I sat down with Amy Beth Cupp Dragoo…to chat about her storytelling in Stationery Design. My favorite quotes from Amy: “There’s perfection in imperfection” “Paper is sexy” TOAST (listen till you get it) “I didn’t care if I got married” “I wasn’t the Bridey Kind of bride” Subscribe to our podcast to receive automatic notification [...]

We do not limit ourselves to just photography here at Make Love Real – we design all our own books, do the creative production for our shoots, and provide creative elements to your wedding planning.  Here we’ll showcase a suite of designed cards for Heather and Drew’s wedding.  This is a long post, so settle [...]

We are searching for a new bridal blogger! Blogger contest take two and YouTube version Blogger talent search contest or YouTube version. Ungodly Fruit – Soundtrack by Wax Taylor The prize is a free multimedia engagement session by Neil Cowley with a value of $3000. The quest is for a storyteller with heart and humor [...]

“Hey Neil  - were the pictures good?” “um, aaah, well….the face of God smiled on me” I can’t really explain it any other way…in case you were wondering what I was doing earlier tonight. We had to tolerate thunderstorm downpours – but we got to  receive  the blessings of the August sunset.  If you’re planning [...]

The Man’s Guide to the Perfect Marriage Proposal @ The Art of Manliness There are a few things you must keep in mind when contemplating the way that you will propose marriage to your lady. First, this is a memorable moment, which will be told and retold over the years to your friends, family, children, [...]

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo. Planning and patience, wow – that was an amazing project! Plan some time for pictures into your wedding schedule – and we’ll be able to be creative and allow you and your husband to have time to relate.   If we’re all feeling rushed, it [...]

I listen to the Camera Position Podcast by Jeff Curto and thought listening to it and thinking it through would help all of you making decisions about what type of wedding photographer to hire. Entry #62 poses the question – Is Beauty Enough? Visit his page to download from his site. “Why do most great [...]

I developed this multimedia presentation to share with all my clients where art comes from: So do you know where the best art comes from now? I didn’t include the story of Courtney and Charlie’s first date, but if you’d like to listen to it here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] …you can [...]

Are you planning your wedding and looking for a few design or color scheme ideas realized in pictures from real weddings – well then we have a game for you! The Google Game. This magical Google widget will search all of our sites for the obscure but inspiring photo that you seek! We also have [...]

I hesitate a little to bring this up, but I think it bears breaching the topic for conversation. First, let me introduce a few opportunities for free wedding photography from across the nation and the blogosphere. New Traditions: response to the Celebrations Studio debacle My friend and college Jason Groupp a photographer in the New [...]

We would sincerely appreciate your help in both referring us to your friends who will appreciate our services, but also communicating with the myriad of clients you may not meet or know by reviewing our work online. We must cast a broad net to reach each year’s new clients because we don’t serve the same [...]

So it’s been a while since I’ve discussed a picture, and I thought this would be a good one to talk about. I shot this image at a recent November wedding with it’s bride only counterpart. I enjoyed creating this image in an empty lot next to Christina’s (the bride’s) parent’s home where she prepared [...]

We’re easy to be found! Check out these wedding photograher directories and listings to help you find a North Carolina wedding photographer: Cutting through the Blog Smog  Directory of Photography Blogs _____________________________________________________ Member of WeddingPhotoUSA.com : North Carolina North Carolina Wedding Photographers Wedding Ideas in NC on    TeamWedding.com  NC Wedding Books Charlotte North Carolina [...]

Southern United States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, New Mexico,  Arizona and California  The Old South: usually the original Southern colonies: Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The Solid South: region controlled by the U.S. Democratic Party from 1877 to 1964. Includes at least all [...]

If you are planning a wedding reception in New York state you can see a list of venues we’ve photographed on this page: http://neilcowley.com/weddings/planning/reception_locations.html The page covers Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Fingerlakes vineyards and 1000 island castles. We just updated the page with more locations and more recent photos from those locations.