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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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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[...]
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- Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of photographing my 11th First Communion ceremony at St. Charles Church in San Carlos, California. Capturing this milestone event at our local church is my great pleasure. I see the candid expressions, and I am thrilled to create an image of the pure joy of friends and families [...]
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- Sometimes, you attend a wedding and you become a witness to love and laughter. Sometimes, you get to capture that wedding and you create a time capsule of that one moment in time.
It is that capture of good friends,
college friends,
and family members who are like your friends
all coming to[...]
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- Before I tell you about this fab family that I had the pleasure of photographing, let me share a little about the how (and why) of Barbara Bell Photography.
My career started as a first grade teacher because I was passionate about teaching children to read. I felt that if I could help someone learn to read, I was g[...]
