Category archives: blog posts
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This Victorian rhyme is a time-honored tradition that is believed to bring the bride good luck.
Wearing “something old” expresses the newlywed couple’s desire to retain connections with their family once they enter into married life. One tradition suggests that the bride’s “something old” be an old garter gi[...]
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- Hello, June! This month is known for its kick off to summer, school getting out, and so much more!
It’s when we get to pack away the winter clothes, take out those shorts and sundresses, and feel a little sunshine on our arms.
(For my dog, I think he believes it is time to run through and submerge himsel[...]
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- Today I had the pleasure of photographing Dr. Margaret Spellings, the University of North Carolina's President, at the University Women's Club Spring Luncheon.
Held at The Carolina Club, members gathered to hear President Spellings talk about her early days as the newly elected UNC president, as well as her beli[...]
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Before January comes to a close – this month of milestones and celebrations – I wanted to highlight the birthdays we celebrated within Barbara Bell Photography.
One of the most lively multi-family portraits I captured was with the Cleaveland family last May, and the patriarch of the family, Peter, celebr[...]
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- After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, I was so thrilled to get this New Year’s card from a dear high school friend. Who doesn’t love Happy New Year wishes? Her family looks so happy in this photo, and even my husband commented when he came home and ran across the card hanging on our fridge.
How cute are[...]
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- Happy New Year!
I love new beginnings, and the start of the New Year is a great new beginning. It’s the chance to try something new, try something again, or clear your decks to make room for more of what you love. A new year is a celebration and a milestone in itself. What will you celebrate this year?
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Does it feel like 2016 flew by? It does, doesn’t it? But then I take a pause and look back over these past 12 months, and realize how full 2016 really was...
JANUARY
Thank you to this family who invited me into their home to photograph the three of them. These three have a joy that was the undercurrent of our [...]
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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 (belated) new year!
We are over ten days into 2016, and doesn’t it feel good to start a new year? It’s like the first page in a new notebook…clean, crisp, and ready for another chapter of the story that each one of us is writing.
I’ve been quiet on the blog as I finished up year-end projects and photo sho[...]
