Richard Bell Photography Blog

I was honored to receive a call from the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, who commissioned us to create new group and individual portraits of their core ensembles.   Over two days of shooting, we got a great collection. Thank you so much to all of the musicians who came out to participate — was a joy to get to be involved in this small way in the great work that you do.

(Image by Wanda Cavazos)

(Image by Wanda Cavazos)

(Image by Wanda Cavazos)

Every year we get to do the cast and crew photos for the Clemente Players, a theater group at Trident Technical College. Since I had about 35 people gathered and willing to do whatever I told them, I decided to see if we couldn’t make the 35 look more like 400. We found an abandoned parking lot and got to work. We used a single 580 EXII flash to light each face in the foreground individually (compositing them together later in PS), and then we had the entire troop stand in different spots all over the parking lot taking shots along the way, changing, and exchanging outfits here and there.

This is the final composite below, followed by a short “making of” video.

Director Sharon Willis is in the front bottom left with this years ensemble (which is deceptively smaller than it appears).

Our first Bellissima Boudoir Event is this Friday and Saturday January 28-29th!!! We still have a few open spots for Saturday, so treat yourself to a spa-type day and your man to some photos of you that he’ll LOVE for Valentine’s Day! mellBella Boudoir is one way we honor our Bella Beauties and their husbands, with classy and sexy boudoir photography. It’s part of our quest to remind women that they are way more beautiful than they think they are.

For this event, imagine your photo shoot taking place in a beautiful penthouse suite filled with the smell of lavender and great music playing in the background.  Add to that, some delicious snacks and drinks including wine, champagne, or other delightful non alcoholic beverages.

The session fee is $200 (plus sales tax), and it includes all of the above and:
*$100 credit
*1 hour hair/makeup session
*45min-1hr individual portrait session

What’s being said about  mellBella Boudoir:

“Working with mellBella was a great and fun experience. The pictures were beautiful  and tasteful.  I would totally do it again!”

“Mell Bell did an awesome job telling me what she wanted me to do and making me feel good about myself (and I’ve had 4 children).  She was so reassuring, that it made me feel more confident. We actually laughed a lot!   I LOVE my photos! I know my husband WILL LOVE them too! Its funny to think that I am (we all are) so hard on ourselves for our imperfections, but maybe we just don’t see ourselves the way other people do.”

Contact mellBella at mellbell@mellbella.com or 843.767.6888 to reserve your photo session, see our sample gallery, and pricing information.

Richard Bell Photography is so pleased to announce the debut of our sister company mellBella. Check out their website at: www.mellBella.com

Bellissima Boudoir

It’s our first mellBella event-Bellissima Boudoir on Friday, January 28-29th.

mellBella Boudoir is one way we honor our Bella Beauties and their husbands, with classy and sexy boudoir photography.

For this event, imagine your photo shoot taking place in a beautiful penthouse suite filled with the smell of lavender and great music playing in the background. Add to that, some delicious snacks and drinks including wine, champagne, or other delightful non alcoholic beverages.

The session fee is $200 (plus sales tax), and it includes all of the above and:
*$100 credit
*1 hour hair/makeup session
*45min-1hr individual portrait session

Sienna recently got her braces removed and is going to turn “sweet 16″ next month. What a great time to celebrate with a portrait session! She braved the VERY early morning (also known as sunrise) to come to the Old Sheldon Church Ruins for her session. Here’s a few of my favorites:

This mommy is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and even teaches classes. He’ll be coming to the local dojo kicking beside his mommy late this September.