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richard israel photography bio picture

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: portrait

three days old

Eva Catherine, congratulations to the Parsons family.

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low fi

Testing the Olympus OM1 is over, this camera/lens blows me away, we are now inseparable buddies. I love this camera for it’s size, it’s tiny, when photographing kid’s it’s amazing how much better interaction you get when not using an intimidating camera and huge lens,
It’s totally low tech, fully mechanical, manual everything and lens quality...

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elizabeth & sarah

Wishing my old friend Elizabeth Webb and my new friend Sara Hall of Hall and Webb Event Design all the very best in their new adventure

tech note: Mamiya 634 afd. 80.mm, Fuji 400h

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beach

the lovely Pannell girls.

tech note: mamiya 645, 80mm lens, Fuji 400H

tech note: holga toy camera, Kodak 400CN

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anna

This is from today’s shoot with Anna, who is my friend’s niece.  Apart from Anna looking so beautiful, the thing that makes this photograph remarkable to me is that I used a point and shoot camera, an Olympus XA circa 1980’s to be precise. Thank you Troy for giving it to me, only joking, loaning...

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ferris is no longer a little girl

Not too sure what happened but somewhere between 1997 and 2010 Ferris grew up.  For those who don’t know, Ferris is my eldest daughter, she turned 12 in December. Ferris is an amazing young lady, straight A’s, plays the piano beautifully, loves Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato and thinks her daddy rocks!!!

tech note: Nikon F100, 85mm,...

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simple things

just a few of the simple things which are part of my daily life. things that I love, appreciate and that are so easily missed if I don’t take the time to stop, even if it’s for just a few minutes.

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carey’s baby

Ever since a child Carey’s dream was to have a large family, sadly she suffered three tragic miscarriages, one very late term. As a symbol of her faith that God will restore all she had lost, Carey got the peacock feather tattoo’s, when the male peacock loses it’s first feathers they are restored, the new...

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meet kayla

another in my series of photographs and stories of young adults at my church, kayla is 20 years old, world watch out.
in her own words….” I am an entrepreneur. I have a passion for people, a passion that runs deep. I want to make my mark on the world by teaching health and wellness to...

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elisabeth-rose

This weekend Elisabeth -Rose and Michael got married, it was an extra special day for several reasons, most importantly she and Michael are a truly head over heels in love,  Elisabeth-Rose shoots along side of me and is totally adored by the Israel family, she is also my friend Kristin Vining’s studio manager.
What made photographing...

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