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!

I flew through London to Glasgow, jumped off the plane and shot a wedding the next day: The wedding took place at the  Glengoyne Highland  whiskey  distillery and we all enjoyed the generously poured high-quality scotch!  wowsa!! Congratulations Gerry and Jenny – thanks for bringing me to your wedding! I had an  awesome  time visiting [...]

Here’s the design for Morgan’s “Thank You” card design: And here’s what Morgan said about the card: Thank you so so so so soso much I am so excited to have our beautiful wedding in the paper for all to see! I also meant to tell you that when I sent out our thank you [...]

Here’s the design layout for Morgan and Jason’s toronto skyline wedding: A couple of my favorite design layouts feature the close combination of related photographic moments: I can’t wait until my next Toronto wedding photojournalism assignment!

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 [...]

Many of you have contacted me through facebook so here’s the link to send me a friend request…. To view the rest of their photos login to www.Make Love Real.com I don’t think I need to add any words, cause I just stayed up all night again to finish it, and they’d probably just be [...]

  The image of Joel and rebecca walking on Mount Dark in New Zealand places as a Gold image in the June competition by the British Professional Photographers Association + Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers in the United Kingdom.

I just uploaded three new events to www.Make Love Real.com for viewing and ordering prints from your wedding events! We have everything from Rochester NY to the Scottish highlands! I’ll update you with the stories behind all these images through the next week or two.

What will the ceremony backdrop look like? Better than poster quality! Hairstyling can usually produce some laughable images. And It’s always gratifying to tease your younger brother while you tie his necktie for him. But he did end up looking pretty handsome. It was dimples all day for Rebecca.

A few more teaser shots while I work on the multimedia presentation… Rebecca’s preparation I tie Joel’s necktie for him. Joel awaits takeoff for his mountainside wedding. Just one more teaser post before the full set of images are available at www.MakeLoveReal.com

Here’s a quick preview of Joel and Rebecca’s wedding photos, all my new Kiwi inlaws drop your e-mail in the comments and I’ll notify you when all the pictures are available on www.MakeLoveReal.com

The British photographer’s association awards Neil’s image in the contemporary wedding category of their March contest. As I am headed to Scotland for a wedding in the last days of May and teaching a photography workshop the first day’s of June in the UK, I thought I’d join their association. And they hold a monthly [...]

Make your photos as unique as your location! Bahamas Destination beach award winning wedding photojournalist. Acklins Berry Islands Bimini Black Point, Exuma Cat Island Central Abaco Central Andros Central Eleuthera City of Freeport, Grand Bahama Crooked Island East Grand Bahama Exuma   Grand Cay, Abaco Harbour Island, Eleuthera Hope Town, Abaco Inagua Long Island Mangrove [...]

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 [...]

A Note from Neil The start of a new year is a reflective time for all of us. I start my reflection of 2005  with the gratitude and humility 2004 taught me. During that period I was focusing on developing a unique personal style putting my energy into making and thinking about inventive imagery. I [...]