Nicole Ashley Photography

Nicole Ashley Photography www.nicoleashleyphotography.com

Story time! 📖 October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. I can’t speak for everyone who has gone had a simila...
10/21/2022

Story time! 📖 October is pregnancy and infant loss awareness month. I can’t speak for everyone who has gone had a similar experience, but losing our baby Julian at 16 weeks was the most difficult thing I have ever been through. If you know me or have been following along for awhile, you know our story. Julian was born sleeping on June 22, 2020. We were so so devastated and still carry a lot of those feelings with us, just in a different way. 💛

Now I want to take this story in the direction of HOPE. 🌈 About a year ago, we found out we were pregnant. While we were so excited and grateful— we were very cautious about getting our hopes up. We spent many months “not thinking about it”. (But let’s be real— it’s impossible not to think about) We didn’t buy anything for baby for a long time “just in case”. Cause, ya know, pregnancy after loss is a triiip. Well, we got past the anatomy scan, we found out our baby was a girl & we started to feel hope grow each day.

I eventually started scouring marketplace for baby stuff. I came across this beautiful bassinet and it immediately grabbed my attention. I messaged the woman and it was still available. I thought and thought and decided to wait. About a week or so later— I changed my mind. Something told me I needed that bassinet. So I messaged the gal again and it was still available so I set up a time to come and get it. A few days later, I was with my friend getting coffee and before dropping her off at the airport, she came with me to pick up this bassinet. We get inside and these people are THE nicest people. They had the bassinet ready for me along with a bag of baby clothes. 🥹🫶 We chatted for a bit and then the woman said to her husband, “Ok Julian, could you load up the bassinet for her?”….. JULIAN. Julian delivered me my very first baby purchase. Julian owned the bassinet before I did. Julian was with us. Julian is always with us. Mal and I exchange a glance and I immediately get goosebumps. We get in the car and start freaking out. JULIAN!!! I call nick and tell him the story. In that moment, I knew two things:

1. Our baby girl was going to arrive safely.
2. Julian was with us. And always will be.

💛✨🤟

Megan and Tim! These two love birds grew up just down the street from each other. 🥹💛 How sweet and incredible is that?! ...
09/29/2022

Megan and Tim! These two love birds grew up just down the street from each other. 🥹💛 How sweet and incredible is that?! It feels like it should be a storyline in a rom com. It just writes itself! 😏🙃

They started officially dating when Megan was in college and the rest is history, as they say.

Megan and Tim will get married on her parents property next summer. So excited to continue to tell their story through my lens! 💛

Erin & Joe & the most maaaagical cotton-candy-colored skies! 🌸☁️🌞So hard to know where to start when sharing work again ...
09/24/2022

Erin & Joe & the most maaaagical cotton-candy-colored skies! 🌸☁️🌞

So hard to know where to start when sharing work again after a biiiiiiig hiatus. 😅 This felt like a good place to start. Excited to share more from the past month or so. So much goodness ahead, my friends.

I start weddings up again this coming weekend. ✨ And it’s a total bittersweet feeling. I’ve had a couple things over thi...
08/17/2022

I start weddings up again this coming weekend. ✨ And it’s a total bittersweet feeling. I’ve had a couple things over this last month that were booked before finding out about millie, but this weekend kinda signifies the end of my “maternity leave”. While I’m genuinely excited to get to serve my amazing clients again— it’s also gonna be so hard to leave this little lady! We have spent almostttt every hour together over the last 10.5 weeks. 😅 My heart actually explodes every time she smiles and it hurts every time she cries. 🫠 We’ve already had a couple of hills to climb, but we are so strong together. I’m proud of my lil fam! And so grateful for all the quality time we’ve had together. 🙏

Photography content coming sooooooon. 🙃✨

A feeling I’ll never forget. One week ago already. Life is good. 🥹
06/11/2022

A feeling I’ll never forget. One week ago already. Life is good. 🥹

I have a few shoots I haven't shared yet from this spring and this is one of them. Shooting newborn sessions has been ev...
05/27/2022

I have a few shoots I haven't shared yet from this spring and this is one of them. Shooting newborn sessions has been even more special recently knowing we're welcoming our own little one earth-side any day now. 🥹 Makes me all emotional!

Sweet Elena was an absolute angel the entire session. One of my favorite things about newborn sessions (especially when it's the first baby) is watching the parents. They are just completely overcome with love for their little one & it always makes me so happy to see. The joy is so contagious. Scroll through these to feel a little of that joy for yourself. ☺️💛✨ And to ooohhh and ahhh over Elena’s sweetness. 🥰

Hiii friends! I am opening up mini sessions for Sunday, December 4th. Here are a few details: +The Neu Neu's Natural Lig...
05/27/2022

Hiii friends! I am opening up mini sessions for Sunday, December 4th. Here are a few details:

+The Neu Neu's Natural Light Studio (Minneapolis, MN)
+15 minutes
+$300
+35+ image (not limited)
+Online gallery

Let me know if you have any questions! Here is a link to book (navigate your way to Dec. 4 and select a time slot. :)

https://nicoleashley.hbportal.co/schedule/6290dc0f20bbc7021ad4cf7d

I think greenhouse sessions need to be a more regular thing. I've had a couple this year and they have yet to disappoint...
05/16/2022

I think greenhouse sessions need to be a more regular thing. I've had a couple this year and they have yet to disappoint. So much life & color & warmth! 🌿🌼🌸🌞

This was sweet Marshall's first photoshoot and he did sooo good. We got so many smiles & giggles out of him (which I, of course, always love). It's always a joy for me to watch parents interact with their littles— such precious moments and I'm the lucky one who gets to document them so they can hold onto these memories forever. I love what I do so much! 🙏💛✨

When I sent this photo as a lil preview to Alexa the day after the shoot— her response was "Nicole, this is such a beaut...
05/10/2022

When I sent this photo as a lil preview to Alexa the day after the shoot— her response was "Nicole, this is such a beautiful photo- my eyes started watering". 😭🥹💛✨

This is why I do what I do. To capture moments & *feelings* in a single frame for people to hold onto forever. To transport people right back to a certain season of life & let them relive those emotions all over again. 💛

Also... I can't decide— black & white or color? Black & white feels more powerful, but I love the tones of the color. HALP.

Keeping with the "Mother's Day" theme here for a bit and sharing a few images from one of my fav maternity sessions ever...
05/09/2022

Keeping with the "Mother's Day" theme here for a bit and sharing a few images from one of my fav maternity sessions ever. 😍 These sweet souls are welcoming baby #2 into their world in July & it was suuuch an honor to get to document this super precious season of their life. 🥹💛 Of course, big sister Willow stole the show (swipe through to the end to see... she's actually the cutest!)— but mom & dad absolutely killllled it, too! 🔥 The Kingery crew are total gems & it was so fun hanging with them, catching up on life (we went to college together) & photographing their love. 🙏

Cannot waiiiit to capture baby boy Kingery's newborn photos & witness those special moments as a family of 4. Life is too sweet! ✨✨✨

This greenhouse engagement session at was *everything*. 🌿🌼🪴 India & Levi are such a sweet couple and the amount of joy ...
04/21/2022

This greenhouse engagement session at was *everything*. 🌿🌼🪴 India & Levi are such a sweet couple and the amount of joy & energy they brought to this session had me feeling all sorts of inspired (which always makes for a fun shoot!).

These two met in college during a group project (those dang group projects are good for something, I guess! 😅). They started out as friends, but after an ice cream date together— they never looked back. It's almost impossible to be anything but happy when eating ice cream— so it makes sense. 😏

More to come from this session! 💛

I missed international women’s day & month (where did March go?!), buuuuut we shouldn't need a reason to celebrate women...
04/11/2022

I missed international women’s day & month (where did March go?!), buuuuut we shouldn't need a reason to celebrate women— soooo let’s take a second to love on these beautiful, strong, amazing women. 🙏😍💪💃 I haven’t shared much Womanhood content lately even though Womanhood is genuinely something that brings *so much* joy into my life. I was trying to schedule one more Womanhood day before going on maternity leave in June, but time is FLYING BY. Now hoping for a fall day because I can't go much longer without more Womanhood in my life. Give me a 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ if you would have any interest!

P.s. if you want to learn more about Womanhood, check out my "Womanhood" story highlights.

P.s.s. all of these images are being posted with permission from the women in them.

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