finding NOLA
a practice of noticing
I have always been drawn to beauty, atmosphere, and the feeling of discovering something quietly meaningful — in places, in objects, in textures, in light, and in the small details of everyday life
Travel, images, objects, moods, and ideas have long inspired me. What NOLA gave me was a way to gather those instincts into a world of my own — one I can keep discovering while building it.
NOLA stands for Noticing Ordinary Life’s Artistry — a name that holds the heart of this project.
It brings together many parts of who I am: photography, style, materials, making, reflection, and a desire to create with more presence and meaning — while building a life that feels both sustainable and deeply fulfilling.
NOLA is a space for notes on art, texture, place, and everyday life — and above all, a practice of noticing.
MEET ELINE Jacobine
finding NOLA
I didn’t begin in art school or with a lifelong plan to become an artist.
I began in science.
After earning my Master of Science in analytical chemistry, I felt a quiet but undeniable pull toward a life with more creativity, more freedom, and more human connection. What I had built on paper made sense, but something in me was asking for a different way of living and creating.
Following that inner shift led me into wedding photography. What started as a creative leap became the work I poured myself into for more than a decade. Through it, I built a sustainable business rooted in emotional honesty, beauty, trust, and intention. It gave me so much: the freedom to create, the privilege of documenting love stories with depth and care, and a life that felt far more aligned than the one I had originally imagined for myself.
Wedding photography has shaped me deeply. It taught me how to notice what is real. How to work with sensitivity and intuition. How to hold space for emotion, beauty, and the fleeting things that can’t be forced. It also taught me that the most meaningful work is rarely about performance. It is about presence. About truth. About creating from a place that feels honest.
Over time, that understanding began to expand beyond weddings.
I found myself dreaming of creating another space. A softer one. A place for process, reflection, experimentation, and continued evolution. A place where I could follow an impulse or idea without needing to explain it too quickly.
And that is how NOLA found its form.
