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Nicolette Portraiture

I am still booking and shooting special Mommy and Me studio portrait sessions until the end of the month 🖤 booking link in bio. Xoxo

Pictured: @mynewbluesuit and her daughter 💕

PORTRAITS for one and only @veronicasheaffer ✨

Headshots/personal branding/classic portraits will be bookable again in June on NicoletteNunez.com

if you’d like to be added to the waitlist, dm me your email 💕

happy motherhood | self portrait of stretch marks. I’d love to make this a series if anybody is interested. 🐅 xoxo

Portraits from @meganschnellhair’s maternity session 😍 the third slide is my favorite…

Mommy and Me cuteness from February’s minisession with @alwaystravelb and her twins 👼🏻 👼🏻 we made these forever keepsake portraits with 15 minutes, teeny tiny angel wings, a studio tulle dress, natural light, and lots of love.

NOW BOOKING: Mommy and Me (mini)Sessions, special pricing for MAY ONLY

(easy online booking - see link in bio)

If you’ve been meaning to create with me, now is the time! New website, pricing, and process launching in June.

xoxoxo

We’re celebrating mothers all of May! 💞💞💞💞

Bring your child/children to the photo studio! I will guide you through posing and document the unique, candid bond that you share.

I designed this photo-op to be as quick and easy as possible, but it will generate everlasting memories and heirloom photographs to cherish and reflect upon for the rest of your lives and beyond. It’s an image you’ll want to pass on, and on, and on 🌀

Details and booking are in the bio!

💝 Special pricing for May only. If you need an evening slot (not listed online), dm me directly to see if we can find a time that works.

Xoxoxo

Spring Portrait (mini) Sessions are now booking 💐 inspired by feeling the ever-unfolding, transforming bloom

I crafted this session specifically to create a custom art piece to proudly display in your homes. Ethereal lighting, engaging posing, and thematic visuals (the oversized flower is meant to represent personal growth)…. starring you!

for adults / children / groups of up to three participants
link in bio for details to book

Add ons: Large 13x19” print on fine-art matte paper and additional digital

ONE WEEK ONLY
If you need an evening appointment (not listed online), please message me directly to see if we can find a time that works.

Pictured: @ava_luz @mamafreshchi and myself 🖤

Spring mini sessions are now booking 💐 inspired by feeling the ever-unfolding, transforming bloom

I crafted this session specifically to create a custom art piece to proudly display in your homes. Ethereal lighting, engaging posing, and thematic visuals (the oversized flower is meant to represent personal growth)…. starring you!

for adults / children / groups of up to three participants
link in bio for details to book

Add ons: Large 13x19” print on fine-art matte paper

ONE WEEK ONLY (STARTING TODAY)
If you need an evening appointment (not listed online), please message me directly to see if we can find a time that works.

Pictured: dear friend @ava_luz
Dress pictured: designed by @veronicasheaffer and available to wear for all bookings!

Portraits of beautiful, talented CALISTA! She wears a special dress from my personal wardrobe (@kikavargas_) under a veil of studio tulle and a handmade necklace made by her big sister

#chicagokidsportraits #chicagokidsphotographer

commissioned by @mygirls_and_flowers 💕

I’ve had the pleasure of photographing the King family since 2019, when @drkiarraking was the first person to book my on my website immediately when I launched it, for a Mommy and Me portrait of her and little toddler Kai 🥲 seeing this family over the years has been immensely beautiful! So happy to get the whole crew together for these portraits (2024)

Captured to celebrate her parent’s 50th anniversary 🥰 hence the gold! The golden year!

I had the pleasure of capturing Pregnancy Portraits for beautiful @meganschnellhair 😍🥰 OH…. And here’s a very soft announcement: I am completely retooling my business (shoot offerings, experience and process, pricing, etc) in 2025. It will be somewhat drastic but very wonderful. If you’d like a photoshoot as I offer them now, please book your session for November/December before everything gets updated. Last chance 💕Love you guys! Good and beautiful things are coming…

I get my lens up close to children and mention off handedly, “if you look here into the glass, you can see the camera’s eye open and close when it blinks.” It results in inquisitive gazes straight into the lens, revealing the curiosity of children I adore so much. And that’s exactly when I release the shutter — aka the “eye” “blinks” — capturing their expression of, “oh wow, something really is inside that thing…. There are so many mysterious things to learn about.”

Pictured: little Lucie and her mama @brit.bowen in their MOMMY AND ME portrait session :) more from this day a few posts back!

Sol & Anastasia, aka “Síto” and “Tota” 🥹💞 my son and my niece’s (3yo & 2.5yo) summer ‘25 portraits! Documenting the children of my family in the studio together - making traditions, memories and heirlooms - is ACTUALLY a dream come true and a gift I will always be proud of :)

PS. Styled by me. These outfits are 3T and 4T and available in the stu wardrobe for shoots. Not gonna lie, I think adding matching berets, little scarves, and little doc martens would be so QT for these toddler looks…

📍 CHICAGO • We boarded at their usual station underground. These city kids’ regular routes keep them underground in the subway tunnels… so it was a delight to watch them realize the train goes UP as well, for the first time! We emerged over the streets and with the dramatic slanty-way the train goes when traversing deep curves. “It looks like the buildings are tipping over!” said Helen. If you know, you know.

The sunlight pouring through the train windows illuminated the family, dancing on Helen’s curls while little Saul slowly grew less suspicious of the noisiness a subway brings. For the underground moments, I used an on-camera flash or the natural ambient light. Great fun and perhaps will be a core memory for them, captured 📸

my fave shots are the black and white of the kids going through the turnstiles (slide 3-4)

Commissioned by @lerakravtsova for their 2025 holiday cards! Thanks Valeriya and Stewart for such a great morning.

💡Sometimes I don’t mind blowing out the highlights, like in the first pic (see her forehead, neck, forearm, belly, bra, and chair… I over-exposed her “rim light”). When the bright spots are so blinding that the camera can only read “white,” it kind of looks like what a memory feels like? Something about the camera’s light sensitivity reflecting emotional sensitivity? Light is love? Hard to explain but maybe you get it too. Gonna play more intentionally with this idea in the future :)

I paired her classic maternity look — Calvin’s and denim — with a hard flash or two so these photos would pop! It adds boldness and glamour to an outfit that can typically be shot very softly.

Pictured: Pregancy Portraits for @beccabogle 😍

Pregnancy Portraiture for @trish_thee_dissh wearing a chainmaille headpiece I myself designed and made by hand last year 🗡️

a little lipgloss never hurt nobody! mommy & me + personal branding portraits for my SIL and niece 😍😍😍 I’m obsessed with these two…

This session was chic, playful, and filled with love, just like their life!

Check out @catherinevasilikiartistry for makeup💄

Pregnancy Portraiture for striking Hayley! Fave elements: the lashes give a bit of a mod flair, the strong contrast of the black bodysuit, legsssss, those platform heels, and Hayley’s cool calm confidence 😌

S A L E RIGHT NOW: 20% off sitting fee with code “onestepahead” ends Sep 2

how do i say this without sounding insane… Now is the time to start thinking about holiday photos - if you’re into that - because I am all booked up for September (although I may accept one more Sep booking before closing it down).

That puts us in October/November, which is the perfect time to get photos in… before the madness December tends to bring… to order and send out cards to your loved ones. Spreading the good vibes! Just a friendly, low-stress reminder, if this is your jam 😙

Let’s check this off your list! book now with code “onestepahead” for 20% off your booking fee. This is the last sale on a full portrait session for 2025, so LOCK IN. This code expires September 2nd.

xoxo, with much love, Nicolette.

Pictured: @salbsmeyer and the gorgeous fam!!

#chicagochristmasportraits #chicagofamilyphotographer #chicagochristmascards

Happy 3rd birthday to Lucie! MOMMY & ME PORTRAITS for @brit.bowen and her cutie - this session was super fast and fun, capturing the sweet connection between these two, plus lots of personality from Lucie. Ah, precious memories 🥲

Pregnancy Portraits for @chlobellexx!!! I asked her to bring in a comfy cardigan and her most worn baseball hat for the personal/cozy/lived-in vibe that I feel many portraits could use + we put on green studio heels for a vibrant pop. such a fun day in the studio.

PREGNANCY PORTRAITURE - NicoletteNunez dot come to book your session 💖

Custom calligraphy on top just because :-)

LUELLA 🌟 ••• documenting the “growing up” part, over the course of years, is a gift! scroll to the end to see 2020 Luella and cool mom @shannicat 💖

It’s never too late or too early to bring your child in for a fine-portrait session. I truly believe every stage is worthy of a keepsake, and I’m grateful to do it. XOXO

This week my son turned 3 and I brought him in for impromptu birthday portraits. It’s delightful to watch him mosey around my studio, suspicious about how all the equipment works. I explain “Mommy’s work.” I’m proud and beaming at his curiosity and together we captured this moment with a camera’s clicks. Sol, I love you.

People always tell me, “you must have so many great photos of your kid.” While I do - the iPhone is handy like that - I don’t actually bring him in for the full experience more than once or twice a year. I feel pressure to really DO IT UP, and the assignment becomes overwhelming. Not to mention, this is “work” as I am a portrait photographer. So, I put it off and put it off. This is fine, once or twice a year is perfectly fine… but I’ve realized I need to release the pressure and just create with my little lad!

So, this was very unplanned. For years we’ve had this vintage sheer button-up I thrifted that I’ve been waiting for him to grow into, but the fit is still odd. So I kept it unbuttoned for an easy feel. He insists on wearing this hat everyday (at all times if he steps outside our house), so of course it’s a presence in these portraits. I wasn’t sure I’d appear in the pics… I didn’t have an outfit planned and it’s difficult to capture myself and him at the same time. So, I pointed the camera to the mirror and set us up right there. Grabbed the studio’s giant-fits-everybody-fabulously blazer (oh yay, the colors match) and decided wth I need pictures of US… I’ll join.

My point is - there’s no need to overthink your shoots. The magic is the magic. ✨

Sol, I love you.

GIA ✂️ she does hair! Personal Branding shots for @giadoeshair with MUA @joeysoluvly ••• Working with other creatives to support their businesses (and in turn, mine) feels like I’m living the life I’ve always dreamed. Chicago is cool like that.

Need pics, ideas, and a good time? 😋 I’m here for it. 🤝 NicoletteNunez dot com

DALLAS JUNIE VINNY JOEY 💙💙💙💙 We leaned into quirkiness with socks and sandals, polkadots, and stripes. This creative bunch is a family I hope to photograph for the rest of time!

Chicago Family Studio Portraiture located in Humboldt Park.

@dallasmaynard

Fun fact - the last time I photographed Susie (Classic Portraits just for her, just because) was coincidentally the day after she met her now husband, Sal, in 2020! So it was a big pleasure to photograph her, Sal, and Rudi 🐾 to celebrate their coming baby 🥲💕

This happens often: my clients’ photoshoots somehow accidentally fall right around (I’m talking days! Hours!) KEY unplanned bookmarks of my client’s lives. Examples: met the love of their life, their company just landed the biggest contract to date, got pregnant after years of trying, found out their dream house offer was accepted, got a promotion they never saw coming, the list goes on. They come to the studio absolutely buzzing with excitement, or a newfound quiet confidence. I notice.

It’s feeling ready to celebrate yourself, attracting what you want, or something? I don’t mean this in a woo-woo/stars align way. I just think that when you decide for yourself that you are ready to be seen… and take a real step towards that… the ripple effects are tenfold. the magic happens. Book that session. 🔥

Hair and makeup: @mua_isabelgonzalez

FRANKIE 🐾 AND OPHELIA 👒 so fun having these two sweetie pies in for their portraits. a little girl and her giant dog sister can really make you think about how fleeting it all is… maybe it’s how quickly they both change and grow - maybe its how their special bond is thanks to a child’s playful world of imagination and a wise dog’s patience and heart 💕 when they’re together, it’s special 🥲

thank you @tessahighmark for letting me style Ophelia for this!

Ps. I’m seeing if this reel performs decently… I’ve been so hesitant to follow the algorithm’s plea to put photos into a quickly-paced video. It feels deluded, tbh! I prefer the static slideshows (optimum photo viewing) but I can see that it doesn’t have the same reach that my stories do. So here’s a little experiment 🫣 yolo

We can all agree @intheklauds is THEE most glamorous, right? It was a joy to capture her and her family and keep the big secret for a bit. I absolutely lived for this look she put together… the dress had perfect goddess vibes, clinging and draping in all the right places. Accessories made it modern and chic and so her… they’re from her wedding day, in fact. Also, more up-do’s, please ❤️‍🔥

For the solo shots here, I kept the posing moody and shadowy (natural light) to bring out the coolness Klaudia naturally exudes. We let the kids do their thang (run around mom and dad LOL) to add a dose of parenthood realness. More family shots from this session coming soon.

Klaudia is also known as @glamatelierchicago, so it all makes sense 😉💄

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Nicolette Portraiture

Nicolette Portraiture is a photo studio based in Chicago, IL and creates timeless, heirloom Portraits.

The shoots are totally unique and tailored to each client, using hand-painted backdrops, optional props and a studio wardrobe accumulated with love, and years of experience in the art and photography fields.

All photographic prints are made in-studio using archival-grade ink, paper, and matte board to ensure everlasting heirloom treasures.

EMAIL: nickyynunezz@gmail.com | HOME PAGE | CONTACT PAGE | EXPLORE OUR PHOTOSHOOTS

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