Author archives: Barbara Bell Photography
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- Now that it’s back to school time - in my mind - it is also holiday card time. 🎄
I know! I know! Don’t hate me – it’s just how my brain works. Timelines and prep work – that’s how I roll.
Let me put it another way, but please don't freak out. As of today's date, Christmas is 100 days away. 😳
100. Days. Awa[...]
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- You’re engaged! You’re planning a wedding! You’re…overwhelmed! What’s a bride to do?
Instead of thinking you can do everything all of the time, consider reaching out and asking for help when it comes to your big day. Hire a wedding planner. You read that correctly...Hire. A. Wedding. Planner.
Sure, you’ve [...]
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Being a family photographer, I have seen a lot of siblings in front of my lens. It's always the smiles - the real, authentic capture of a genuine smile - that get me. The smiles are often accompanied by great laughter and much play. It was Maria Montessori who said, "Play is the work of the child."
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- Hello and Happy Tuesday! While Labor Day may have started out as a day to give workers a break from their jobs, it has evolved into a glorious goodbye to summer/start the school year/kick off to fall.
Growing up, my family celebrated this holiday by going to the Feast of the Three Saints in Lawrence, MA. This past[...]
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- Can you believe the close of August is coming? This last weekend of summer is here already…and then it’s Labor Day and a three-day holiday weekend. And then…FALL!!! Fall is my favorite season, but before I get ahead of myself, let’s lament over the end of August for a bit longer, shall we?
Summer for me was about[...]
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https://gwprints.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/happy-friday/
Happy World Photo Day! Wait...what?
World Photo Day is an international photography event on August 19th that celebrates the passion for photography in our communities.
In my last blog post, I mentioned a landmark camera store closing, and [...]
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- Worldwide Camera was the store tucked into the corner of Abercorn Plaza for almost forty years that embodied the same sense of place as Ellis Island. While we weren’t the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free as inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, Tom and Pam Coffer welcomed the dreamers, the ar[...]
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- Happy Friday! Let’s do a fill-in-the-blank:
Summer is for________________.
What do you do in the summertime? It can be beach trips and road trips. Maybe it’s travel and time with family. Better yet, it’s a chance to read and play and swim and do all the things that we can’t do in the winter months. Summer gi[...]
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This past Monday, I celebrated my first “NC-versary.” One year ago on that date, I moved to North Carolina from the San Francisco Bay Area to join my husband after we had been bi-coastal for two years for work reasons. A lot has happened in a year.
When I moved, I knew I would be taking this time as a sabbatical fo[...]
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- When P&L phoned me to book a portrait session, I loved the way they spoke about their family: themselves, their children, and their grandchildren. It's like hearing someone describe a beautiful tree with its many branches. You can hear the pride in their voice as they describe the 'who's-who' of the family.
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- It was my great privilege to photograph this family of four. Both young boys were very sweet and engaging from the first time we met, and they made their session fun. Mom and Dad, you have two great boys on your hands!
With such great peeps, I couldn't help but to capture great love and great laughte[...]
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- One of my clients once asked me, "What do you prefer shooting: events or portraits?"
I thought about my answer - at the time and still today - and my favorite session is always the one I am currently working on, no matter if I am shooting or editing or sharing it with others.
Every session - whether an event or a[...]
