Category archives: Chapel Hill
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- If you know me, you know I love the fall season. It's not just the pumpkin spice, the cooler temps, and the crisp air (although they are bonuses)! Somehow, I feel renewed and reinvigorated in the fall. I am a fall baby, of course, and maybe this belief in new beginnings comes from starting my career as a first grade[...]
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- Has anyone else found themselves on Pinterest and then one thing leads to another and then hours have gone by? Oh, you too? So glad I am not alone. One of my favorite boards to curate is in Decorating with Photos. I am always looking for new ideas and fresh looks.
While many people embrace spring cleaning, I[...]
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- It was Imogen Cunningham who once said,
“The thing that’s fascinating
about portraiture
is that nobody is alike.”
When I first stumbled across these words while working on another project, I thought nothing of them. Then, as time went on, her words had a way of sticking with me. They came to mind every[...]
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- Hello, March! I know it's been quiet over here as we've been busy photographing the sweetest of people and the events they are celebrating.
Take for example, this couple highlighted in our video. Len and Doris recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. You read that correctly - 7. 0. Wedding Anniversary.[...]
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- Hello, my peeps! How are you? It's November, and from what I gather in my conversations with people, this month holds some mixed feelings for people. Some of you love it for fall, football, and family gatherings at Thanksgiving. Others of you find the month a bit quieter with thoughts of hibernation as the month he[...]
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I love to celebrate birthdays. They're a milestone like any other, and also so personal at the same time. Through my years of teaching, photographing, working, living, laughing, hugging, and just being, I know that each person brings a unique set of talents, strengths, and fantastic ideas that can only be contrib[...]
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- What does one girl need in a portrait session? Her family to join in the fun!
I love when siblings join in a portrait session for so many reasons, especially when it comes to First Communion portraits.
This milestone event is a very special day, and having your brother or your sister with you to join in the [...]
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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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- 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[...]
