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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[...]
7 Ways to make a big birthday a big deal | Mike’s 70th Birthday Party | Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- When Noy phoned me to inquire about photography for her father-in-law’s 70th birthday party, I was thrilled to hear the plans they were making. Friends, family, and neighbors were invited, and they would be decorating the venue with photographs from all the ages and stages of Mike’s life. Most of all, this was [...]