Get to know your photographer on the beach

Get to know your photographer on the beach

Why am I made to be a good wedding photographer?
A few of the answers might be endurance, for working 12+ hour days: Drive, to find unique moments every time – deal with new environments each wedding – and zest to grab life by the horns and ride. Most people like a steady job, with usual, predictable tasks – unfortunately I’m not made like that….or fortunately for you, I’ve found my niche and calling to marry the low attention span with high levels of challenge in a job that forces me to be my best – every time. It’s wild fun and I love that I’m perfectly made for it!

Wedding Wire : please review our services

Wedding Wire : please review our services

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A hip little love nest!

A hip little love nest!
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The Wedding Chicks have made a hip little ‘love nest’ for you to connect with other little hip wedding planning chicks.  Register and deck out your profile with your engagement photos, chat about your DIY projects, and be inspired in a cute little community.  Show off some of your images from Making Love Real while you’re [...]

Quick question: Attract or Fall in love?

Quick question: Attract or Fall in love?

Quick question: Attract or Fall in love? Answers will be graded! Seriously though, leave your approach – or comment if you’ve got a jucy story about ‘attracting’ just the right guy; or falling for a crazy girl.

Thanksgiving for children

Thanksgiving for children

It all started with a small poke: Innocent and normal enough But it set off a smile And turned into a kiss

Neil’s Self Portraits: Mind Like Water – Tao 8

Neil’s Self Portraits: Mind Like Water – Tao 8

The best of man is like water, Which benefits all things, and does not contend with them, Which flows in places that others disdain, Where it is in harmony with the Way. So the sage: Lives within nature, Thinks within the deep, Gives within impartiality, Speaks within trust, Governs within order, Crafts within ability, Acts [...]

You are invited to a Pillow Party at Neil’s

You are invited to a Pillow Party at Neil’s

….a housewarming party for Neil’s new apartment! Bring a Pillow, get a portrait: Bring a pillow for my ultra boho portrait couch and you’ll get a web res digital portrait like the ones in the event gallery! drop by or stay awhile and mingle. Starving artist print sale! Help Neil clean out his boxes of [...]

Mind Like Water – Neil’s self portraits

Mind Like Water – Neil’s self portraits

Mind Like Water Series Wanting to be Filled Water overcomes the stone; Without substance it requires no opening; This is the benefit of taking no action. Yet benefit without action, And experience without abstraction, Are practiced by very few. Tao Te Ching 43

CLTwestival Photos for charity:water

CLTwestival Photos for charity:water

We had the Little Mermaid at the Charlotte Twestival!  And she rocked out: With all of us: What was this all for?  It was a charity party for charity:Water fundraising to put clean water where there isn’t any! charity: water promo featuring “Time Bomb” by Beck from charity: water on Vimeo. The whole event was [...]

My photographic family portrait

My photographic family portrait

Warning, this post contains photographer’s behaving silly! If you’re wondering why I’m not answering e-mail, slow on voicemails read on – if you’re not ok with my sillyness – don’t read on!! This is my photographic family – from these minds my career has been molded – and to whom I give my highest gratitude: [...]

Don’t Box Us In – features Neil’s images in “Best of 08″

Don’t Box Us In – features Neil’s images in “Best of 08″

Don’t Box Us In is a website featuring interviews of innovative and free minded photographers. Neil’s wedding and portrait work is featured today in their “Best of 08″ feature series, click through and read.

RockTographers.com features our ring shots!

RockTographers.com features our ring shots!

We are now proud members of the Modern Photographers.com website And photos of our rings have been featured on their ring shot photo blog – RockTographers Read on to get the full gallery of ring shots including the ‘universal groom’ ring pose and the snotty nose ring shot

A fun(ny) look into engagement photo products

A fun(ny) look into engagement photo products

Another in our video series on what to make with your engagement pics Bedtime stories with Neil & My wife in HD. Browse our site from the top – following the numbered sequence : Meet Us (intro to our services and thinking) Enaging Products (a rundown of all the things we make) Click for a [...]

Album art design and CD production

Album art design and CD production

I did all the art and design for this CD packaging: Above is the CD cover. Below are the enlargements of the band members:

What photographers do at your wedding when you’re not looking

What photographers do at your wedding when you’re not looking

What does your photographer do when you’re not looking? Take silly pictures…   What would you do? Aw, my long arm technique needs work – can’t get our faces in focus! International men of mystery, the Ontario Place pavillions do look like something out of a mid 70′s James Bond film. So we better act [...]

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