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.

A mini me Of blue eye proportions Seeing reflections of myself not in a mirror Changes me from the inside out Looking at the little man I love

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 [...]

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: [...]

Bloggers Unite Don’t just unite – act. Don’t just act, become. Become a life long solution to the problem of refugees, most recently the huricane in Hati continued the devastation of that weak country. World Vision offers us the opportunity to tie our fate directly to someone less fortunate – what would stop you? _______(who [...]

The WPJA awarded my photo from New Zealand 4th place in it’s quarterly awards: However the judges comments went like this: But I have to comment on this category in general. There were so many pictures of people walking away from the photographers that it puzzled me. I saw so many pictures with stunning light [...]

I hope my last two posts have made some impression as to what I value in my photography: My Clients Their moments We went on a love  roller-coaster  in Toronto, and had a Big Bang here in New York It’s so gratifying to attract great clients! clients full of emotion, and full of stories to [...]

How to choose a wedding photographer from Sister Wendy’s advice on looking at art

I would like to forward you to my personal ‘tracker’ for human rights. The organization is called The Voice of the Martyrs, and they track violence with first names. As Americans we are blessed with so many rights that it’s actually hard to understand when someone is discriminated against. Especially when we try to comprehend [...]

What does a relationship look like, if you had to pick a single photo to illustrate yours? I had to break the rules to get this shot of Charlie, the church rules that is. I think he’ll appreciate the memory more than the church lady appreciates me! Just to be fair to Charlie, he’s not [...]

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 [...]

If you’re looking through Neil’s photos, you might see some weird looking blur… Why’s this image blurry in a funny weird way? I used a Canon 90mm TSE lens which allows me to tilt the glass elements that form the image on the camera sensor. The lens can then focus on more than one place, [...]

how do the details that we shoot add up? how sensitive are we while we are shooting? My wife was picking up on the eyes that Christine was giving her man during cocktails. If you care for someone, you know their moods during a party, you keep your eye on them, maybe you give them [...]

Tanya’s thank you card design: When Tanya ask me for ideas for her thank-you card I recalled the sign welcoming her guests to her reception tent shown in unaltered form below and above cleverly pixel pushed to show a “Thank You” where it used to say welcome (and the pole disappeared). I believe that the [...]