Engagement – Page 9 – Rich Bell Photography

I love downtown engagement sessions!

December 3, 2008/in Engagement/by admin

Gil + Nicole = FUN!

A couple of weeks ago, I had a crazy fun afternoon engagement session with Nicole and Gil! Let me tell you, these two are my type of couple! Their fun-loving personalities matched perfectly with my creativity that day. I told Nicole that we have good “photo karma” – haha! They were up for anything, so we got some really unique and different shots. I can’t wait for their wedding!

I just love this one of them on the train tracks behind the U.S. Customs House!

One of my favorite Charleston attributes is all the fabulous wrought iron! The creative, handcrafted detail makes for a great photograph, if you ask me! 🙂

We often discuss at our studio how spoiled we Charleston photographers are to be around such awesome color & texture everywhere we turn! This is one of my favorite alleyways:

I love the lines of the tall staircase at the Customs House.
(Gil and Nicole were so great to let me “play” with them with all of my silly ideas!)

The downtown sunset was lovely that day too!

Folly Beach Engagement Pictures

November 20, 2008/in Engagement/by admin

Don’t let the rain stop you! Rebecca, Ayden and I had their engagement pictures scheduled for months ahead of time for the only opening that worked for all of us. Now or never. And it rained. All day.

But no fear! I do not melt. We brought umbrellas to the beach and had a great time anyway. Remember this everybody. Rain does not have to ruin pictures. Shooting in situations like that often yield great results because it forces me to think hard and outside the box to get good shots. I’ve posted some of my favorites below, and here is a link to a slideshow.

You can't tell, but he was really fighting the wind in these pictures.

You can’t tell, but Aydin was really fighting the wind in this picture.

It almost got away from him.

We got to move up under the pier to get out of the rain, and take advantage of some of the directional light coming in.

Sarah and Develen’s Engagement Portraits at The Battery and Lower King Street.

November 18, 2008/in Engagement/by admin

I love it when we get to photograph siblings of past weddings we did. Develen is Rhonda Crawford’s brother. Rhonda and Chris got married a year and a half ago. Mell and I were actually both the photographers AND the Best Man and Matron of Honor (yeah, that’s crazy). So now Develen and Sarah are getting married and it’s time for Engagement pictures! We met them at White Point Gardens downtown for pictures at the battery and southern King Street.

I've been experimenting with shadows in portraiture over the last few months. I'm pleased with this one.

Fun with the 16mm lens.

April & Justin’s engagement session, historic Charleston portrait session

November 18, 2008/in Engagement/by admin

After many months of planning and anticipation, April & Justin are getting married this weekend! They have been so much fun to photograph so far, and I can’t wait!

Taken in hisotric downtown Charleston, their engagement session was a lot of fun. I thought you might like to see a few fun pics of this happy couple!