““When I got into photography I was doing a little bit of everything but I was excelling at nothing.”
After moving to a much smaller market, Nikki Harrison created a business that was profitable and allowed her to continue to embrace her artistry.
“It changed everything for me.”
1:45 - Struggling
8:45 - A Changing Tide
17:43 - Invoking an Emotional Response
21:51 - Limited Availability
25:18 - Metric Concerns
27:02 - The Magic
36:06 - Delivering the Magic
42:15 - Relief
48:36 - Finding Nikki
“It has to be something you are passionate about. It will show.”
Nikki Harrison
Kelowna, BC
Portrait Photographer-Artist
Nikki’s original career was as a Mortgage Professional, owning her own business in Calgary for 12 years.
After the crash of 2008, she was faced with many career change decisions, and during that time of transition, she picked up one of the DSLR’s she received as a lender gift, and starting shooting.
She eventually opened her own studio in Calgary, and later moved to Vancouver, and then settled in Kelowna, BC.
Her business in the interior of BC includes Portrait Art, with a focus on children and women. She does provide family, corporate, commercial and other types of photography as well.
In 2015, Nikki started winning many awards, and enjoyed competing in Photography competitions. She won the bronze medal for the WPC World Photographic Cup 2017 for Portrait.
Nikki has been an educator over the last couple years, teaching all over the U.S. for PPA Associations like Texas School, East Coast School and has hosted her own workshops in Canada and Italy.
Nikki offers a unique “Version” of her clients, with a theme of whimsical, ethereal story telling that is quite compelling and has caught the attention of many photographers world wide.