I have some of the coolest clients in the world:

Tom and Tracy, searched me out for unique style that would help define their relationship.

Tom was headed to Iraq

Syracuse University campus engagement photos by Liesl Cowley

I photographed this engagement shoot back in June and Neil designed this awesome signature journal from the images!  Lindsay & Mike were married on 11/8/08, wedding images soon to follow!

Let your clock die, Reclaim Your Time is an article I read the day I made this:

PSSST - You’ll want headphones to savor this 4min experience.

The slideshow track is by John Martyn - Small Hours from the album Sweet Little Mysteries: The Island Anthology

Many of the slides on this slideshow are longer than 10 seconds.

I enjoyed stretching the rules and am beginning to feel the space between the photos more fully.

This was my last wedding in Lima, my once-upon-a-time hometown, where Liesl and I bought our first house, and where the sky invites the face of god. It reminds me of the amazing tropical thunderheads I’ve seen in Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.  I am so grateful I was blessed to experience this August evening.

Just a technical note of interest - the web is the best place to view these photos because of the amazing Electric Magenta, or Fucia color of the sky.  It is nearly impossible to reproduce that coloring in a print as explained by wikipedia:

Electric magenta vs. process magenta

When electric magenta is reproduced on paper, it is called fuchsia and it is physically impossible for it to appear on paper as vivid as on a computer screen. In order to reproduce it, a small amount of cyan printer’s ink must be added to printer’s magenta to make fuchsia, and therefore fuchsia is not a primary color of pigment–it is the color of printer’s magenta that is one of the primary colors of pigment (along with cyan and yellow).

The name fuchsia was chosen as the alias for electric magenta because that is the color name for the color that in printed reproduction is its equivalent.

Since prior to the introduction of personal computers magenta was synonymous with printer’s magenta, colored pencils and crayons called “magenta” are usually colored the color ofprocess magenta (printer’s magenta) shown above.

So while we experience it - it’s not yet something that we can fully capture!

I just thought that was a beautiful analogy to a photograph.

 

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To continue the story of Kelly & Tom I will take you to their backyard where you will see two very distinct perspectives. One of a 6′4″ man:

And one of a 5′4″ little mama!

Liesl and I are proud to present…

Who is Make Love Real? from Neil Cowley on Watch in HD quality on Vimeo.

…the first section of four short films about our business.  We’re totally excited to share these with you over the next couple months as we book new weddings, meet new people and get used to our new home in Charlotte - anyone in the world can meet with us through our site.  A BIG thanks to Andrew Marzano the producer of our series.

I have to dedicate this first video to Liesl, the love of my life - who’s inspired me to such great heights of experience, and such great depths of understanding.

With this post, I’m initiating a new category in the site called ‘Love Note’ where anyone can send in a love note that will be published as a public proclimation for the 5-10,000 people who visit this site every month.  We’re open to any kind of media, and will help you host and present it.  I hope to see us develop this into a little bit of a friendly competion - since my love note to Liesl started with a big production budget - I’m winning!  

But like the old horse says, “when you are real, you can’t be ugly” - so don’t be intimidated, start sending it in!!

 

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