing families - and so many polite, kind, and handsome seniors like this one here!?? Absolutely loved our session and lived incorporating his love of golf into our session. Thank you so much, Preston! I wish you all the luck on your adventures post graduation! .j.flo

Wishing I was sitting in a field of bluebonnets right now! But I’ll take editing this cutie and his cutie brother as a close second. Oh I always have SO much fun with them and their beautiful mama! 💙💙💙💙💙

My secret hidden talent is being able to make toddler boys AND Senior guys laugh. 🤣🤣 I also know that every senior secretly loves their session, even if they think it’s more because of their mom’s insistence. 😉 But not this handsome guy, of course! He was so polite and kind and truly just went with the flow. 😊

A huge chunk of my sessions every year are extended family sessions, which brings me so much joy because that tells me that you all value taking the time to coordinate a huge group of people’s schedule and find the time! I truly truly truly believe that the images that I take at extended family sessions are some of my client’s most treasured images. ♥️ And why yes, the whole group together and the grandparents with grandkids are usually everyone’s top priorities for those sessions, I always make sure and take an image of - what I call - The Originals. The Originals are that original family of parents and their adult children only - before they were joined by spouses and young children. And many of the time (aka most), this is the first pic that original family has had of just them in yearsssssssssss. So yes, the big group together is always the most important, but I also think capturing how it all started is just as important! Thank you to this beautiful family for trusting me to capture their family, and thank you to all of you that have trusted me over the years to do the same. If you haven’t had an extended family session recently, DO IT!! So important!!

I had THE best time at this senior’s session and am obsessed with the images! It was so fun to have access to his school’s state of the art baseball field and get to capture his portraits there. He’s such an amazing and polite young man and I know will crush it where ever he goes after graduation. Thank you so much Gavin for an awesome session and thank you to the beautiful E fam for trusting me to capture another senior portrait for their family!

I can’t imagine a more beautiful family! (Inside and out!) I’m so blessed to have them as friends and neighbors and the twins little besties! Having only been in the US for the past four years, I was so excited to capture their first portraits in the bluebonnets - a Texas tradition!! Yall are perfect in every way, Alves family!! 💙💙💙💙

I LOVE a girl that shows up to a shoot ready to pose! And boy was she ready! This beauty was absolute perfection and I had so much fun giggling with her and her beautiful family! Thank you so much for such a fun session!

PICTURE PERFECT in every way! And whoa are those sweet sisters smitten with their new baby brother!! Just precious!! 💙🌸💙🌸 Y’all are the most beautiful family ever, !!

This past weekend I wrapped up another season of bluebonnet sessions! I always complain when I’m searching the city for the best blooms, but I am just GIDDY when I am photographing beautiful families in the flowers! I truly smile through every edit because there’s just nothing like our little Texas blue flower! I’m always glad when the season is over, but I have loved loved loved seeing so many of y’all these past few weeks! Will post more soon, but for now you can ooooohhhh and ahhhhhhh over this precious girl (and THE most perfect bluebonnet session dress!!)

Ahhhhhhhhhh I love extended family sessions so much for cousin moments like this!! I could DIE!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
THE most precious kiddos and cousins ever! Boy do they love that baby girl! Amazing session Silvermans!! So many more amazing ones to come!

I wasn’t kidding when I said “coming REAL soon”! Bluebonnets minis are here! First round is bloomed and ready to go!! Contact me asap to book!! (Ps. First session this Friday starts at 5:15, not 6:00 listed due to one more day before daylight savings starts). Can not wait to see you all in the gorg blue flowers this season! Texas tradition! Don’t miss it!!

Have you ever seen anyone happier than this guy to be a Big Brother?!? Can’t handle the preciousness!! I feel like it was yesterday I was doing HIS newborn session (days after the world shut down!) and now he is FOUR! Loved loved loved capturing this beautiful family during this special time! 💙💙

Are extended family sessions sometimes chaotic? And hard to schedule with so many different schedules? Absolutely! Are they ONE GAZILLION percent always (always!!) worth it? ABSOLUTELY! But you know what they also are? Fun! And silly! And create the most fun memory for everyone! They really are my fav to do! Prob bc I know how special the images will be for years to come. ♥️♥️ I am obsessed with the images we captured of this gorgeous and sweet family when they were all together recently. There’s never a wrong time to do extended family sessions, so don’t ever hesitate! Thank you all so much for a fun session!
And - Yes! I know I have been totally MIA! I promise to start posting again! I’ve been juggling 8753 things lately and been in a Shoot-Edit-Send Gallery mode and have skipped all sneak peeks and posting for moooooooths. 🤪🤪 I will try and do better!!
BLUEBONNET MINIS SOON!!! 💙💙💙💙💙

VALENTINES MINIS ARE HERE! And eeeeeeek 🥰🥰 these locations!!!! I could die! 😍😍 Message me asap if you want to grab a spot! They are very limited this year due to the availability to rent the locations! Can’t wait to see you and your loves for these Valentine sessions! ❤️💙🩷♥️

“At the end of the shoot, do you mind if my daughter changes into her princess dress for a bit?” UM DO I MIND?!? 🥰🥰🥰 More like can we scrap all this and just do princess dress portraits for the whole time?!? Ha ha ha. Don’t have to ask this mom of 4 boys twice when it comes to ANYTHING girly or princess-y or pink or twirly or sparkly! I mean could you do?!? Obsessed with her!!! 😍😍

Hoping your Thanksgiving yesterday was filled with snuggles and hugs like this from all those you love! 🦃🍁🤎
I’m am rounding the corner on what is (every year) my busiest shooting week of the year and if I’m not shooting, I promise I’m glued to the computer editing all your beautiful images! (Thank you everyone for your patience!) Ok back to these squishable siblings!! 😍😍

One day you’re dancing hip hop together during the halftime of a high school football game with the rest of the dance team, and then the next day (ok, so like 29/30 years later 🤣), you have the honor of photographing her absolutely beautiful family. I mean how amazing is my job?!?? I think this mama might fight me on whose job is more amazing considering she is the Head of School at one of the most prestigious and amazing private schools in Houston. I KNOW they know how lucky they are to have such an amazing director and educator in her, and I’m just as lucky to capture her stunning family. YALL are perfect, !! (Should I dig up some old dance pics?!? Ha ha ha) Kelly Nolterieke Broaddus

No matter your age, I’m gunna make you snuggle with your mom ♥️♥️ 🤣 Love this beautiful, perfect fam!

Those big sisters were teeny tiny when I first met them and now there’s three beautiful, kind, and sweet sisters! What an honor it is to capture these girls all these years - truly one of the beautiful family inside and out! YALL are perfect, Lawsons!

Moms, I know as your kids grow it’s harder to convince them to rally for family picture day, but I promise you’ll regret it if you don’t! I’m so thankful this mama always makes it a priority and I have loved watching these four grow over the years. 🩵🩵🩵🩵 They truly always have the best attitude (well ok, there’s always some brother teasing 🤣), but they know they are doing it for mom and power through. ♥️ Loved seeing y’all as always,

Cutest thing I’ve ever seen from the most beautiful mama and her sweet boy ♥️♥️♥️

While I can always help suggest amazing locations for our shoots depending on the vibes you want, I sure do love sessions in your own home! What a way to show your unique style! Not to mention, it’s easy for those breaks kiddos might need as well as easy getting ready time! ♥️ LOVED making this sweet boy smile!