My name is Michael Nicoletti but my friends call me Nic. I am originally from Chicago and have been here in Florida since April of 1997 and love it here! There are so many great locations like white sandy beaches, downtown here in St Pete and a lot of other places I have found. The people here I have made friends with have also been fantastic!

My step father originally got me interested in photography and he bought me an old Kodak Pony camera when I was a kid after seeing some shots I took with his camera. I primarily shot black and white and developed my own film in the bathroom and burned the prints myself in a darkroom. That was when I was between 13 and 15 but then a full time job as well as school took over and I stopped. I really miss those days!

I got back into Photography early in 2005 after all those years away from it. A photography studio opened up across the street from my work and stared me in the face every time I went out to smoke. Originally I bought a Nikon Coolpix8800 (8 megapixel point and shoot digital camera with a 10X optical zoom and 4X digital zoom) in March of 2005 and fell back in love with capturing life and images once again. 

I shattered my heel into 6 pieces during a photo shoot on 9/11/2005 and was laid up until Xmas of 2005 before I could get out of bed. Learning to walk again was not fun I assure you! (lol) Since then I have become even more serious about photography and have been pouring my heart and soul (as well as all my money lol) into it!

February of 2006 I bought my 1st real camera (Nikon D200 Digital SLR camera with an 18-200mm Nikor zoom lens) along with SB800 and SB600 Speedlights, a backdrop stand with muslins and seamless paper plus an Alien Bee studio lighting setup with softboxes, umbrellas, and a light meter. I also recently upgraded to the Nikon D300 and have the D700 in my sites! (lol) 

I am building a body of work that will launch me into a full time career as a Photographer and looking for subjects to shoot. I plan to make it my fulltime job in the next few years. (Gawd it would be great to get paid and make a living doing something you love so much! Lol)

On a personal note.....I love traveling and exploring new things. I been to the Bahamas a few times and took two Models there to shoot. I think the Mayan ruins in Mexico would be great. I love going to the beach and watching the sunsets, boating sailing, fishing, camping, etc. I also enjoy movies, museums, theme parks, billiards, bowling, etc, etc, etc, (lol) I'm Italian and German with a little English and a tiny bit of Irish thrown in and "can I maka` da sauce"! Mahwah! :) Do you like Shrimp De Joungue` ? I'll knock your socks off! (lol) :)

If you have any other questions please don’t hesitate to ask.  

I hope to see you in my viewfinder soon! J

 Nic J

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