Nick Adams is originally from London, England and has been a photographer since the early nineties.

He drew a lot of inspiration from his uncle, John Adams, who was a respected fashion and glamour photographer in the ‘swinging’ 60’s through to the ‘big hair’ 80’s in London. His work can still be found in stock libraries in London with the popular resurgence of the retro culture. Nick started his career working on cruise ships where he met Lori (from Delaware, Ohio).

In 1994 Nick convinced Lori to move to England. With the help of The Prince’s Trust (an excellent English charity started by Prince Charles to help young people who wanted to start up in business), Nick set up ‘Nick Adams Photography’. The studio was based in a rural market town called Maldon in Essex. During their stay in England, Lori and Nick got married and had their first child Max.

In 1998 Lori, Nick and Max moved to Southwest Florida where Nick Adams Photography made a reappearance, with better weather and the sandy beaches as a backdrop. Nick, Lori and Max have made Southwest Florida their permanent home along with two additions to their family, Brooke and McKenna.

“I have been taking family portraits on the beaches of Sanibel, Captiva, North Captiva (AKA Upper Cap), Ussepa, Fort Myers Beach, Naples and all of South West Florida since 1999. I personally have over 25 years experience in the photography business. Taking literally thousands (yes, thousands ) of beach family portraits, it’s my passion.

My wife Lori and I have been living in Fort Myers, FL just off Sanibel Island since 2000. Running a successful wedding & beach portrait photography business on the island ever since, we quickly became acquainted with everything Sanibel has to offer. Fast forward exactly 20 years to March of 2020, COVID-19 came into everyone’s life. Without notice, the Sanibel Captiva community would drastically change. Restaurants, hotels, resorts, and photography businesses were forced to temporarily close. The very infrastructure that supported the island’s economy was decimated. People were encouraged to quarantine and everyone was nervous about the uncertain times ahead.

People were upset about having to cancel their trips to the islands. I decided to share a little Sanibel sunshine. I uploaded a short video of the stunning beaches taken with my drone. It was time-stamped, narrated, and posted on the forums for all to see. The video was shared repeatedly!

Well, that was the start. The response was so positive to this first video that when I had to temporarily close the doors to Nick Adams Photography due to the pandemic, Lori and I embarked on a mission to make videos and share them with people, simply to share the mutual love of the islands. The response was amazing! People all over the USA and all over the world reached out! We received moving emails, private personal stories, and messages of support. We created 45 films in the 55 days that COVID-19 kept our business closed. Narrated films showed the beaches and resorts on the Islands, the best places to visit, and historical places, thanks to Lori’s tireless research.

Then came “The Sanibel Captiva Guide.” Once the photography business resumed, we found we missed making the films and sharing them with people. The main mission of the website is to share the love, beauty, and history of the glorious islands of Sanibel & Captiva and surrounding areas. we want to help anyone planning a visit and to remind people why they should come back. Lastly and most importantly they want to share the islands with people who cannot make it here.”

Nick Adams, nickadamsphotography.com + thesancapguide.com

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Eric J Taubert is an artist, contemporary fine art photographer, and writer based in Southwest Florida. He has worked internationally, with an emphasis on coastal New England (including a deep connection to Maine and the Ogunquit Art Colony + Ogunquit Art Association / Barn Gallery), Southwest Florida (particularly Sanibel/Captiva Island + the area between Fort Myers and Key West), and Europe. Taubert’s work has been exhibited in a variety of fine art galleries across the United States, featured in magazines, and is also held in many private collections.

“I’m most-often drawn towards an examination of coastal textures in my work. Weathered wood. Salt-crusted working waterfronts. Seaside dive bars. Residents, workers, and tourists in coastal villages, coves, and harbors. My work is created through the process of a slow, deliberate, and mindful look at the interaction of places near the ocean with the human-made stuff found along these coastline areas.

How do the sun, and the storms, and the salt water have an impact on the dwellings, signs, tools, boats, docks, fishing gear, and gathering places of the people who live in proximity to them?

What truths are revealed through the eclectic encounters that occur in these delicate ecotones where complex tourism-economy pressures ceaselessly collide with the fragile habitats of the native species and day-to-day lives of those who call these heavily-marketed destinations home?

How do tangles of ropes, buoys, driftwood, human-generated debris, beach-town ephemera, and the passage of time all conspire to become part of these nostalgia-drenched and kaleidoscopically-evolving landscapes that speak so loudly to so many of us?”

Eric J. Taubert, taubertgallery.com

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