Category archives: active
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- I grew up with cousins, and I am talking, LOTS of cousins! It was only when I was older that I realized we are all second- and third- and cousins of cousins. We all got together over various seasons and holidays, and our social life as a large Italian family pretty much revolved around this. I thought everyone's fam[...]
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- Who is Henri Cartier-Bresson, you ask?
He was a French photographer whose spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form. He was one of the founding members of Magnum Photos, which offered global coverage to periodicals by some of the most talented photojournalists of the time. Also, t[...]
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- '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[...]
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- 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[...]
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- #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[...]
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- 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 [...]
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- 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[...]
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- 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 [...]
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- Today, I blogged at Operation: Love Reunited about what it means to be one of their photographers.
Having been a member for almost 10 years and a blogger for them this past year, we see and hear fascinating stories about military life.
As a photographer and an Army veteran, I am grateful to do my small part to sa[...]
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- With the start of this new year, I have loved reading and seeing how people are kicking off the year. Some of you are goal-driven and some of you have shed the idea of resolutions altogether. Either way, hurrah! I am convinced that knowing what you need and embracing it is what "fills your well."
Of course, we ma[...]
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- Hello and Happy New Year!
Did you see the New Year Wish List video?
I thought that maybe instead of New Year’s resolutions, we could just make some wish lists for this New Year. Check it out now. (Don’t worry…I’ll wait here while you do that.)
Going forward, I’ll post our Barbara Bell Photography videos to our F[...]
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- For the past year on this blog, I wanted to highlight client birthdays and milestones once a month.
You see, I love birthdays. I think milestone events like the day we are born are a big deal. These are the details that make up our lives.
(My birthday often falls on Thanksgiving.) And instead of getting lost i[...]
