BIOGRAPHY: Nicola Bald Creative Photography

Nicola's love for photography began whilst studying for an HND in graphic design. Realising her natural path she went on to gain an Honours Bachelor in Arts Degree in photography Film and Digital Imaging in 2003. Then in 2004 she was granted Princes Trust to pursue her professional photographic career.

Alongside commercial and social work Nicola works on self produced exhibitions. Ten Men, her first solo show in 2004 exploredcross-dressing and notions of masculinity, on permanent display at the GLBT centre..

In 2003 Nicola gained a contract with Ede & Ravenscroft the most historic and highly regarded graduation service in the industry. And gained vital skills as a quick paced studio portrait photographer with customers on demand.

In the spring of 2004 Nicola gained another exceptional contract with Kodak wedding photographers, Elegante. Having no previous experience they systematically trained her for the job.
She now books her own weddings at very reasonable rates, pleases check out her full service download and availability in the contact section.

Booking her for historic churches and venues including, Aberdour Castle, Barony Castle, Blackness Castle, Dunbarton Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Doune Castle, Cromlix House to name a few. In her own business she now takes her own bookings and supplies her own service.
However, she acknowledges that,
“Kodak are a great company to work for, the support, technical advice and the critical response is vital to any photographer, I would have to be very rich or thoughtless to give this up!”


Recently, Freedman Brown Communication the PR company responsible for all promotional events in Tesco seized the opportunity to have Nicola on there books with her fresh and fun approach to press photography she is sent across the country capruring the action.

Her real passion lies in portraiture “people pictures”
“It’s very easy to be moulded and influenced by the massive volume of images distributed around the world today. I often arrive for a portrait session with a client having never met them before or indeed seen the environment that they are to be photographed in it requires adaptability and a dose of experimentation. Someone once said to me, “Limitations can sometimes push your creativity beyond limitation.”

It is this constant set of challenges that keeps Nicola disciplined her chosen career path and life's quest for creating intriguing imagery.
To date she has a wide range of experience and knowledge (both on location and studio based) and is competent in all areas of photography. To date she has produced two successful exhibitions; "Ten Men" a social portraiture exploration of cross dressers in 2005 which is currently on display at the Filmhouse, Edinburgh. www.nbphotos.co.uk/TENMEN05 In 2007

"Light in My Heart;" a body of travel images of Sri Lanka. www.nbphotos.co.uk/srilanka07.

In September 2007 she was awarded for her achievement in business from the Princes Scottish Youth Business Trust, whom have supported her business since setting up.

Nicola teamed up with Christine Forster (make up and hair artist)and Graphic Designer Martin Elden and set up us studios. The studio involves the collaboration of various creatives under one roof hence the name us. The space includes Nicola's custom built studio and dressing room facilities, and other services provided are web design, corporate identity, stationary, fashion design, screen printing and music.

With her team of make up and hair stylists she specialises in Model Portfolios, make-over experiences, corporate and pr portraiture. The team also work together to provide a very creative and dynamic wedding service; including photography, hair and beauty, bespoke stationary and album design. Just let us take care of it!