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Nicole Gibson

Welcome to the Nicole Gibson Photography blog! Years ago, Nicole became captivated by the power of visual expression and storytelling, and today what she loves most is to create images about the world, about humanity, and about the human condition.

Nicole Gibson is an award-winning photographer based in Phoenix, Arizona. She is the recipient of 9 Honorable Mentions in the 2010 International Photography Awards and the winner of the 2008 Vincent Versace Award for Photographic Excellence. Nicole’s work has been published in Photoshop User Magazine and B&W. Her work has also been sold to Bethany House Publishers, used by various non-profit organizations, and represented by India Picture stock agency. She is also a member of the International Guild of Visual Peacemakers

Monthly Archives: June 2009

Inspiration

If it’s not obvious already, this is not a blog about gear or post-processing. You won’t find lens reviews here or tutorials on the latest Lightroom techniques. Despite the tremendous value of those to the photographic community, and despite the fact that I read them on other people’s blogs all the time, they’re just not...

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On Seeing Uniquely

There’s something exhilarating and enlightening about photographing foreign cultures and faraway lands. About glimpsing a way of life that we have never known. About capturing a world we’ve never seen before. There’s something powerful about witnessing the beauty of another place and sharing profound moments with people who don’t even speak our language. That’s what...

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Fog and Luxury

I live in a city where wealth and luxury are all around. From multi-million-dollar mansions to opulent, upscale fashion malls, designer spas, and palacial, star-studded resorts. This is a city of affluence.
I’m not going to lie – it’s a nice place to live. This kind of wealth and luxury gives people an incredibly comfortable life…...

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Seen and Unseen

I’ve been experimenting with photography in a whole new way lately. Pushing myself beyond the easy and the expected, and using the camera to explore deeper themes and more conceptual ideas.
These are several images from a recent shoot, and they deal with a concept that fills the pages of my journals and sketchbooks: the fact...

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The Art of Photography

I love photography. It’s like no other art form, because of the way that it allows (and even forces) the artist to express himself. We as photographers do not create something out of nothing. We don’t take a blank canvas or piece of paper and fill it with whatever we want.
We must take the real,...

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Lumen Dei Workshop 2009

The countdown is now 106 days!
106 days until I travel to Ladakh, India with friends of mine, David duChemin and Matt Brandon. David and Matt are both phenomenal photographers and will be leading a photographic workshop called Lumen Dei, also led this year by renowned photographer Ami Vitale.
Lumen Dei is a workshop like few others,...

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