Richard Bell Photography Blog

Sometimes getting up at 5:30 AM pays off.  There should be an aphorism about that.

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Julia and Andy have something about their relationship that is just too adorable for words, so here’s something that I think explains it way better than I ever could.
Can’t wait for your wedding next year!

I’m so thankful that Vandana, Tiru, and I were able to get together for this session.  In a few weeks, I’m looking forward to photographing their traditional Indian ceremony in Spartanburg, and I think that this session really helped us click so that the wedding day will be that much better.  Enjoy!

For our 5 year anniversary last August, Mell and I went to Knobles Amusement park in Pennsylvania (a way cool vintage park that Mell went to as a kid).  Mike and Rachel Mizzell were extraordinarily generous enough to fly up to take our pictures (from which we have an AMAZING collection of anniversary images!).

At the end of the evening, Mell’s old friends, Daphney and Nate came to have their engagement pictures for their wedding the next day, and Mike, Rachel, Mell and I had a field day.  Here’s one image that Mell and I got on the twirling swing ride.  Mell is on one swing, and I’m shooting from another, to take pictures of the couple behind us (whew!).   The Mizzells snapped some shots of us pulling off this maneuver (2nd image).

I was dragging the shutter, and using 580EXII Speedlites rear-curtain sync and radiopoppers to stop the motion after the blur.

Here's the shot from the ground (courtesy of Mike and Rachel Mizzell of Tillman Branch Photography). There's me in the middle, Daphney on the upper right, and Mell right underneath her, holding the speedlite.

Laura and Joey really wanted to have their engagement session up in their hometown of Lexington, so they flew me up for the day (Halloween, incidentally) for a day of shooting.  We started out in downtown, and then moved to what is redoubtably the most beautiful ranch I’ve ever been, where prize-winning race horses are bred, raised, and trained.   One of my favorite shoots of the year.  Click the box in the lower right to see the full screen version.

In August, Mell and I had the opportunity to travel to Washington DC to meet some of our clients for a shoot in their home neighborhood –  The National Mall and the Capitol!  We walked around for a couple hours, but here’s a few highlights

As promised in the {sneak peak blog entry} here are the rest of Emily & Eric’s engagement pictures!

Their super fabulous engagement book design is hot off the press!
CLICK HERE (it will open in a new window)

(Take note of your favorite…and vote at the bottom of this post!)

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I’m always so excited when I post new book designs! Here I am on a rainy Monday afternoon, and I can’t think of much I’d rather do than enjoy being all warm & cozy indoors playing with photoshop and our other design programs. (Yes, I realize how geeky that makes me and I’m cool with it, haha!)

I might say this a lot, but I truly had such a fun time on Gil & Nicole’s engagement shoot! I couldn’t be more thrilled to share more of their photos with you! (And can you blame me…my camera loves them!)

Check it out:http://charlestonwedding.com/#/smirlisengage/

I also posted a few of these for Gil & Nicole’s Facebook-sharing in our 2008 Engagements album!