WHO I AM
Hello, there I am Nicole Mondestin. I am a portrait, business branding and headshot photographer based in NYC. My most important roles are mother and wife. When I'm not behind my camera you can find me spending time with my family, traveling or cooking. Everyone in my family is a foodie right down to my two sons. I'm addicted to color, HGTV and red velvet cupcakes. I believe in second chances, hard work, love and the pursuit of happiness.
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WHAT I DO
As an introvert with an eye for detail, I see things differently. I look for beauty in unexpected places, turn flaws into beauty marks, weakness into strengths, and highlight potential overlooked. I love to listen to my client's love stories, journeys, and basically what makes you, to establish a genuine connection with my clients. I use color, creativity, and my connection with my clients to create custom photo sessions, allowing me to create images that celebrate them! Whether it's showing a brown girl that there is beauty in melanin, helping a woman celebrate her curves with a kick-ass boudoir session, empowering an entrepreneur with banging business photos or celebrating a union. My clients know that I have their best interest at heart. I want to provide them with art that is unique and has meaning to them. Creating images that inspire, empower and celebrate you! That is what I do.
WHO I SERVE
I'm so blessed that God has allowed me to find my dream job and that I'm able to create art that my clients love and value. My clients generally are looking for a custom experience, creative portraits with a splash of color, flawless final images that appear to be un-posed, and someone to tell them what to do with their hands! Lol. Most photo sessions take place on location or in my studio. My services include but are not limited to the following:
Individual/Couples/ Family/Graduate Portraits
Boudoir
Maternity
Professional Head-shots for business and creative professionals
Why I do What I do
Portraits
Growing up, I was surrounded by people that did not love themselves. People were picking themselves apart. It was always I’m too big; I’m too small, my nose is too big, I need to lose weight before I can't take the next step. Where people saw flaws, I saw beauty marks. Unique characteristics that made them special. They have to look at it from a different angle. I believe that everyone is beautiful in their own, and they should be celebrated with the quarantine 15 and all. Whether you are big, small, tall, not photogenic (which is a lie), you are here, and you deserve to be celebrated. I love creating images that empower my clients and inspire them to be better or keep going.
Headshots & Business Branding
I worked in the legal field for 11 years before becoming a photographer. When I loc’d my hair, all of a sudden, everyone thought I was unprofessional, which was not true. Many professionals feel that they have to strip away all their unique qualities to fit into a cookie-cutter mold of what society deems to be professional. While working in the legal field, I decided that I would create headshots and business branding images that celebrated my clients, skin tone, hair, style, love of color, and all the characteristics that society said they had to tame or strip away to be considered professional. I create images for professionals that exude black girl magic, display my client's personality, all with a splash of color, style, and elegance.