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Summer snapshots and family portraits make my world go round | Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- 'Tis the season of summer, swimming, and snapshots, watermelon, water balloons, and water-resistant cameras My favorite part of summer, though, is hearing people's stories. Maybe it's where they've been or where they are planning to go. Sometimes, it's heari[...]
Life Lately: Celebrating the 4th of July, hot dogs on the grill, and staying cool with Luna Pops
- Ah, July! When the conversation turns to summertime and the month of July, the topics we discuss are: *What are we doing for the 4th of July? *What are we doing to stay cool? *What are we grilling? We love a good old fashioned cookout at our house on this holiday, whether it's just the two of us or it en[...]
What are you doing to celebrate Earth Day?
- #4 - A Birdhouse #5 - A Local Garden #6 - A Favorite Vegetable of Yours Wondering what the count is? In two days, we'll be celebrating Earth Day 2018. To celebrate, I wrote an article for Southern Neighbor with a suggestion on how to celebrate Earth Day. And what better way to celebrate than wit[...]
Instagram Monthly Series: Truth or Dare and Photographs of Value | Barbara Bell Photography
- Photography is so subjective. An image that you love may not elicit the same reaction from everyone. It was Ansel Adams who said, “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you [...]
Today would have been Maya Angelou's 90th birthday + my favorite quote from her | Portrait and Event Photographer in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Today would have been Maya Angelou's 90th birthday. I often teach and write on the topic of creativity, and recently I ran across this quote by her: “You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” What a great reminder to do and be and try and fail and try again. Wh[...]