Tell a friend, we're jump- starting the new year!- Oakland Photographer

Happy New Year everyone! We have some big plans for this new year. For starters, in lieu of our ailing economy Photography By Kemmeo has modified pricing. Our wedding Package A, dubbed the “Economic Stimulus Package” will be available through December 2010. We are eliminating a couple of “perks” and bringing it down to $1800 for all of our thrifty or rather, “pinched”, brides and grooms. Packages B and C will remain the same. In addition, our standard portrait commissions will now start at $250 for a 1-2 hour session (plus travel). So if you are seeking that Valentine's boudoir session, 1st year photo, or an engagement session, let's get you penciled in toute de suite!

Also with the New Year comes a new lens addition to our Canon Family and I can't wait to do a couple of sessions with it! To set things off, Photography By Kemmeo will be extending a free portrait session to two local readers. I will be using a random list generator to choose the two winners. Names will be chosen and announced on our blog page on Valentine's Day. You will have until October 31, 2009 to use the session. There are one of two ways to enter. You may leave your e-mail address here in “comments” or you can e-mail us through the Photography By Kemmeo website. By entering, you are consenting to be added to our e-mailing list which will keep you abreast of all events and promotions sponsored by Photography by Kemmeo (your e-mail will not be shared and you may unsubscribe at any time). Please forward this e-mail to any Bay Area folks who may be interested.

And last but not least, look for exclusive promotions with some of our favorite Bay Area vendors and Photography By Kemmeo in the new year.

Signing off...Happy New Year and may this be a prosperous and beautiful one for you all.

Cheers.
Kemmeo

Gift Certificates- Oakland Photographer

With the busy holiday season, my apologies for not posting photos of your family and little ones on our blog-- it's not for lack of interesting and beautiful subjects, I've just been busy actually getting the packages retouched and out to you (that and marinating turkeys!) For those who have not taken advantage of our 2008 Holiday promotion, I just wanted to send out a buzz-- buy a gift certificate for a friend or family member (expires November 2009) before the end of December 2008 and lock in on our Photo Session and Premium Package for $200. If you know of someone who is getting engaged, giving birth, or celebrating their 1st birthday, in 2009, what better gift to give?

Holiday Promotion

I know that I promised to send out a promotional e-mail on November 1st but I've not had the time to design it yet so if you are a loyal subscriber to this blog site, here's a heads up!

For the months of November through mid-December have your pick of one of two promotions. We're offering a 1-2 hour photo sitting and in addition to online uploads, you can have your choice of 25 photo holiday cards (Christmas/Kwanzaa/Hanukah/New Year/Custom) or a premium photo package (1-8x10, 2-5x7, 8-wallets) for $200. This package is valued at $375* so don't miss out, schedule a sitting! Refer a friend and receive a $20 print credit once your friend has completed their photo session.


*before taxes and shipping and handling

It's Officially Fall!- Oakland Children's Photographer

I had a wonderful time getting acquainted with Everett last weekend. He is the baby to happy vegetarian parents so only a Cornucopia-esque setting would do. My autumn harvest set would have been pretty bland without this little "sweet pea" to adorn it!

Our last wedding of the year!- Oakland Wedding Photographer

Cheers to Nick and Angela!! They had a beautiful wedding over the weekend on a warm and beautiful day. This was our last wedding of the year (our fourth). I just wish that I could tag along and photograph the honeymoon in Australia! Have fun you two and thanks!

Updates

September was a busy month for Photography by Kemmeo and it was advised that I place a copyright embossing on all of my online images (seeing as Ad agencies have been known to swipe images and then they end up in some ad in Bangladesh without compensation). This way there are no excuses-- they know who the image belongs to. Well with loads of retouching, a mobile 11 month old, travel, guests and this new launch, you can just imagine how dedicated I was to figuring out how to remove the white from my logo so that it's freestanding, how to make the logo white, how to create an "action" so it stamps on my images. Are you all getting any of this? The final straw (which you'll see in these) is how to resize the logo-- I've barely figured out how to stamp it!

Well, speaking of stamping I just had to post a few images from our shoot a couple of weeks ago. What made it so fun and challenging is my client wanted her daughters, their horses, her husband's horse and their golden retriever to all be looking at the camera! It was both fun and educational! Did you know that you're never supposed to stand directly behind a horse? Thank you for your patience ladies-- I'm sure that one of these will make a wonderful Christmas card photo! And for all the rest of you-- be sure to check your e-mail November 1st for our Holiday promotion!

We're Online...

A couple of kinks (do notify us) and bits to sort through but Photography By Kemmeo has a new website, please bookmark and share this information with family and friends and do visit us!

*Book an appointment in September for 20% off a portrait sitting and mention that you saw it on our blog space.

www.PhotographyByKemmeo.com