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welcome!

My name is Richard Israel and I am a photographer who lives in
Charlotte, NC with my beautiful wife Beth and our three amazing
daughters, Ferris twelve, Sophia nine and Priscilla five.

I love life, I love
photography.

Tag Archives: nikon

grace & aaron

Grace and Aaron’s mountain wedding was simply the sweetest and lovliest I’ve been involved in.  I’ve been trying so hard to describe it so I’ll just let Grace do it for me.
” Antique, country mixed with some great depression, old time and folk. Everything was pretty much homemade and SUPER low budget. The people kinda...

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olga is having a baby

I’ve been photographing beautiful Olga since she was fifteen when she sang in a band, her wedding and now her maternity pictures. One of the perks of my job, being part of peoples lives.

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three days old

Eva Catherine, congratulations to the Parsons family.

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ashley and riki

A beautiful and truly classic Charlotte wedding.
ceremony: Myers Park Methodist Church reception: The Morehead Inn

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courtney and michael

photographing a wedding in my favorite city with my favorite girls is always a treat.
wedding design: A Charleston Bride location: The William Aiken House, Charleston, SC.
thank you Darrell for the help, friendship and fabulous images

love it when the bride and groom see each other before the ceremony

always incredible details from the Girls

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style me pretty – inspiration to reality

Style Me Pretty, the fabulous wedding blog has a thing called Inspiration To Reality, basically brides choose images for their dream wedding and  Little Black Book vendors get to select a storyboard and make it come to life.  My friend and incredibly talented wedding designer Alyse Woodward and I got together, chose a storyboard put...

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laura and julian

location: lowndes grove plantation. wedding design: a charleston bride. thank you elisabeth-rose

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honest and real

Why do I love taking photographs with film, the method of capture is of course totally different and the rich, deep tones and soulful look that film gives is certainly unique to the medium but it’s more that, it’s the way I feel, the way I shoot when holding a film camera that makes it...

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sara & scott

Wow, what a fabulous wedding, The Cloister at Sea Island is breathtaking but even more lovely were Sara, Scott, their family and friends.  As I always say, the “things” are great but ultimately it’s all about the people. A wedding is an event, a marriage is for life………..

tech note: Mamyia 645afd, Nikon F100, Rolleiflex, Kodak...

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a perfect charleston wedding

Lindsey and Taylor’s elegant April 17th wedding at the gorgeous William Aiken House, wedding design by the equally gorgeous girls of A Charleston Bride Detail shots by Elisabeth-Rose

tech note: Rolleiflex, Mamyia 645afd, Nikon F100, Kodak Portra 400NC, Kodak Tri-X & Ilford 3200

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