Available for a Limited Number of Sessions in Florida! (November and December Dates Available!)
I’m taking a trip to the Emerald Coast! I’ll be available for sessions in the Florida panhandle on November 19th, 22nd, and the 29th through the second week in December. I’ll be available for sessions from Pensacola to Panama City and anywhere in between.
Sara and Matt in Niceville, Florida, overlooking Valparaiso and Destin.
Sunrise on Okaloosa Island between Fort Walton Beach and Destin.
Need to update the heirloom that is your family portrait? Are you traveling over the holidays and want to celebrate having the whole family together? Have you always wanted romantic photos with your sweetie on the white sandy beaches? Click HERE to reserve your date!
Do you have friends or family in the northwest Florida area? Let them know I’m here!
Other nearby locations include Gulf Breeze, Pensacola Beach, Mary Esther, Shalimar, Miramar Beach, Sandestin, Santa Rosa Beach, Grayton Beach, Seaside, Rosemary Beach, Sunnyside, Laguna Beach, Lynn Haven, Panama City Beach, Freeport, DeFuniak Springs, Crestview, Milton, and Bagdad, FL.
Remembering Our Veterans…
Every once in a while I find the time to take some personal photos, and even more rarely, I find the time to retouch and share my personal work.
While down in Florida for a shoot this summer, I visited an old friend who is a Marine currently stationed at Eglin Air Force Base for EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) School. He took me to see the Memorial lit up after sunset to capture a few photos.
In honor of the 235th Marine Corps Birthday yesterday and Armistice Day today (better known as Veteran’s Day in the States, but hey, I’m a dork…), I’m posing a few photos of the EOD Memorial honoring the legacy of our fallen EOD warriors.
There is a separate plaque for each of the four DoD branches of service.
Among the plaques are the names of every US EOD tech that has fallen in the line of duty since the inception of EOD in WWII. A special ceremony is held annually to commemorate and add those who passed during the previous year.
Finally, I want to thank all of our veterans and those men currently serving in the US Military. We appreciate the sacrifices that you and your families make to keep our country great!
Making a Great Special Even Better!
Great news! For the final week, we’re making our 30 minutes, 30 cards, 30% off promotion even better… by adding on a disk of 30 images at no extra charge! All you have to do is “like” us on facebook (and we know you already like us anyway, so why not show it)!
So go “like” us, complete the contact form, and let me know which date you would like!
P.S. On 11/9, I’ve still got 3:30 and 5:00 pm available in Pearland and multiple times available on 11/11 and 11/12!
Holiday Cards! Get ‘em While They’re Hot!
It’s that time! Here’s the 5×5 and 5×7 Christmas and Holiday Card templates for 2010!
Check out this year’s special prices per card with quantity discounts:
| 25-100 | 101-500 | 501+ | |
| Flat: | $1.40 | $1.10 | $0.95 |
| Folded: | $2.10 | $1.60 | $1.30 |
All templates are customizable; color, text, and of course, your photos!
Prices listed above are price per card. Cards can be ordered in any quantity with a minimum order of 25. Cards are professionally press printed on your choice of linen or pearl paper. Blank envelopes are included, but you can also have your return address printed in select fonts for an additional $0.30 each.
Card prices are in addition to session fees, but check back for a totally awesome session special coming tomorrow, October 1st!
Holiday and Christmas Cards for 2009!
It’s a new year, a new holiday season, and we’ve got new card templates!
Select your card, photo, colors, and text for a truly unique card to send to all your friends and family! We’ve also got traditional, linen, and pearl papers!
Need to schedule a session? I’ve got a few left for this year, so call or send an email to kelly@kellyniemannphotography.com to reserve your spot!
New Cards for 2009
2008 Cards
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Card prices are in addition to session fees. Prices are listed as follows:
| Size | Paper | 1-5 | 6+ |
| 4×5.5 folded/5×7 folded/5×5 folded | Standard | $65.00 | $58.00 |
| art/pearl | 77.00 | 70.00 | |
| 4×5.5 flat/5×7 flat/5×5 flat | Standard | $33.00 | $27.00 |
| art/pearl | 45.00 | 39.00 | |
| Cards must be ordered in packages of 25 | |||
| All card prices include envelopes | |||
| Prices are per box of 25 | |||
Contact me today to schedule your session!
USS Nashville – Naval Station Norfolk – Norfolk, VA
In June, I traveled to Virginia to visit some friends living up there with the military. One of my best friends, Lauren, has been living in Virginia Beach for almost 4 years. Through some of her friends, we had the opportunity to tour the Norfolk – based amphibious transport dock ship, the USS Nashville.
The 570-foot Nashville was built in 1966 at Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle. The ship was launched on Oct. 7, 1967, and commissioned on February 14, 1970. She was decommissioned today. The ship will be towed to a maintenance facility and remain in the Navy’s inactive fleet in Philadelphia, where she’ll join the Ready Reserve, in case she’s ever needed again.
Photographs are not allowed from the dock, but with permission, I was able to take photos on board the ship.
This is a wide angle shot of a berthing. Within this small space, 18 men would sleep here during deployment.
Right outside the berthing, this cold, hard operating table is the aft BDS (Battle Dressing Station). You can see the berthing to the left.
Here’s the Line Room. This massive rope is used to tie the ship to the pier.
The Well Deck is used for keeping an LCU or LCAC (Landing Craft Unit, Landing Craft Air Cushion) which transports Marines serving on the ship from sea to the shore. The back gate is lowered and this low area is flooded with up to 8 feet of sea water.
The ship’s massive flight deck holds up to 8 aircraft at once. (Some of which include the Cobra, Super Hewie, 43, 52, 68, Ospry and Herrier.)
VERY hard at work…
The Focstle. Each link in the chain weighs 67 lbs, each anchor weighs 25,500 lbs. The Wildcat pulls the chains and anchors up for sailing
The Bridge. Some navigatin’ happens here. 
The Captain’s Bridge Wing. Its like I’m the captain or something… (I don’t think I was allowed to sit here.)
One of the sailors painted this on the Shore Power Cable Box for the “final cruise.”
I also got a special tour of the engine room. This is Main Machinery Room #2. When the ship is sailing, on a normal day, this room gets up to 145 degrees. During the last deployment in Africa, this room was reaching a consistent 165 degrees and must me manned at all times.
The Throttle Board in the Machinery Room. (You can see the back of it in the photo above.)
Here’s another view of the empty Well Deck.
A well worn hat…
After the tour, we chatted about a sailor’s life on the mess decks. I captured a few photos of the reluctant sailors.
BMSN (SW) William Eric Whale, Undesignated Seaman Daniel Jay Martin, and BMSN James Dale Shirley.
At the end of the day, when we were hot, stinky, and tired, the cameras were turned on Lauren and I…
Spending the day on the ship allowed me to catch a glimpse of the sacrifices that our US Navy Sailors, Marines, and other military personnel make daily so that we can enjoy our personal freedoms.
Thanks, guys for the awesome tour, and your service to our country.
Out of the Office
Chad and I have packed our bags and left town heading out of civilazation for a couple of weeks.
We’re actually camping in Moab, Utah right now (I’m typing this from my iPhone as we lay in our tent, the sun peeking out from the red sandstone cliffs).
Since cell phone service is spotty to non-existent up here, I’ll respond to emails, voice messages, and text messages as I can. My new office manager, Lauren, will also be checking my email box and responding to messages as she can.
We’re expecting to return to home around Friday, September 11th.
And as a blog post is not complete without a picture, here’s an iPhone photo (or as my dad likes to call it, a postcard from the road) of our campsite last night on the Colorado River.
