meet shirley

Hi, I’m Shirley. Thank you for being here! I began this journey a while back as a hobby. I have always had a passion for photography. Shirley Nim photography was born out of a leap of faith during a challenging time in my life, and I'm incredibly grateful for the journey so far.

I’m married to my best friend Nim who is my second shooter and biggest supporter. While he usually stays behind the scenes, together, we form a team that allows us to do what we love - making beautiful memories that last forever.

While we do shoot a variety of subjects; families, events, headshots etc, our primary focus is documenting couples and love stories, including elopements and weddings, no matter how big or small.

We want you to be able to look back at your photos for years to come and be able to see your love for one another in the images. Your photographs should be meaningful, filled with real moments and genuine laughter, perfectly capturing your unique relationship. So whatever you want documented, we’ll make sure to do it in a way that truly captures who you are, the way it felt, and the love shared between you.

We look forward to meeting you and hearing about how you envision your big day, and how we can work together to bring this vision to life.

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HAPPY CLIENTS

MY MISSION

“I love my work & I am committed to creating the best Experience and results for my clients.”

MY APPROACH

Never had professional photos taken before? No problem. I get it. My approach to shooting sessions and weddings is very natural and flowing .... not super posed and stiff. If I’m in the middle of the session and I am quiet, that’s actually a good thing. It means you are totally lost in each other, and you are making my job easy. Don’t get me wrong I’m totally going to give you tips and pointers before we start and along the way, but I definitely prefer to keep you moving and just loving on each other.  This produces the images you have seen.

Nim & I are extremely easy going laid back couple that genuinely loves people and getting to know their stories. I have found this to be a huge advantage when it comes to capturing genuine, candid, emotion filled images. I don’t view my clients as merely “clients”. I strive to call them friends. The more comfortable you are around me... the more natural you will be and the images will convey that.

  • "Best decision I made - what an awesome experience from start to finish. Shirley is friendly and very professional! Her work is of high quality and value, and I was extremely impressed with the turn out of my photos! I highly recommend her!!"

    Courtney K.

  • "We hired Shirley to be our engagement and wedding photographer. In addition to the actual photography, she was also excellent at coordinating schedules, communication (both through phone calls and text messages), setting a relaxing mood during the photo shoot, and suggesting beautiful poses and settings. We received our photo galleries in a very timely manner, and we were extremely pleased with the quality of Shirley’s photography. She captured intimate and personal moments that we could have only wished for from our wedding ceremony. We were mesmerized and so pleased with each picture that we opened. Thank you, Shirley!"

    Kristina & Jeremy

  • "We had an amazing experience working with Shirley for our engagement photoshoot. She gave us plenty of direction around our shared vision for the shoot and was able to deliver with some breath taking photos.!"

    Mahlek P.

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