Merrilyn Romen Design and Nico Moon Photography » Merrilyn Romen l Modern Newborn, Child, Family, Senior Photographer

You know the concept….what would you take from your home in case of a fire? Most of us answer, “our photos” (besides our children and pets.)

This year, you can give someone the gift of a customized portrait for their home or a full album of photos of their loved ones.

Whether you give your husband a certificate for a boudoir little black book of boudoir photos or your pregnant friend a gift of pregnancy photography, this is one gift that will be remembered for the rest of their lives.

Gift certificates are offered in any denomination. Just contact us and we’ll get them to you right away!

And don’t forget our Valentine’s Boudoir Special! Gift a certificate for that to your special loved one and you’ll have a gift for Xmas and Valentine’s Day a well!

I have been wanting to update my website for a long time, but the thought of going through all of my new photos and choosing just the right ones left me overwhelmed and unmotivated. But I finally did it! The new website – still at www.nicomoon.com showcases much of the work I’ve been doing in the last year. I hope you visit and enjoy it!

Of particular interest (to me) is the new editorial work. I’ve been experimenting quite a bit in my free time and am loving the process. I’d like to do more fantasy shots for some of my regular portrait clients as well so let me know if you’re interested!

Do you have a dreamy photo of your honeymoon location or the place you first met your sweetheart? Wish you could trek pregnant into the Grand Canyon, but you’re pregnant and can’t bear the thought of a long hike?

I can make your dreams come true? I’ll photograph you in similar lighting to the location you provide (or I provide), then take your photo and the landscape, work hours of wizardry in my digital dark room (not for the faint of heart) and make it look as if you were actually there!

Flying in Coney Island? Check! You always wished you were Alice in Wonderland? Check! Do you kids want to fly like Peter Pan or astronauts?  Definitely…..the sky’s not the only limit!

"Alice's Freedom" by Merrilyn Romen for Nico Moon Photography. ©2010 All Rights Reserved.

This weekend I had the most amazing time with one of my newly found favorite artists of all times. Her name is Brooke Shaden and she’s just about the age of my youngest daughter and, just like my daughter, she freed my spirit, she opened up my mind and she showed me parts of myself that, previously I only knew about in my dreams. This is true. In my dreams, I can fly. Not just once or twice have I had flying dreams. I can’t count the number of times I can fly in my dreams. Some times I fly to escape, though not as often as I wish. More often I fly to explore. I’ve explored large bodies of water in what was supposed to be Rome and some other cities in Italy that I’ve never seen before.  I’ve viewed huge museums of art from the glass-covered, metal-boned ceilings. I’ve taken my daughters with me and shown them how to fly – they especially enjoyed the museum and the trip to Italy. I’ve dreamed about visiting stores that were filled to the brim with the most exquisite shoes and decorative items, flying about from room to room amazed at the creativity only to wake up and realize that all that creativity lived inside of me!

It’s a wonderful feeling to wake up and realize that your mind is a treasure house. But what an amazing feeling it is to be able to put some of those precious ideas into a tangible piece of art that you can actually share with others.

Well, Brooke, you’ve done it and, thankfully, I will never be the same! Check out Brooke’s absolutely exquisite images here. (The girl has more friends on Flicker than there are residents of Malibu!) And here is what I did this week-end!

I am so excited about this, I could…. well….fly!

"Handicapped" by Merrilyn Romen for Nico Moon Photography. ©2010 All Rights Reserved

Today I joined up with about 100 fellow photographers from a group on Facebook called Photographer’s Shootout. We met at a country club and were shown 5 different set-ups of models “trashing the dress”. They wore bridal gowns and we first took some shots of them “before” and then took some “afters”. There was one who swam in a pond, another who got drunk on wine, another tore her dress into shreds with a scissors, one was painted and still another — a couple — had a cake fight.

The day was fun and I got some pretty cool shots!

(coming soon)