Kelli Nicole Photography - Houston Photographer » Africa http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog Newborn, Baby, Modest Maternity, Wedding, Family Photography Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:56:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4413 A bit more of Africa…a year later http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2009/03/23/a-bit-more-of-africa-a-year-later/ http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2009/03/23/a-bit-more-of-africa-a-year-later/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:50:00 +0000 Kelli Nicole http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2009/03/23/a-bit-more-of-africa-a-year-later/ I've finally been able to upload the rest of my Africa pictures and I've even been able to glance through them a little. I've only edited this picture so far, but this little girl's face just jumped out at me. I spent the afternoon with this family and about 10-12 kids running around jumping in front of my camera :) . This one was completely naked the whole time without a care in the world. Hopefully there will be more soon!

]]> http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2009/03/23/a-bit-more-of-africa-a-year-later/feed/ 3 Hands of Mercy – Africa Show http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/10/01/hands-of-mercy-africa-show/ http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/10/01/hands-of-mercy-africa-show/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:52:00 +0000 Kelli Nicole http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/10/01/hands-of-mercy-africa-show/ Thank you SO much to everyone who took the time to check out my show and/or came to my opening reception. I truly appreciate it and it was so enjoyable and fun to see everyone and meet some new people!
As promised, I'll be selling all the pictures to go towards sponsorship of children in the Hands of Mercy Orphanage that I volunteered at. Sponsorship helps to provide medical care, educational needs, etc. When I was there Charity and Jacob weren't able to go to school because they didn't have the money for it. Currently, (out of the children in the show) I believe Ruth and King David (yes, that's his name) are not sponsored, but the orphanage has received several new children lately, including some very young infants that needs sponsors. By sponsoring we can have correspondence with the children and I'll post any letters or pictures I receive from the kids. If anyone wants to adopt one of the munchkins you just let me know :) .

All the framed pictures will be sold for $150 and the unframed pictures for $100. There is a slight student discount so that it makes it a little easier for you college students to help out too. Contact me for more details on that. If all the pictures are sold we can sponsor 4-7 children for a year!

Each print is 12x18 and the frames are 18x24 fineline black metal frame (they're very thin, I'll post a picture later today when I can get one). The pictures are all toned slightly with an 'antique' tone and printed on metallic paper.

If you live in Utah between Salt Lake and Spanish Fork I'll deliver or you can arrange to pick it up. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area I'll be driving there October 15th and you can save on shipping by letting me know in advance so I can drive it out!

To order please email me at kelli (at) kellinicolephoto (dot) com.

The following is my artist statement, click on it to make it big enough to read. Thanks for checking this out!

The following (21) are the framed pictures that made it into the show:

1. Hannah
2. Around the corner
3. One of many
4. Ruth
5. Micah
6. Luke
7. Philip and the sticker brigade
8. Jacob
9. Emmanuella
10. Tear
11. African evening
12. Charity-SOLD
13. Brothers
14. Yep, I'm cool
15. Faith
16. Charity
17. Sammy
18. King David
19. Peter-SOLD
20. Natural beauty
21. Hope

The following are unframed (they just didn't make the final cut, but I have prints!):

22. I love stickers!
23. Micah, Jacob, and Philip
24. Simon
25. Looking up
26. David
27. Jacob's eyes
28. Playing
29. Hannah's eyes
30. Jacob-SOLD

]]> http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/10/01/hands-of-mercy-africa-show/feed/ 13 Africa Show is up! http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/09/19/africa-show-is-up/ http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/09/19/africa-show-is-up/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:37:00 +0000 Kelli Nicole http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/09/19/africa-show-is-up/ For anyone who's interested (and in Utah) my Africa show is up at BYU and there will be an opening reception tonight from 6-8 in the HFAC (Harris of Fine Arts Center). The show is on the 4th floor west hall. Hope to see you there!

A little bit of Hope :)


PS: After the show goes down I'll be selling all the framed (and a few unframed) prints and all the profit will go straight to sponsoring children at the orphanage I went to in Ghana. Check back in 2 weeks for more details!

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]]> http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/09/14/a-couple-more-cute-africans/feed/ 5 Tear http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/09/11/tear/ http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/09/11/tear/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:49:00 +0000 Kelli Nicole http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/09/11/tear/ This caught my eye a few minutes ago as I'm trying to get things finished for my Africa show next week. I still haven't looked at most of the pictures from my trip, but I am now in love with this one. And with him.

]]> http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/09/11/tear/feed/ 9 Puerto Vallarta is calling http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/07/24/puerto-vallarta-is-calling/ http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/07/24/puerto-vallarta-is-calling/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:21:00 +0000 Kelli Nicole http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/07/24/puerto-vallarta-is-calling/ And I'm happy to respond. I'm headed off to Mexico for a very exciting weekend full of photographing, resorts, friends, engagement shooting, etc. VERY very very excited about this trip. SO, I will be out of reach until Monday. I may have access to email, but I can't promise I'll respond while I'm there :) .

Have a great weekend everyone!

And, because I can, a picture of one of the cutest little African orphans you ever did see:

]]> http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/07/24/puerto-vallarta-is-calling/feed/ 2 One of these things is not like the other… http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/07/18/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other/ http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/07/18/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other/#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:48:00 +0000 Kelli Nicole http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/07/18/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other/ I still seriously miss these kids.

]]> http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/07/18/one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other/feed/ 0 Hands of Mercy http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/04/22/hands-of-mercy/ http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/04/22/hands-of-mercy/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:31:00 +0000 Kelli Nicole http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/04/22/hands-of-mercy/ This is the orphanage I spent most of my time in Ghana at. Hands of Mercy. I love these kids. I'll be doing a show at BYU in the fall of some of the pictures. They're all great kids and most of them have sponsors, which is awesome. I know there are quite a few more sober images in this batch, but they are usually incredibly happy kids, especially the older ones. They fight just like any kids, but they also love to goof off and make faces, play sports, and they love learning. They'd often have me create work for them such as math problems. All around great kids. Check out the website to see if there's anything you can do for them!















]]> http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/04/22/hands-of-mercy/feed/ 5 Tagged-6 Things You Never Needed to Know About Moi http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/04/15/tagged-6-things-you-never-needed-to-know-about-moi/ http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/04/15/tagged-6-things-you-never-needed-to-know-about-moi/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:09:00 +0000 Kelli Nicole http://www.kellinicolephotography.com/blog/2008/04/15/tagged-6-things-you-never-needed-to-know-about-moi/ My freshman roommate and bride-to-be (and birthday girl), Jenna, 'tagged' me. If you don't know what that means, it means I have to list 6 unimportant things about me that you may not know. I'm supposed to tag other people...but I'm a rebel, so I'm not going to. And here they are:

1. I've been living out of a suitcase/my car since December and have spent much of the last 6 months sleeping on a floor or a couch. A few times in my car. (I'm not a bum, I'm a college student...kinda. And I spent a couple months in 4 other countries).
2. I have a newfound obsession with Banana Republic. I really really really love it.
3. I believe in eating lots of raw, healthy, green organic foods, but I don't usually eat the way I wish I did. Though I do avoid anything with high fructose corn syrup and I refuse to touch anything with aspartame. At all.
4. I LOVE Bajio Mexican Grill. I think I've eaten there 6 times in the last 3 weeks (it was also one of 2 things I REALLY craved while in Africa). Anything with the honey-butter grilled shrimp is amazing.
5. My family can attest to this one (sorry guys!). I'm really not very good at getting my family print quality pictures that I take of their kids. Like 6 months to a year behind kinda bad.
6. I miss my kids in the Philippines and Africa enough to make me cry sometimes.
6.5. I thought of another one. I've had 32 roommates in 4 years at BYU. I'd had 17 before any of them got married.

And a picture, because this is a photography blog!


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