Nicole is a zoological animal trainer turned pet photographer and educator. She is also mildly obsessed with numbers, Monday boards, pricing, and all aspects of running a business. So much that she in addition to serving private and commercial clients in Charlotte, NC - she also runs Hair of the Dog Academy and Freedom Focus Formula where she empowers pet photographers master their craft and all photographers to create successful and profitable businesses. She has also authored the sold-out book "Pet and Horse Photography for Everybody". Her passion project is running her non-profit, Hair of the Dog Conservation Fund, whose mission is protecting our global biodiversity and inspiring individual action by supporting conservation projects for wild animals and the surrounding communities. In her “down-time”, Nicole spends far too much money and time with her horse, exploring this incredible planet that we live on, and testing all the chocolate martinis.