Madtown Topper *** Nicole Hansen Photography giveaway

First and foremost, I want to thank each and everyone of my fans from both my Madtown Topper and my photography page. I appreciate the business all of my customers have given me this past year and a half. I started Madtown Topper as a way to express my creative energy and also help support my family while staying home with my exclusively breastfed baby. It's truly been a pleasure serving all of you. As far as Madtown Topper's future, things are going to be slow. My dental hygiene job search is now in full swing. I am excited to (finally) start this newish venture in my life. I will continue to make my 'One Of A Kind' hats when time allows, but am going to stay closed for the time being. I hope that you all can understand. On to the giveaway details.

I am giving away one adult hat to a lucky giveaway participant. The only requirement I have for entry is to comment below with your favorite childhood memory. That's all! No sharing, no liking my pages (although I won't complain if you like my pages or share my giveaway on your pages), no tweeting, nada! Giveaway ends on Thursday, January 19th at 10pm CST. I will post the winner on Friday. Winner chooses which style and color hat they want.

Evoking You 52 Weeks

Week Two: Belly Laughs

I know I could have totally gone with a silly one of my kiddos, but when I was editing some engagement photos last night, this one really stuck out to me. I love the little ackward burst of laughter midsession.

Whitney Mann - Musician

Madison is full of talented young artist, which is one of the reasons why I love living here so much. My neighbor, Whitney Mann, just so happens to be one of those people. She is a singer/songer writer who plays all over Wisconsin, pleasing fans. I encourage you to watch the video I posted below. Or check her out on facebook. And, if you like what you hear, you could even purchase her cd, Western Sky.  I had the chance to take some photos of Whitney and her husband, Kyle, who is also part of the band. The weather was beautiful and I think we had a pretty fun time taking them. Enjoy :)



Morning Light + Knitted Hats + Pretty Lady

For the past few weeks I've been working on some knitted hats for women to sell in my OOAK sales on my facebook page, Madtown Topper. It's been a nice change of pace. I really wanted to capture some awesome product shots to help sell these so I contacted one of my friends, who just so happens to be gorgeous, to help me out. She was ready and willing. We met at an exlusive location that I'd have to kill to disclose. Just kidding, it's off an old railroad track in the town of Burke. <- That was me trying to be funny....not working!? Ok, moving on. The time was nine in the morning and I still wasn't wearing a bra, it's my new thing. Sara didn't know though because of my jacket. (Still trying to be funny and still not working) I'm just going to post the photos as this is just getting weird and uncomfortable. (should have left the bra comment out)

One lucky facebook fan will win one of these next week, so stay tuned!

Evoking You 52 Weeks

Wee One: Mirror

I had my friend Sara meet me on a cold January morning to take a couple product shots of my hand knit hats. At the end of our session I noticed the mirror like reflection in her glasses and immediately thought of this challenge. Come back and see the rest of the images from our session.

Week One ~ Blue

This year I am participating in a 52 week photo challenge over at the Evoking You forum. I am super excited because the groups have been split into ten people making it more intimate. So, maybe this year I will actually finish.


Week One: Blue

I had a lot of fun with this one! Chances are I will not go over board in the coming weeks like I did this week.

 

Christmas Light Bokeh

We finally got around to shopping for a Christmas tree. This is our very first real tree! YAY! The smell reminds me of my childhood. After the kiddos fell asleep I had to test out what kind of bokeh I could get from the lights. I shot all the photos at 1/100th in manual focus, or should I say out of focus because I didn't focus my camera at all. Hmmm. I think it's time for bed.

Here is a link to download the full size version of this here. Feel free, but please credit me Nicole Hansen Photography.