It happens sooner or later. That seemingly simple question always comes up: “What do you do?” and my answer is always the same, “I freelance”. You see as the asker pauses to decide if they want to know more or if those two words are good enough for them. If more, I go into a [...]
Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
Hello Freelance – You don’t gnome me.
Posted in Art Direction & Design, Personal, tagged art, career, client, crafty, design, designer, freelance, garden, gnome, hands, hire, instagram, job, knights, MLB, NYC, paint, project, work on March 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The un-day for change.
Posted in Personal, Photography, tagged blog, change, creative, day, design, designer, designg, freelance, goal, graphic, helloknicole, hustle, inspire, inspired, instagram, leap, leap day, leap year, NYC, personal, photography, play, work on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I usually try to keep this blog on a more professional level, but with all the talk around the internet about Leap Day being the day for big creative changes, spontaneous deals, gifts, and so much more – its been hard to not be inspired. I’ve always been the kind of person who uses ‘big days’ as [...]
My Little Orange Book (And a little bit of everything else)
Posted in Art Direction & Design, Personal, tagged asa alger, big leo, book, contest, cute, design, designer, freelance, GAGC, hello k Nicole, hire, meg wachter, NYC, photographer, print, publish, zine on August 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m happy to finally get the chance to share with you a book project that has been in the works for quite some time now. Big Leo, NYC based artist representation agency, was in need of a fresh new way to show off their photographers and build momentum for new clients. “My Little Orange Book” [...]
Thinking like a Kid: A’s First Video’s
Posted in Personal, tagged art, babysit, childhood, create, explore, freelance, help, kid, learn, teach, think, video on April 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ok time out. I CANNOT believe its been almost a month since my last post. As cheesy as it is admitting it, time really does fly in this city. I’ve been spending alot of time in hustle mode lately; When I’m not working at Big Leo on various design projects, I’m at home playing catch [...]
WIP: The Chase
Posted in Art Direction & Design, Personal, tagged art direction, car, collaboration, direction, freelance, georgi unkovski, helloknicole, motion, NYC, prague, project, stop motion, styling, stylist, the chase, toy, video on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago I got the chance to work on a fun little stop motion project with aspiring director, Georgi Unkovski. The video is still in final production stages but I hope these stills can give you a good idea of whats to come Hopefully tons of updates this week; I’m excited, be excited!
Chasing light in Prague
Posted in Personal, Photography, tagged beam, blog, creative, female, freelance, graduate, hello knicole, k nicole Murtagh, light, new york, NYC, personal, photographer, photography, prague, professional, sunlight, tourist, trip, vacation on March 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Second time back in Prague, and I still seem to get distracted from taking all the normal tourist shots. I’ve been chasing the sun the past two weeks, excited to get back to NYC and start making things really happen. Next post with a whole bunch of social media updates, can’t wait to show you. [...]
Launching helloknicole.com
Posted in Art Direction & Design, Personal, Photography, tagged art direction, art director, artwork, behind the scenes, blog, creative, design, designer, editorial, female, freelance, graduate, graphic design, graphic designer, hello k Nicole, helloknicole, k nicole Murtagh, K. Nicole, knicolemurtagh.com, launch, new york, NYC, online, personal, photographer, photography, portfolio, professional, rochester institute of technology, stop motion, website on February 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
And without any further ado, helloknicole.com is live. Check it out
Test shots and foreign boyfriends.
Posted in Personal, Photography, tagged behind the scenes, blog, female, freelance, graduate, hello k Nicole, helloknicole, k nicole Murtagh, K. Nicole, knicolemurtagh.com, macedonian, magazine, new york, NYC, outtake, personal, photographer, photography, portrait, print, publication, published, self, shot, test on February 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Inspired by a post made by friend Jake Hamm, I went digging through my archives to pull out some of my favorite test images; lighting tests, location tests, ‘oh my god this looks like shit, we need to fix it’ tests. With 4 years in a photography program, there’s quite a few. But my favorite [...]
Personal Project: Open, Down, Left, Down, Right, Collage.
Posted in Personal, tagged artwork, blog, collaboration, collage, common, conceptual, creative, design, female, freelance, graduate, handmade, hello k Nicole, knicolemurtagh.com, new york, NYC, personal, project, scrap on January 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t already heard, I’m getting ready to launch an updated version of my website and I’m happy to say, OMG IT’S ALMOST DONE. I’ve decided to go ahead and include some of the personal projects I’ve done over the years, mostly handmade & conceptual work I created during a stint when I still [...]
Hello Motivation.
Posted in Personal, tagged art direction, art director, batman, blog, creative, design, designer, female, freelance, graphic designer, hello k Nicole, helloknicole, inspiration, k nicole Murtagh, knicolemurtagh.com, motivation, NYC, personal, photographer, portfolio, professional, project on December 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When it rains it pours! I have ALOT (note the caps) of really awesome updates coming together in the next few weeks! Great projects coming to an end, a new website and work to show, and (insert vague suspense) a big announcement! I still have a lot to prepare and I can’t wait to show [...]