Nicole Mlakar Blog

Austin Monthly – May: Chicken Coop

nicolemlakar — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:59:13 +0000

I have a love for chickens. I photographed my friend Levi’s chickens not too long ago and it sparked this love affair. So I was of course totally on board when Austin Monthly asked me to photograph a really adorable family with their baby chicks and sweet little homemade coop. I honestly could have photographed these little girls and their baby chicks all day long. We had a fun time for sure. Below are the tear sheets from the May issue and a few of my favorite outtakes from the shoot.

Family and Friends Series – Haircuts

nicolemlakar — Wed, 02 May 2012 01:46:20 +0000

Levi was a hair cutting machine at Grindaddy’s house. Three haircuts in one evening! Watching him cut Grindaddy’s hair though was the best of all.

Family and Friends series – Buster

nicolemlakar — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:51:41 +0000

A baby Boston Terrier named Buster is making an appearance in my Family and Friends series. He melted all of our hearts.

Family and Friends – Part… whatever

nicolemlakar — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:43:27 +0000

I don’t know why I started this series with “parts.” I’m ditching it because it’s silly and doesn’t make sense. Today’s images from my family and friends series are through the eyes of Jaxson.

Published! } Reader’s Digest

nicolemlakar — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:05:02 +0000

The May issue of Reader’s Digest is out now and this issue has a focus on pets! The feature article for the issue is entitled “50 Things Your Veterinarian Won’t Tell You.” Reader’s Digest licensed three of my favorite photos to be published with this article and I couldn’t be more thrilled. I think they really compliment the story quite well. Of course my clients were really excited to find out their images and pups will be seen world wide! Yay!!

Here are the tears with my images featured. Thank you Reader’s Digest!!

Family and Friends – Part II

nicolemlakar — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:16:53 +0000

More images from my “family and friends” series. Iridescent rocks, playtime and family portrait paintings make up this set. More to come soon!

Family and friends – Part I

nicolemlakar — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:23:18 +0000

I recently got to spend a little time with a dear friend and their family. The weekend involved a few stops to different homes, lovely meals, home haircuts, puppy snuggling, and a trip to “Grindaddy’s” house. It’s been over 20 years since I’ve been to Grindaddy’s house and it was a wonderful memory for me. I will be posting a series of images over the next week since I have lots I want to share.

Austin Monthly Home – Spring Issue

nicolemlakar — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:10:37 +0000

Spring is here and while it’s a bit warmer than I usually like my Texas Spring to be, I will happily take it over the 100+ degree days ahead. Speaking of Spring, I photographed Elaine White and her gorgeous bonsai trees for the Spring issue of Austin Monthly Home. I’ve never seen so many different varieties of bonsai trees and they were all lovingly taken care of by Elaine, the former president of Austin Bonsai Society. I didn’t even know we had a bonsai society! It was a real treat to get to listen to Elaine talk about her bonsais, the stories behind them and their unique characteristics. She has a gift and she truly does make each bonsai into a work of art.

Austin Monthly – March Music Issue

nicolemlakar — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:59:49 +0000

It’s SXSW in Austin and everyone is celebrating all things music! Austin Monthly’s March music issue is on newsstands now and I was one of ten photographer’s selected to photograph the “10 Bands To Watch” feature. Each photographer was assigned a band and then they pretty much had free rein to shoot the bad however they please. I was really thrilled to be assigned to Little Lo, a group of six friends that are crazy talented musicians and really down to earth. We met pretty early on a chilly January morning for our shoot and they pretty much rocked it out. It was a real pleasure. I highly recommend you check out Little Lo and definitely go see them during SXSW. They are playing several venues!

Taz on top of a wood stack

nicolemlakar — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:58:23 +0000