Nadège Barnes

Nadège taking pictures during an engagement session

Stargate SG1 cast - exclusive photoshoot November 2002, Paris.

Born in the South of France in 1975, Nadège Barnes became passionate about photography in High School where she joined the B&W photography club. Later in College she took photography courses, but never really thought she could make a living taking photographs.

In 2002, during a visit to Los Angeles, an actor asked Nadège to take photographs of him after an interview she was doing for a magazine. The photographs where taken in his backyard with a simple Pentax SRL Camera. When Nadège gave a sample copy to the actor, he was amazed by the quality of her work and recommended her for other jobs. The Magazine (Spirit) published her photographs right away and offered her more opportunities to photograph. In June 2003, she had an exclusive photo session with James Marters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and one of the photographs made the cover of Spirit Magazine.

Nadege Barnes was officially a professional Celebrity Photographer and was doing many Red carpet events and professional opportunities within the months following.

Unfortunately, in 2004 the Spirit magazine was sold to a different company and Nadege was not offered an opportunity to stay on with the new company.  She decided to travel to the USA for a while. It was there that she met her husband to be, Doug. She then moved to California where she was married and began a family.

At the end of 2008, she wondered what she could do to work from home. She immediately thought about her passion for photography. After few researches, she realized that doing Wedding Photography would be the best option to start a business. Her husband loved the idea and surprised her by buying her a brand new D-SRL D90 Nikon camera. 1 month later, she signed her first customer for a wedding at the Mission Inn of Riverside.

Since then, Nadege has booked several weddings and is scheduled to appear in many bridal shows in 2009. Besides weddings, she also does family portraits,  executive head shots and boudoir sessions.

James Marster (Byffy the Vampire Slayer) by Nadège Barnes. First photoshot cover, September 2002.

  Tom Cruise & Steven Spielberg, shot    by Nadège Barnes during an exclusive international press photoshoot. 09/2002, Paris.

Tom Lenk (Byffy the Vampire Slayer, Transformer)) by Nadege Barnes, LA Farmer Marker. Exclusive photoshoot for Spirit Magazin, Septemner 2002.