Mary Mac and Jaime Cuellar

A favorite from this morning's engagement session with Mary Mac and Jaime. What a fun couple and we had 70 degree temperatures in early January! (Photo by Travis Bell, Copyright)

That's Eleven

Monday's assignment took me to Orlando to photograph the Gamecocks' appearance in The Capital One Bowl. I serve as one of the contract photographers for USC.

Below is a favorite from the players surprising Coach Spurrier with a Gatorade bath. The Gamecocks won their eleventh game, a mark not made by any other USC football team.

Needless to say, I'm going to be cleaning my cameras for a few hours today, getting the Gatorade off. Thanks for taking a look at the blog!

Mary Elizabeth and William

Congratulations to Mary Elizabeth and William, who were recently married at Litchfield. A few favorites from the ceremony.

Vista Lights Bridal Show

Fun time photographing these girls Thursday night as part of Vista Lights in downtown Columbia. The show featured a Renaissance theme and was brilliant as always.

Candice

Many thanks to Jennifer for asking me to photograph her daughter, Candice, Saturday at the USC-Florida game. Candice, a senior, is a Coquette and performs on the field before the game and at halftime. Jennifer wanted to preserve family history and capture her daughter's experience on gameday at Williams-Brice.

This image is one of the many reasons I love photographing daytime football. You can't get light like this at night!

Addy Portraits

Such an honor to be asked by Addy's mother to create softball portraits in Chapin Tuesday evening. Couldn't have asked for better conditions to make pictures. Thanks for taking a look at the blog. (Photos by Travis Bell, Copyright)

ESPN ACC Basketbal

Today's assignment took me to Charlotte to photograph ESPN's ACC Basketball Media Day. Here, Jay Bilas hosts a roundtable with six of the twelve coaches, including UNC's Williams, Duke's Coach K and Clemson's Brownell. (Photo by Travis Bell/ESPN, Copyright 2011)

The North Stands-Columbia SC Photographer

Shooting from the camera deck at Williams-Brice Saturday presented some fun opportunities for images. Below, the student section in the north stands comes alive with towels during kickoff. The effect for this picture was done in camera, not in Photoshop. (Photo by Travis Bell/Sideline Carolina)

Fisheye High in The Sky

Saturday's assignment took me to Williams-Brice Stadium to photograph the Auburn game. This is my 21st season of photographing Gamecock football.

Part of the assignment was creating a panoramic from up high so I camped out on the camera deck. The lens used for this image captures a full 180 degrees, so even though you're looking straight at the 50-yard line, you can see the Columbia skyline to the far left!

Used the same lens for a self portrait afterwards.

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A Moment With Dad-Columbia SC Wedding Photographer

What an emotional moment between Brittany and her father as dad saw her in her dress for the first time. I consider it a great honor to be included in such special family moments on a wedding day.

One of our new missions with this blog is to show brides the images you don't usually see in bridal magazines. These publications want to show you products that make your wedding unique. This is definitely a must when planning your wedding. 

 What they don't show you are the spontaneous, emotional images that are there to be captured on your big day. (Photos Copyright 2011 by Travis Bell)