
Niki Aguirre
Disciple of Unconventional Beauty
Occupation: Visual Artist
Location: Washington, DC
Her ProfilesRankThis is the rank of 'Niki Aguirre' out of all Google+ Profiles.: 1,516 (GenderRankFor the gender 'Women'.: 582)
Her ProfilesRankThis is the rank of 'Niki Aguirre' out of all Google+ Profiles. in United States: 513 (GenderRankFor the gender 'Women'.: 174)
Followers: 38,207
Following: 0
Added to CircleCount.com: 07/31/2011That's the date, where Niki Aguirre has been indexed by CircleCount.com.
This hasn't to be the date where the daily check has been started. (Update nowYou can update your stats by clicking on this link!
This can take a few seconds.)
Niki Aguirre was in following circles
Activity
Average numbers for the latest postings:
7 comments per posting'Current posts' means the last 50 posts that are at the most 4 weeks old. So this metric gives a picture of how many comments someone has received recently.
1 reshares per posting'Current posts' means the last 50 posts that are at the most 4 weeks old. So this metric gives a picture of .how often someone's posts have been reshared lately.
53 +1's per posting'Current posts' means the last 50 posts that are at the most 4 weeks old. So this metric gives a picture of how many +1's someone has received on his or her posts recently.
106 characters per posting'Current posts' means the last 50 posts that are at the most 4 weeks old. So this metric gives a picture of how many characters someone has used per post recently.
Latest postings

2013-05-21 20:24:31 (14 comments, 1 reshares, 57 +1s)
In Mind
Sorry for all the posts. Truth is, I've been on a photography break for nearly 6 months. I finally have the desire again and have decided to finish out pending images from 2012 as a "warm up".
Hope everyone is well!!
PS: I've noticed my images look SUPER bright here on G+ but not on other networks :/ Ugh I hate when images look different across screens/sites. Makes me nervous of what I think they should look like but don't. Great.


2013-04-10 21:46:59 (18 comments, 18 reshares, 85 +1s)
Women Wednesday Update - PLEASE READ and SHARE
Due to much blessing, the artistic lives of +Athena Carey, +Lee Daniels, +Christina Lawrie and +Kerry Murphy are booming. That being said, with heavy hearts they will no longer be able to co-curate the +Women Wednesday theme due to time contraints and other commitments. Beginning next week, please do not tag them in #womenwednesday posts.
I will be co-curating with +Scott Detweiler. Feel free to tag me, +Niki Aguirre and/or him each Wednesday if you want us to check out your photo, but no pressure to do so otherwise!
Cheers!
PS: This information has been updated in +Daily Photography Themes. If there are other lists that you find incorrect, I'd appreciate any help in correcting them. Thanks!

2013-01-06 02:50:40 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)
St. Patrick's Day DC Photo Walk!
Okay kids... brace yourself. I know it's two months away, but it will give you plenty of time to plan accordingly and to spread the word. +Drink and Click™ D.C. will be hosting the St. Patrick's Day DC Photo Walk!
There isn't much available as far as what is going on that weekend in DC yet, so I'm going to hold off on picking a starting place until some local events get published. So... stay tuned!
CC: +Christa Laser +Lynne Goodwin +Sheighla Friel +Jennifer Eden +Al Ebnereza +Julian Ortiz +Messay Shoakena +Corrie Davidson +Juan Gonzalez

2013-01-06 02:50:07 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)
St. Patrick's Day DC Photo Walk!
Okay kids... brace yourself. I know it's two months away, but it will give you plenty of time to plan accordingly and to spread the word. +Drink and Click™ D.C. will be hosting the St. Patrick's Day DC Photo Walk!
There isn't much available as far as what is going on that weekend in DC yet, so I'm going to hold off on picking a starting place until some local events get published. So... stay tuned!
CC: +Christa Laser +Lynne Goodwin +Sheighla Friel +Jennifer Eden +Al Ebnereza +Julian Ortiz +Messay Shoakena +Corrie Davidson +Juan Gonzalez


2013-01-05 04:25:25 (23 comments, 8 reshares, 141 +1s)
Just finished making my submission for the +Plus One Collection this year! I submitted what I believe to be my best image of the year 2012, my photo "Twisted".
This was shot on our family ranch in San Antonio, Texas during the summer. The model is my cousin Autumn. Her and her family still live on the property. There is a lot of history there, including a few ghost stories, eep! ;)
I also created a tutorial and composite breakdown of this image on my blog: http://bit.ly/QC0rtw
Also here is the link to +Ivan Makarov's original post: http://bit.ly/VJCC57
AND the IndieGoGo link: http://bit.ly/TCdhfP
#PlusOneCollection2012

2013-01-05 01:41:00 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)
ANNOUNCING PLUS ONE COLLECTION 2012 + Image Submission + Fundraising Campaign
Alright, let's do this thing! The publication of Plus One Collection 2012 is officially under way. Read on for details, watch the video, re-share it, and get on the train before it's too late.
Who can contribute a photograph for the book?
Anyone. Send us your best image you took in 2012 and it'll get published in one or in all forms - in print, in ebook, and in our online gallery.
What's the theme?
Same as last year - your best photograph you made in the year just ended, 2012.
How else can I help?
Re-share this post with your circles. Invite friends and family to participate. This is a photography community publication, and we want as many submissions as we can get. Everyone should hear about this. Rem... more »


2013-01-04 05:15:18 (22 comments, 16 reshares, 100 +1s)
This is going around on facebook, which I did but now taking it here to Google Plus.
2013 Creative Pay-It-Forward
(and to celebrate a great year of positivity): The first five people to comment on this status will receive from me, sometime in the next calendar year, a gift - perhaps a book, baked goods, a photo, a drawing, a painting or music, or a surprise!
There will likely be no warning and it will happen whenever the mood strikes me. The catch? Those five people must make the same offer in their Google Plus status. Who's in?


2013-01-03 19:34:45 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 19 +1s)
New eBook - The Golden Hours
I'm happy to introduce my new eBook, The Golden Hours - A Guide to Photographing the Light of Sunrises and Sunsets.
Also included with this eBook is an additional guide on exposure blending – the post processing technique I use to create my golden hour images in the digital darkroom.
Click here to find out more:
http://christopherodonnellphotography.com/golden-hours-guide-photographing-light-sunrises-sunsets/


2013-01-03 19:34:03 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)
The Bokeh Bundle - Two Volume eBook Set
by Christopher O'Donnell
http://goo.gl/YFQEr
This two-volume bundle includes the complete bokeh eBook collection: The Art of Bokeh and The Portfolio of Bokeh. With these two editions, you will gain a full understanding of how to create bokeh with your camera, and how to apply it to your own personal style for a portfolio that is unique to you.
#bokehphotography #bokehlover #bokeh #photographylessons #cameratechniques #portraitphotography #canonusers #canonphotographers #canonphotography #nikonshooters #ebook #photographyebooks #photographyeducation #picoftheday #postoftheday #bookoftheweek #recommendations #recommendationoftheday #dslrtips #ebooks +Christopher O'Donnell


2012-12-31 21:11:38 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 45 +1s)
No. 5 La Señora de las Flores
I couldn't sleep last night and spent all that time with this girl, the lady of roses. It is inspired by my late grandmother, my Mami, Candita Santiago. It is also a dress design crossed between two styles I have in mind for the wardrobe in my new series beginning in 2013, La La Land.
It is going to be a a visual storybook to be inspired by folklore, fairy tales, my faith, family history and other things that my dreams and life are made of.
I'm going to spend January in pre-production mode for the series. There is a lot to get together, including the creation of the wardrobe which my mother is doing the majority of. I can't wait to share BTS of that in about a week or two!! :D
So much to do, my brain is just firing with ideas...
#mixedmediaartwork #photography #illustration #phot... more »


2012-12-29 09:58:07 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)
Roots
Mixed media - ink and photography
1. Scanned inked illustration and brought into photoshop
2. Cleaned up image using levels
3. Painted image via brush and blending mode multiply
3. Added textures and other images, painting them on via a mask and using a multiply blending mode
The clouds, hair and large brush stokes are all taken from other images - bokeh and hair from portraits I had taken. The brush stroke's bokeh was added via a clipping mask.
4. For kicks, I added a faux tilt shift blur (under filtres in CS6)
This is the first mixed media I've done in photoshop. It's fun!! :)


2012-12-29 09:27:08 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 36 +1s)
Rooted
I'm actually getting back to my roots in illustration. I haven't really done any kind of illustration work since I was a teenager - I'm pushing 30 now to give you an idea of time passed.
From here on out I wan to incorporate this into my photography. So many photographers I know sketch their concepts out before they shoot. I've never been into that, but drawing an "idea" of what I may photograph might be fun.
This was done with ink and then colorized in photoshop using textures and clips from old images.
#mixedmediaartwork #illustration #photoshopcs6 #nikiaguirrephotography

2012-12-29 00:49:42 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)
Nominate your favorite photographers at Framed Awards! So far I've nominated +Niki Aguirre for Best Fine Art Photographer, you should too! :)
Nominations are open until midnight, Dec. 31st.


2012-12-28 22:01:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 11 +1s)
Ive been trying out a few new techniques on Photoshop


2012-12-27 21:44:44 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 35 +1s)
"Rise"
a 2-image composite
Model: Adel
(1)AB800 in 28" Apollo Westcott cam left


2012-12-27 21:44:26 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 28 +1s)
I've been working on my levitation tutorial which will be published tomorrow. So look out for that!
Until then, I'd like to share a levitation image I created this past spring, "The Light".
Got a levitation photo? Share it!


2012-12-27 21:43:12 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 21 +1s)
New work, fresh from my shoot this weekend, straight out of the camera! No Photoshop! yea...right :-)
The make-up artist and I worked on an idea that started in a much different place. We have some shots of the model in front of a mirror in our creepy bathroom, akin to a druggy teen shoot. After a while we moved out to the sweep to do some additional shots and I started to work more into the fantasy type of poses. I had her expand the work from the eyes down onto the neck to represent a type of corruption and the concept started to take shape in my mind.
Once I got home I found an image to use as the point of departure and the rest is history and around 100 layers of goodness. I am sure the bathroom shots will come out as well, but they will be a few days. Let me know what you think.


2012-12-27 21:40:03 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 31 +1s)
My latest work, "An Invitation for One"
www.danianichole.com #surrealphotography #nikiaguirrephotography


2012-12-27 21:39:39 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)
Henk Bloemhof
http://www.justart-e.com/henk-bloemhof.html


2012-12-27 21:37:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)
An image from last weekend's shoot; studio portrait composite with a location image I shoot whilst in Canada a couple of years ago. :)
#photography #photomanipulation


2012-12-27 21:37:16 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)
"Exodus"
One of my earlier works...
5-6 photo montage
#plusphotoextract
#exposedphoto #composite #photoshop
#portraittuesday


2012-12-27 21:30:40 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)
Had some inspiration on one of the shots from a few weeks ago and decided to make it a reality last evening.
I have several images that I love, yet they are incomplete works of art. Interesting poses or something calling to me from the photo, but I am at a loss on how to do them justice. Some of these I have been stuck on for years, just waiting for the right inspiration or idea to hit me. This image didn't have to sit for long, and the idea came together quite quickly.
If you do creative portraiture we have a very lively group dedicated to that specific topic. Feel free to join in! https://plus.google.com/communities/108651916119588808421
#textureblendthursday #paintography #gplusphotoextract


2012-12-27 21:27:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)
The Absence of Hope
In the conventional world absence of hope is always paralleled by profound beauty& potential. The two do not exist separately from other.


2012-12-27 21:26:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)
"Toxic Environment"
This image I shot this past summer at the RC Harris water treatment plant in Toronto on the yearly open house.
It was selected by the Nation Association of Photoshop Professionals as the promo Image for Wacom's recent contest. It was in print ads too.


2012-12-27 21:26:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)
One of my earlier works where I either shot each element separately or used stock. I would like to think I have progressed at least a little since?


2012-12-27 21:26:12 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)
Day(14)
I get up at seven, yeah,
And I go to work at nine.
I got no time for livin'.
Yes, I'm workin' all the time.
Rush - Working Man
I promised that the bunny would make one last appearance in my 366 so here you go!
In other news, I finally got to see the new Neurologist today about my Neuropathy and I must say, it was a completely different experience then the other Doctor. He actually had ideas about what it might be and what tests we can do to figure it out! First thing he did was test my nervous system by shocking my arms and legs about 20 times with varying degrees of ZAP! Kinda interesting...lol. So there is some progress on that front with some more tests to come in the near future.
Oh and we won our game last night 9 - 4 and I scored again. It seems we win when I score so I told the team to keep that in... more »


2012-12-27 21:25:57 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)
This is my first post on this community. Hope to hear from the great members and get some feedback. This is one of my more recent paintings. The breast feeder.

2012-12-21 19:53:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)
Just heard about this, FRAMED Awards
Nominate your favorite photographers! Just type their name in and submit.
I just nominated a ton of G Plussers ;)

2012-12-21 19:52:20 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)
Just heard about this, FRAMED Awards
Nominate your favorite photographers! Just type their name in and submit.
I just nominated a ton of G Plussers ;)

2012-12-21 19:45:44 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)
Just heard about this, FRAMED Awards
Nominate your favorite photographers!
I just nominated a ton of G Plussers ;)
#framedawards


2012-12-19 23:16:42 (8 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)
Metamorphosis
This image was a great exercise for me... I've been better refining the kind of art I really want to make. I'm still brainstorming for my 2013 series work.... so many things I want to do!


2012-12-19 21:47:08 (11 comments, 4 reshares, 75 +1s)
My self portraiture is always a bit different than my work with others. Don't know why, just that way... it's been a while, be kind! :)
#selfportraiture #nikiaguirrephotography #nikiaguirre #conceptualphotography


2012-12-19 06:52:11 (16 comments, 2 reshares, 78 +1s)
Metamorphosis
#womenwednesday curated by +Athena Carey +Lee Daniels +Teresa Stover +Christina Lawrie +Kerry Murphy and myself
#nikiaguirrephotography #nikiaguirre #fineartphotography #conceptualphotography #portraiture #compositephotography #butterflies #butterflyphotography #butterflyphotos

Buttons
A special service of CircleCount.com is the following button.
The button shows the number of followers you have directly in a small button. You can add this button to your website, like the +1-Button of Google or the Like-Button of Facebook.
You can add this button directly in your website. For more information about the CircleCount Buttons and the description how to add them to another page click here.















